Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Leviticus 22:27

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Leviticus 22:27 - 22:27

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Leviticus 22:27 - 22:27

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22:1 - 22:1
22:2 - 22:2
22:3 - 22:3
22:4 - 22:4
22:8 - 22:8
22:10 - 22:10
22:13 - 22:13
22:14 - 22:14
22:15 - 22:15
22:17 - 22:17
22:19 - 22:19
22:23 - 22:23
22:27 - 22:27

it shall be seven days under the dam - Animals were not considered perfect nor good for food till the eighth day. As sacrifices are called the bread or food of God (Lev 22:25), to offer them immediately after birth, when they were unfit to be eaten, would have indicated a contempt of religion; and besides, this prohibition, as well as that contained in Lev 22:28, inculcated a lesson of humanity or tenderness to the dam, as well as secured the sacrifices from all appearance of unfeeling cruelty.