I will offer unto thee burnt-offerings of fatlings, With the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. [Selah
The good man gives his best to God, not some starving creature from the hills but the fattest beasts from the richest pastures. He who is miserly with God is a wretch. We must give the Lord the choicest we can select, burning it wholly upon His altar, no waste, but the truest economy, for such gifts are placed where thieves cannot steal and rust cannot corrode.
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The poet speaks now for the community at large, enumerating the sacrifices with deliberate care: the whole burnt-offerings first, showing adoring homage, then the fat portions of the peace-offerings smoking upon the altar. The diversity of animals, from the universal lamb and bullock to the ram reserved for the high priest and people, reveals the comprehensiveness of his vow.
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Commenting on Psalm 66:13-15
The fattest of the flock, the very best; so Abel offered. He proposes to offer every kind of sacrifice to show his gratitude for the favors received. By all these animals are meant the calves, the fruit of the lips, the sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving to God in the name of the whole church.
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