Leviticus 2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be [of] fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

Ver. 1. Of fine flour.] No quantity is here prescribed, because it was a freewill offering: only it must be fine, no bran in it: to show the purity of Christ's sacrifice, Heb 7:26 and of our services through him, Mal 3:11 by means of the oil of his Spirit and incense of his intercession.

And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, [to be] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:

Ver. 2. Shall burn the memorial of it.] Whereby God was reminded, as it were, of the party offering, and acknowledging all his store to be from God.

And the remnant of the meat offering [shall be] Aaron's and his sons': [it is] a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.

Ver. 3. Shall be Aaron's and his sons'.] As meat for them. Hence it was called a meat offering; and sent them to Christ, the meat that endureth unto life everlasting. Joh 6:27

And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, [it shall be] unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

Ver. 4. Unleavened cake of fine flour mingled with oil.] Sincerity is the mother of serenity; truth, of tranquillity.

And if thy oblation [be] a meat offering [baken] in a pan, it shall be [of] fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.

Ver. 5. Baken in a pan.] Afterwards parted in pieces, and oil poured upon it: signifying the graces of God's Spirit wherewith Christ was fully anointed within and without, Psa 45:8 and wherewith we should be tempered and anointed. 1 John 2:27 2Co 1:21

Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it [is] a meat offering.

Ver. 6. And pour oil thereon.] Jacob was the first we read of that consecrated his offerings with oil. Gen 28:18 Probably he had it from his predecessors.

And if thy oblation [be] a meat offering [baken] in the fryingpan, it shall be made [of] fine flour with oil.

Ver. 7. Baken in the frying pan.] So, My heart is frying of a good matter, saith David. Psa 45:1

And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.

Ver. 8. He shall bring it unto the altar.] God would have all their offerings brought to one altar; both to figure out the one only all sufficient sacririce of Christ, and to teach all the faithful to consent in one and the same truth of the gospel.

And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn [it] upon the altar: [it is] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Ver. 9. A memorial thereof.] Signifying the perpetual benefit of Christ's death to all believers.

And that which is left of the meat offering [shall be] Aaron's and his sons': [it is] a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.

Ver. 10. Shall be Aaron's and his sons'.] Ministers' maintenance.

No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire.

Ver. 11. Nor any honey.] Which hath a leavening virtue in it. Sweet sins are to be abandoned there will be bitterness in the end. Pro 26:26-27

As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.

Ver. 12. Ye shall offer them,] i.e., With the firstfruits ye shall offer both leaven Lev 23:17 and honey. 2Ch 31:5 Both which are sometimes taken in the better part. Mat 13:33 Son 4:11

And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

Ver. 13. Shalt thou season with salt.] Called here the salt of God's covenant; as signifying the covenant of God made with us in Christ, who seasoneth us, and makes all our services savoury. See the note on Mark 9:49,50 .

And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, [even] corn beaten out of full ears.

Ver. 14. Green ears of corn.] To signify that God should be served with the firstfruits of our age, the primrose of our childhood.

And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it [is] a meat offering.

Ver. 15. And thou shalt put oil upon it.] Signifying the graces of God in Christ and his members, and the sweet odour of his oblation for us.

And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, [part] of the beaten corn thereof, and [part] of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: [it is] an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Ver. 16. The memorial of it,] i.e., The thing offered for a memorial.