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till at least one sabbath had passed over it." It was in conformity to the law of circumcision, which children were to receive on the eighth day. Christ was sacrificed for us, not in his infancy, though then Herod sought to slay him, but in the prime of his time.
27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall
be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
28 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both
in one day.
That the dam and her young should not both be killed in one day, whether in sacrifice or for common use, Le 22:28. There is such a law as this concerning birds, De 22:6. This was forbidden, not as evil in itself, but because it looked barbarous and cruel to the brute creatures; like the tyranny of the king of Babylon, that slew Zedekiah's sons before his eyes, and then put out his eyes. It looked ill-natured towards the species to kill two generations at once, as if one designed the ruin of the kind.
29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord,
offer it at your own will.
30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until
the morrow: I am the Lord.
31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am
the Lord.
That the flesh of their thank-offerings should be eaten on the same day that they were sacrificed, Le 22:29,30. This is a repetition of what we had before, Le 7:15,19:6,7. The chapter concludes with such a general charge as we have often met with, to keep God's commandments, and not to profane his holy name, Le 22:31,32. Those that profess God's name, if they do not make conscience of keeping his commandments, do but profane his name. The general reasons are added: God's authority over them--I am the Lord; his interest in them--I am your God; the title he had to them by redemption--"I brought you out of the land of Egypt, on