Leavened bread; partly, because this was a sacrifice of another kind than those in which leaven was forbidden, this being a sacrifice of thanksgiving for God's blessings, among which leavened bread was one; partly, to show that leaven was not so strictly forbidden in other sacrifices, as if it were evil in itself, but to teach us wholly to rest in the will of God in all his appointments, without too scrupulous an inquiry into the particular reasons of them. Object. Leaven was universally forbidden, Leviticus 2:11. Answ.
1. That prohibition concerned only things offered and burnt upon the altar, which this bread was not, but it was offered only towards the priest's food.
2. That was another kind of sacrifice, and therefore it is no wonder if it had other rites.
3. That leaven was not universally forbidden appears from Leviticus 23:17. With the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace-offerings, or, with the sacrifice of thanksgiving for his peace or prosperity.