Lévitique 1:14

14 Si son offrande à l'Eternel est un holocauste d'oiseaux, il offrira des tourterelles ou de jeunes pigeons.

Lévitique 1:14 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 1:14

And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be
of fowls
As it might be for the poorer sort, who could not offer a bullock, nor a sheep, or a lamb, ( Leviticus 5:7 ) ( 12:8 ) :

then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young
pigeons;
the Jewish writers all agree, that the turtles should be old, and not young, as the pigeons young, and not old; so the Targum of Jonathan, Jarchi, Aben Ezra and Gersom ^F12; the latter gives two reasons for it, because then they are the choicest and easiest to be found and taken: no mention is made of their being male or female, either would do, or of their being perfect and unblemished, as in the other burnt offerings; but if any part was wanting, it was not fit for sacrifice, as Maimonides ^F13 observes. These creatures were proper emblems of Christ, and therefore used in sacrifice, whose voice is compared to the turtle's, and his eyes to the eyes of doves, ( Song of Solomon 2:12 ) ( 5:12 ) and who is fitly represented by them for his meekness and humility, for his chaste and strong affection to his church, as the turtledove to its mate, and for those dove like graces of the Spirit which are in him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Vid. T. Bab. Cholin, fol. 22. 1, 2.
F13 Issure Mizbeach, c. 3. sect. 1, 2. Vid. Misn. Zebachim, c. 7. sect. 5. & Maimon. & Bartenora, in ib.

Lévitique 1:14 In-Context

12 Il le coupera par morceaux; et le sacrificateur les posera, avec la tête et la graisse, sur le bois mis au feu sur l'autel.

13 Il lavera avec de l'eau les entrailles et les jambes; et le sacrificateur sacrifiera le tout, et le brûlera sur l'autel. C'est un holocauste, un sacrifice consumé par le feu, d'une agréable odeur à l'Eternel.

14 Si son offrande à l'Eternel est un holocauste d'oiseaux, il offrira des tourterelles ou de jeunes pigeons.

15 Le sacrificateur sacrifiera l'oiseau sur l'autel; il lui ouvrira la tête avec l'ongle, et la brûlera sur l'autel, et il exprimera le sang contre un côté de l'autel.

16 Il ôtera le jabot avec ses plumes, et le jettera près de l'autel, vers l'orient, dans le lieu où l'on met les cendres.