Leviticus 1:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Jehovah begins with the burnt offering and ends with the sin offering: we, in our approach, begin with the sin offering and end with the burnt offering.

burnt sacrifice. Hebrew. 'olah. See App-43.

male.. female permitted in some other offerings, but not here, because of the type. Christ not the sinbearer here, as in Leviticus 4.

without blemish. Hebrew. tamim, said of all sacrifices, and the same of Noah, Genesis 6:9.

his own voluntary will. Not the same as. freewill offering. This not. freewill offering. Hebrew here. "to be accepted for him", i.e. in his stead. Compare Leviticus 1:4. Compare Exodus 28:38; Exodus 19:5; Exodus 22:19; Exodus 22:20; Exodus 22:29; Exodus 23:11, There was. double transfer: the unworthiness of the offerer was transferred to the victim; and the acceptableness of the offering was transferred to the offerer. This is confined to the burnt offerings and peace offerings; never with the sin offerings.

Leviticus 1:3

3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.