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gospel ministers are said to be a sweet savour unto God, 2Co 2:15.
3. If it was prepared, this might be done in various ways; the offerer might bake it, or fry it, or mix the flour and oil upon a plate, for the doing of which conveniences were provided about the tabernacle. The law was very exact even about those offerings that were least costly, to intimate the cognizance God takes of the religious services performed with a devout mind, even by the poor of his people.
4. It was to be presented by the offerer to the priest, which is called bringing it to the Lord (Le 2:8), for the priests were God's receivers, and were ordained to offer gifts.
5. Part of it was to be burnt upon the altar, for a memorial, that is, in token of their mindfulness of God's bounty to them, in giving them all things richly to enjoy. It was an offering made by fire, Le 2:2,9. The consuming of it by fire might remind them that they deserved to have all the fruits of the earth thus burnt up, and that it was of the Lord's mercies that they were not. They might also learn that as meats are for the belly, and the belly for meats, so God shall destroy both it and them (1Co 6:13), and that man lives not by bread alone. This offering made by fire is here said to be of a sweet savour unto the Lord; and so are our spiritual offerings, which are made by the fire of holy love, particularly that of almsgiving, which is said to be an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God (Php 4:18), and with such sacrifices God is well pleased, Heb 13:16.
6. The remainder of the meat-offering was to be given to the priests, Le 2:3,10. It is a thing most holy, not to be eaten by the offerers, as the peace-offerings (which, though holy,