Matthew Poole and continuators on Leviticus 1:4

4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering , and it shall be accepted from him to make atonement for him .

(i. e.) Both his hands, Levit. 8. 14, 18. and 16. 21. A common Enallage.

Whereby he signified, 1. that he willingly gave it to the Lord. 2. that he did legally unite himself with it, and judged himself worthy of that death which it suffered in his stead, and that he laid his sins upon it in a ceremonial way, and had an eye to him upon whom God would lay the iniquity of us all, Isa. 53. 6. and that together with it he did freely offer up himself to God.

To wit, ceremonially and sacramentally, as directing his faith and thoughts, to that true propitiatory sacrifice which in time was to be offered up for him. See Rom. 3. 25. Heb. 9. 15, 25, 26. And although burntofferings were commonly offered by way of thanksgiving, Gen. 8. 20▪ Psal. 51. 16, 17. yet they were sometimes offered by way of atonement for sin, to wit, for sins in general, as appears from Io[illegible: 1+ letters] 1. 5. but for particular sins there were special sacrifices, as we shall see.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word]. 29. 1[illegible: 1+ letters], 15.