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Leviticus 1:9

Leviticus 1:9
But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

But the inwards and his legs shall he wash in water,.... This was first done in a room in the court of the temple, called , "the room of the washers", or the washing room, where they washed the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The parts which were washed were the stomach, and bowels, and feet, divided from the carcass at the knee-joint. The priest shall burn - The verb here translated burn, is applied exclusively to the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

An offering - of a sweet savor - אשה ריח ניחוח ishsheh reiach nichoach, a fire-offering, an odour of rest, or, as the Septuagint express it, θυσια οσμη ευωδιας, "a sacrifice for a sweet-smelling…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 1:3-9

If a man were rich and could afford it, it is supposed that he would bring his burnt-sacrifice, with which he designed to honour God, out of his herd of larger cattle. He that considers that God is…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

a sweet savour a soothing odour (McNeile on Exo 29:18). The word -savour" in old English is applied to the smell as well as the taste of a thing. See HDB. Art. Savourand Driver's note (C.B.) on Exo…