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A Division of Labor
Commentators note a crucial division of labor. The person bringing the offering was typically the one to kill the animal, signifying a personal acknowledgment of the cost of sin. However, only the priests, as God's appointed mediators, could handle the blood and apply it to the altar for atonement. This shows both human participation and the absolute necessity of a divine intermediary.
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Leviticus
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Albert Barnes
On Leviticus 1:5
18th Century
Theologian
And he shall kill the bullock — Tradition states that before the laying on of the hand, the victim was bound by a cord to a ring on the no…
Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 1:5
19th Century
Bishop
And he shall kill the bullock. — The sacrificer himself slaughtered the victim on the north side of the altar by cutting …
John Calvin
On Leviticus 1:5
16th Century
Theologian
And he shall kill the bullock. The ceremony of killing is further described, namely, that the priest should prepare the victim itself and …
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John Gill
On Leviticus 1:5
17th Century
Pastor
And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord
That is, the man that brings the burnt offering, for no other is yet s…
Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 1:3–9
17th Century
Minister
In the proper performance of the Levitical ordinances, the mysteries of the spiritual world are represented by corresponding natural objects, and f…