Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
THE MEAT OFFERINGS. (Lev. 2:1-16)
when any will offer a meat offering--or gift--distinguishing a bloodless from a bloody sacrifice. The word "meat," however, is improper, as its meaning as now used is different from that attached at the date of our English translation. It was then applied not to "flesh," but "food," generally, and here it is applied to the flour of wheat. The meat offerings were intended as a thankful acknowledgment for the bounty of Providence; and hence, although meat offerings accompanied some of the appointed sacrifices, those here described being voluntary oblations, were offered alone.
pour oil upon it--Oil was used as butter is with us; symbolically it meant the influences of the Spirit, of which oil was the emblem, as incense was of prayer.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Leviticus 14:10-20
Isaiah 1:13
Isaiah 43:23
Ezekiel 16:18
Ezekiel 16:19
Amos 4:5
Micah 6:7
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