LEVITICUS 1-7. THE LAW OF SACRIFICES: Burnt Offering (1), Meal Offering (2), Peace Offering (3), Sin Offering (Leviticus 4:1 to Leviticus 5:13), Trespass Offering (Leviticus 5:14), Directions chiefly for Priests (Leviticus 6:8 to Leviticus 7:38). I. BURNT OFFERING OR WHOLE BURNT OFFERING. This is η... [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS 1-7. THE LAW OF SACRIFICES: Burnt Offering (1), Meal Offering (2), Peace Offering (3), Sin Offering (Leviticus 4:1 to Leviticus 5:13), Trespass Offering (Leviticus 5:14), Directions chiefly for Priests (Leviticus 6:8 to Leviticus 7:38). I. BURNT OFFERING OR WHOLE BURNT OFFERING. This is η... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFERING OF SHEEP OR GOAT. The ritual is identical. The choice of victim more or less expensive is left to the worshipper, Leviticus 1:11 adds the detail of northward (_cf. Leviticus 4:24_, and Leviticus 7:2). Eastward is the tent or Temple building (the whole sanctuary lies E. and W.); W. is the la... [ Continue Reading ]
BIRDS. This class is not mentioned in Leviticus 1:2, and may be a later addition to the list of possible offerings (it is not referred to in the narrative books of OT) for the sake of the poor (Luke 2:24). Turtle DOVES AND pigeons are always mentioned together in LEV., and no other birds are allowed... [ Continue Reading ]