Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 1:11
And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
Northward before the Lord – That is, on the north side of the altar. See also Lev 4:24, Lev 4:29, Lev 4:33; Lev 7:2. This was probably an arrangement of some practical convenience. On the west side of the altar stood the laver; on the east side was the place of ashes (see Lev 1:16 note); and the south side, where appears to have been the slope by which the priests went up to the altar, must have been left clear for a path.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
This and other kinds of sacrifices were killed
on the side of the altar northward, Lev 6:25; 7:2, because here seems to have been the largest and most convenient place for that work, the altar being probably near the middle of the east end of the building, and the entrance being on the south side; so the north side was the only vacant place. Besides, this might design the place of Christs death, both more generally, to wit, in Jerusalem, which was
in the sides of the north, Psa 48:2; and more specially, to wit, on Mount Calvary, which was on the north and west side of Jerusalem.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord,…. This is a circumstance not mentioned in the killing of the bullock: Maimonides g says, there was a square place from the wall of the altar northward, to the wall of the court, and it was sixty cubits, and all that was over against the breadth of this, from the wall of the porch to the eastern wall, and it is seventy six cubits; and this foursquare place is called the “north”, for the slaying of the most holy things; so that it seems this being a large place, was fittest for this purpose. Aben Ezra intimates, as if some respect was had to the situation of Mount Zion; his note is, “on the side of the altar northward”, i.e. without, and so “the sides of the north”, Ps 48:2 for so many mistake who say that the tower of Zion was in the midst of Jerusalem; and with this agrees Mr. Ainsworth’s note on Le 6:25 hereby was figured, that Christ our sin offering should be killed by the priests in Jerusalem, and Mount Sion, which was on “the sides of the north”, Ps 48:2 crucified on Mount Calvary, which was on the northwest side of Jerusalem; as by the Jews’ tradition, the morning sacrifice was killed at the northwest horn of the altar h:
and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar; [See comments on Le 1:5].
g In Misn. Zebachim, c. 5. sect. 1. h Misn. Tamid, c. 4. sect. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(11) On the side of the altar northward.As the place for the refuse was on the east side (see Lev. 1:16), as the laver stood on the west side, and as the ascent to the altar was on the south side, the north side was the most convenient for slaughtering the victims. This also applies to the sin and trespass offerings (Lev. 4:24; Lev. 4:29; Lev. 4:33; Lev. 6:25; Lev. 7:2; Lev. 14:13, &c.).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Observe the same order, is observed as before. Rich, and poor, are in soul concerns alike. Rom 2:11 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 1:11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
Ver. 11. On the side of the altar northward. ] Not eastward, as the heathen sacrifices: or to note the obscurity of the legal ceremonies.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
he shall: Lev 1:5, Exo 40:22, Eze 8:5
northward: Lev 6:25, Lev 7:2
and the: Lev 1:7-9, Lev 9:12-14
Reciprocal: Exo 24:6 – on the altar Lev 2:4 – the oven Lev 3:2 – kill it Lev 3:8 – sprinkle Lev 4:24 – in the place Lev 8:15 – he slew it Lev 14:13 – in the place
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 1:11. Northward Here this and other kinds of sacrifices were killed, (Lev 6:25; Lev 7:2,) because here seems to have been the largest and most convenient place for that work, the altar being probably near the middle of the east end of the building, and the entrance being on the south side.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1:11 {g} And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward {h} before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
(g) Read Lev 1:5.
(h) Before the altar of the Lord.