Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:14
And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: [it shall be] a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
14. For ‘parched corn’ and ‘fresh ears,’ see on Lev 2:14-16.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 14. Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears] It is right that God, the dispenser of every blessing, should be acknowledged as such, and the first-fruits of the field, &c., dedicated to him. Concerning the dedication of the first-fruits, See Clarke on Ex 22:29. Parched ears of corn and green ears, fried, still constitute a part, and not a disagreeable one, of the food of the Arabs now resident in the Holy Land. See Hasselquist.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Bread, made of new wheat, as the nature and reason of the law showeth.
Nor green ears, which were usual, not only for offerings to God, as Lev 2:14, but also for mans food. See Jos 5:11; Rth 2:14; 1Sa 17:17; Mat 12:1.
Until the selfsame day: good reason God should be first served and owned as the supreme Landlord.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears,…. That is, they were not allowed to make bread of the new corn, as Aben Ezra and Gersom explain it; for they were obliged to eat unleavened bread at this time: but it might not be made of the new corn, until the above offering was made; nay, they were not allowed to parch any of the grains of corn, and eat them; yea, even they might not pluck and eat the green ears, though of ever so small a quantity. The Jews say q, if it was the quantity of an olive of either of these, a man was to be beaten for it:
until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God; which includes all the offerings on this account, the offering of the firstfruits, the offering of the he lamb, and the meat offering and the drink offering; until these were offered up, the new corn might not be eaten in any form:
[it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations; until the Messiah came, who is the substance of these shadows:
in all your dwellings; not at Jerusalem only, but in the several parts of the land of Canaan; yea, as Ben Gersom says, whether in the land, or without the land; a later writer says, it is forbidden to eat of the new corn at this time, whether bread, parched corn, or green ears, until the beginning of the night of the eighteenth of Nisan, and in the land of Israel, until the beginning of the night of the seventeenth of Nisan r.
q Maimon. Hilchot Maacolot Asurot, c. 10. sect. 2, 3. r Schulchan Aruch, par. 1. c. 489. sect. 10. so Lebush, c. 489. sect. 10.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(14) And ye shall eat neither bread.In acknowledgment of the bountiful Giver of the new harvest, it was ordained that the Israelites were not to taste any of it till they had dedicated the first- fruit to the Lord. By bread is meant the unleavened bread which they were now enjoined to eat. The unleavened bread for the first and the second days of Passover was prepared from the last years harvest, but the bread for the following days could only be made from the new harvest after the normal dedication of it to the Lord.
Parched corn.See Lev. 2:14.
Green ears.The expression carmel, which the Authorised version renders full ears in Lev. 214, the authorities during the second Temple took to denote the five kinds of the new grain, viz., wheat, rye, oats, and two kinds of barley, which were forbidden to be used in any form whatsoever prior to this public dedication of the harvest to the Lord. The same custom of dedicating the first-fruits of the harvest to the divine beings also obtained amongst the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and other nations of antiquity.
A statute for ever . . . See Lev. 3:17; Lev. 7:23-25.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
14. Parched corn green ears These, being fried, are still eaten with relish by the Arabs now dwelling in Palestine. See note on Rth 2:14. Abstinence from the fruits of the earth till thanks have been rendered to the bountiful Giver in the form of an offering of firstfruits was a practice quite prevalent among the pagan nations. Pliny says of the ancient Romans, “They did not so much as taste of their corn and wine till the priests had offered the firstfruits.” A statute for ever. See note on Lev 3:17.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 23:14. Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, &c. That is, no bread or corn of this year’s produce; a reasonable testimony of their respect and gratitude to God, the giver of all good gifts. Pliny tells us, that the Romans offered the first-fruits of their corn and wine to the gods, before they tasted thereof themselves.
Note; 1. They who come to acknowledge divine mercies, shall have their souls refreshed, as with marrow and fatness. (2.) Holy seasons should be observed in a holy manner. (3.) God has a right to his sheaf: we must honour him with part of our substance, if we would have his blessing on the rest. (4.) These first-fruits were typical of Jesus’s rising, as the first-fruits from the dead, and thereby assuring us of our own resurrection.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Lev 23:14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Ver. 14. And ye shall eat neither bread. ] It was fit that God the giver should have the first.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
offering. Hebrew. korban. See App-43.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
statute for ever. See Lev 23:21; Lev 3:17; Lev 6:18, Lev 6:22; Lev 7:34; Lev 10:9, Lev 10:15; Lev 24:8, Lev 24:9. Exo 12:14; Exo 29:28; Exo 30:21. Num 18:8, Num 18:11, Num 18:19. Jer 5:22, &c.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
eat: Lev 19:23-25, Lev 25:2, Lev 25:3, Gen 4:4, Gen 4:5, Jos 5:11, Jos 5:12
it shall be: Lev 3:17, Lev 10:11, Deu 16:12, Neh 9:14, Psa 19:8
Reciprocal: Lev 2:14 – a meat offering Lev 23:21 – a statute
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 23:14. Ye shall eat neither bread nor corn Of this years growth. This was a most reasonable testimony of their respect for God, to give him the first place, and pay their tribute of gratitude to the donor before they used his gifts. They who lived at a distance from the tabernacle, or temple, were allowed to eat new corn on this day after mid-day, because the offering to God was always presented before that time.