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Leviticus 3:1

Leviticus 3:1
And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering,.... The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it, the "sacrifice of holinesses", or "sanctifications"; so called, not because they were more holy…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The peace-offering (like the burnt-offering, Lev 1:3, and the Minchah, Lev 2:1) is here spoken of as if it was familiarly known before the giving of the Law. “Peace-offering” seems preferable to…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Peace-offering - שלמים shelamim, an offering to make peace between God and man; see on Leviticus 7 (note), and Gen 14:18 (note).

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 3:1-5

The burnt-offerings had regard to God as in himself the best of beings, most perfect and excellent; they were purely expressive of adoration, and therefore were wholly burnt. But the peace-offerings…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And if his oblation This clause introducing the Peace-Offering corresponds to Lev 1:3 which stands at the beginning of the regulations for the Burnt-Offering.

The Peace-Offering may be either male or…