Leviticus 5 – 7
Leviticus 5 discusses the sin offering and the guilt offering. What the sin offering consisted of depended on who you were or what you had – a high priest had to bring a young bull, a leader had to bring a male goat, a common person had to bring a female goat or lamb, a poor person had to bring two doves or two pigeons, and a very poor person 1/10 of an ephah of fine flour. The sin offering was for specific unintentional sin. The guilt offering, on the other hand, was for sins where restitution was required and a ram was required.
Chapter 6 talks a little more about burnt offerings: the burnt offering had to be left on top of the altar until the next morning and the fire on the altar had to be kept burning all night. Ashes from the burnt offering were to be carried outside the camp to a place that was ceremonially clean.
In view of the fact that fire is often a symbol of the Holy Spirit, it is interesting to note how many times God mentions that the fire on the altar must never be allowed to go out.
The Lord was very specific about what should happen when Aaron and his sons were anointed, as well as any successors to them.
In chapter 7, more clarification is given about the guilt offering, the sin offering and the peace offering. Note that the priest was allowed to keep the hide of the animal sacrificed for the burnt offering.
Although yeast was forbidden in most offerings, bread made with yeast was to accompany any peace offering of thanksgiving.
God reiterates to Moses that the blood and fat were never to be eaten. People who disobeyed this were to be cut off from the community.
God certainly provided for his priests. The right thigh and the breast were to be given to the priest with any peace offering.
Tomorrow, it’s Leviticus 8 – 10.
Thank You from Japan:
Everyone should watch this Thank You from Japan After the Tsunami:
My Handy-Dandy Apple Peeler
Today, I used my apple peeler/corer/slicer for the first time. It works great. In about 10 – 15 minutes, I had my apples prepared for the dehydrator. My only problem was I underestimated how many apples I needed. I had 7 pretty good sized ones, but could have used a couple more. They are dehydrating quite quickly.
Until next time…
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