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Orderly and Reverent Worship
Commentators observe that the procedure for the sheep or goat offering mirrors the one for the more valuable bullock. The animal is methodically cut into pieces, including the head and fat, and carefully arranged on the altar. This repetition emphasizes that God desires the same order, reverence, and thoroughness in worship, regardless of the offering's material cost.
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Leviticus
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Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 1:12
19th Century
Bishop
With his head and his fat. —That is, “he shall cut it into its pieces, and sever or cut off its head and its fat…
John Gill
On Leviticus 1:12
17th Century
Pastor
And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his
fat
Or "his body", as the …
Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 1:10–17
17th Century
Minister
Those who could not offer a young bull were to bring a sheep or a goat; and those who were not able to do that were accepted by God if they brought…