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16 and he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside
the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes.
17 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide
it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord.
Leviticus-2
Meal Offerings
1 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.
There were some meat-offerings that were only appendices to the burnt-offerings, as that which was offered with the daily sacrifice (Ex 29:38,39) and with the peace-offerings; these had drink-offerings joined with them (see Nu 15:4,7,9,10), and in these the quantity was appointed. But the law of this chapter concerns those meat-offerings that were offered by themselves, whenever a man saw cause thus to express his devotion. The first offering we read of in scripture was of this kind (Ge 4:3): Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering.
This sort of offerings was appointed,
1. In condescension to the poor, and their ability, that those who themselves lived only upon bread and cakes might offer an acceptable offering to God out of that which was their own coarse and homely fare, and by making for God's altar, as the widow of Sarepta for his prophet, a little cake first, might procure such a blessing upon the handful of meal in the barrel, and the oil in the cruse, as that it should not fail.