Matthew Poole and continuators on Leviticus 2:11

11 No meat-offering which he shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven : for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey in any offering of the LORD made by fire.

To wit▪ which is offered of free will, for in other offerings it might be used▪ Levit. 7. 13. and [illegible: 1 word]. 17.

This was forbidden, partly to mind them of their deliverance out of Egypt, when they were forced through haste to bring away their meal or dough (which was the matter of this oblation) unleavened; partly to signifie what Christ would be, and what they should be, pure and free from all errour in the faith and worship of God, and from all hypocrisie and malice or wickedness, all which are signified by leaven. Mat. 16. 12. Mark 8. 15 Luk. 12. 1. 1 Cor. 5. 8. Gal. 5. 9.

Either 1. because it hath the same effect with leaven in paste or dough making it sowr and swelling. Or 2. in opposition to the sacrifices of the Gentiles, in which the use of hony was most frequent or 3. to teach us, that Gods worship is not to be governed by mens fancies and appetites, to which hony might have been grateful, but by Gods will. The Iews conceive that under the name of h[illegible: 1+ letters]ny all sweet fruits, as figs, dates, &c. are contained and forbidden.