Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 9:4
Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for today the LORD will appear unto you.
See the fulfilling of this promise, Lev 9:24. Heb. hath appeared. He speaks of the thing to come as if it were past, which is frequent in Scripture, to give them the more assurance of the thing.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord,…. An offering being made for the atonement of sin, and the gift of a whole burnt offering accepted by the Lord upon that, peace offerings were to be sacrificed thereupon; one part of which belonged to the Lord, as the fat and the blood; another part to the priest, as the shoulder and the breast; and the rest to the owners to make a feast with, expressive of the peace and joy which arise from the expiation and atonement of sin, by the great sacrifice of Christ, in commemoration of which a feast is kept by the Lord’s people:
and a meat offering mingled with oil; with oil olive; each of these offerings are treated of in the preceding chapters, where an account is given of them, and the mystery of them explained:
for today the Lord will appear unto you; or “and today”, as in Le 9:6 so Noldius e; for this is not observed as a reason why the sacrifices were to be offered, but as a promise of the divine appearance, as an encouragement thereunto; and may have special respect to some visible splendour and lustre of the divine glory more than ordinary; and particularly to the fire that should come out from before the Lord, and consume the sacrifice, Le 9:24 and so Ben Gersom interprets it. And this being on the eighth day of the consecration of the priests, may lead our thoughts to the day when our great High Priest rose from the dead, the day after the seventh, or the Jewish sabbath, even on the eighth day, or first day of the week, on which he made frequent appearances to his disciples; see Mr 16:9.
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Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(4) Also a bullock and a ram.The elders were thus to bring on behalf of the people, (1) a he-goat for a sin offering; (2) a yearling calf and a yearling sheep for a burnt offering; and (3) an ox and a ram for a peace offering.
A meat offering mingled with oil.The oil was to be added, as, with the exception of the small portion offered to the Lord, the meat offering was the perquisite of the officiating priests who partook of it, together with their share of the victims, and the cakes had to be made palatable for the sacerdotal repast. (See Lev. 2:1.)
For to-day the Lord will appear unto you.That is, prepare and sanctify yourselves with these sacrifices, for the Lord is to manifest himself in an especial manner to signify his approval of the inauguration of Aaron and his family to the priesthood.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
4. Peace offerings Chaps. 3 and Lev 7:11-28, notes.
Meat offering Chaps. 2, and Lev 6:14-23, notes. “Meal offering,” (R.V.)
For to-day the Lord will appear unto you The term for contains the reason for all the sacrifices commanded in the preceding verses. Jehovah manifests himself only to those who obediently seek him in his ordinances. (Exo 29:42-43.) See also especially Joh 14:21, note. God can give to the believer an indubitable demonstration of his presence and favour without the manifestation of a visible form. The invisible God no man hath seen at any time; the only-begotten Son hath declared him. Joh 1:18, note. By reference to Lev 9:6; Lev 9:23 it appears that the promised manifestation is that of “the glory of Jehovah.” This was not constantly seen either by the people or by Moses. The sincere inquirer after God, who diligently gathers up and uses all his light, and follows un-hesitatingly wherever the truth leads, will attain an experimental and satisfactory assurance of the existence and forgiving grace of God in Jesus Christ. There is really no such thing as “honest scepticism.” Sacrifice, and Jehovah will appear. Obedience must precede the divine manifestation. See Joh 7:17, note. At the tomb of Lazarus Jesus said to Martha, “If thou wilt believe, thou shalt see the glory of God.” See Joh 11:40, note. The condition is essentially the same in both instances. Faith is the root of obedience; obedience is faith unfolded in action.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Observe, with what confidence the man of GOD speaks of the LORD’S manifesting himself unto his people. And with how much greater confidence may the people of GOD now assure themselves of the LORD’S presence among them, when by his own express command, they meet together in his name; when that precept is followed up with a most positive promise, Mat_18:20; Mat_28:20 . Reader! in taking comfort from this well-grounded assurance, do not forget that this presence of our LORD is a spiritual presence, to bless spiritual worshippers, who worship GOD in Spirit and in truth.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 9:4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear unto you.
Ver. 4. For today the Lord will appear unto you. ] And he may not find you empty handed, unprepared. See Trapp on “ Exo 19:10 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
peace offerings. Hebrew. shelem. App-43.
appear: i.e. manifest Himself in a special manner.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
a bullock: Lev 3:1-17
and a meat: Lev 2:1-16, Lev 6:14-23, Num 15:3-9
to day: Lev 9:6, Lev 9:23, Exo 16:10, Exo 19:11, Exo 24:16, Exo 29:43, Exo 40:34, Exo 40:35, Num 14:10, Num 16:19, 1Ki 8:10-12, Eze 43:2
Reciprocal: Gen 15:9 – General Num 6:15 – a basket
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 9:4. The Lord will appear Hebrew, Hath appeared. He speaks of the thing to come as if it were past, which is frequent in Scripture, to give them the more assurance of its taking place.