Lìwèijì 1:14

14 Rén fèng gĕi Yēhéhuá de gōngwù , ruò yǐ niǎo wéi Fánjì , jiù yào xiàn bānjiū huò shì chú gē wéi gōngwù .

Lìwèijì 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.

Lìwèijì 1:14 In-Context

12 Yào bǎ Fánjì shēng qiè chéng kuaì zǐ , lián tóu hé zhīyóu , jìsī jiù yào bǎi zaì tán shàng huǒ de chái shàng .

13 Dàn zàngfǔ yǔ tuǐ yào yòng shuǐ xǐ , jìsī jiù yào quán rán fèngxiàn , shāo zaì tán shàng . zhè shì Fánjì , shì xiàn yǔ Yēhéhuá wéi xīnxiāng de huǒ jì .

14 Rén fèng gĕi Yēhéhuá de gōngwù , ruò yǐ niǎo wéi Fánjì , jiù yào xiàn bānjiū huò shì chú gē wéi gōngwù .

15 Jìsī yào bǎ niǎo ná dào tán qián , jiū xià tóu lái , bǎ niǎo shāo zaì tán shàng , niǎo de xuè yào liú zaì tán de pángbiān .

16 Yòu yào bǎ niǎo de sù zǐ hé zàng wù ( zàng wù huò zuò líng maó ) chúdiào , diū zaì tán de dōngbiān dǎo huī de dìfang .