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LEVITICUS – LESSON FOUR

(6:8-7:38)

I. MORE REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE OFFERINGS (6:8-7:38)

 

 A. LAW OF THE BURNT-OFFERING (6:8-13)

1. The lamb offered in the evening to remain on altar all night till morning  when the other lamb is offered (v. 8-9; cf. Exodus 29:38).

2. In the morning, the Priest in linen breeches moves ashes to east side of the altar (v. 10-11).

a. Priest changes clothing and takes ashes outside of the camp into a clean place.

3. Fire of the altar burns continually (v. 12-13)

 B. LAW OF THE MEAL-OFFERING (6:14-23)

1. Aaron and his sons eat what is left after they offer the handful of the meal offering (v. 14-15, cf. 2:3, 10).

2. Most holy (v. 16-18)

 a. Not baked with leaven nor eaten with leaven.

 b. Eaten in a holy place in the court of the tent of meeting.

 c. Portion for every male of the children of Aaron

 d. He that touches offering is holy.

3. the occasion of the anointing of Aaron as high priest (v. 19-23)

a. Meal offering – a tenth part of an ephah (little over 2 quarts) of the baking pan – flat plate (cf. 2:5,6).

b. Half offered in the morning, other half in the evening

c. To be perpetual – when anointing new high priest.

d. Not to be eaten when offered for the priest – wholly offered to Jehovah as a sweet savor.

 C. LAW OF SIN-OFFERING (6:24-30)

1. Most holy:

a. Animal is killed in the same place as the burnt offering.

b. Offering priest eats it in the holy place in the court of the tent of meeting.

c. Whatsoever touches offering is holy.

(1). Garment with sprinkled blood to be washed in a holy place – within court of the tent of meeting.

(2). If pot that boils offering for priest’s eating is earthen, it is to be broken; if brazen (bronzed) then it is to be scoured and rinsed with water.

2. Offering not eaten when blood is brought into the tent of meeting (for offending priest – 4:6,7); (whole congregation – 4:17-18).

a. Offering burnt with fire – outside of camp (cf. 4:12, 21)

 D. LAW OF TRESPASS-OFFERING (7:1-6)

1. Most holy – where animal of burnt-offering is killed, the animal of the trespass-offering is killed.

a. Every male among priests shall eat it in the holy place within the court of the tent of meeting.

2. Blood of sacrifice thrown against inner side of the altar.

3. The fat offered to God as in peace offerings and sin offerings.

            a. Fat tail

            b. Inward fat

            c. Fat on inward parts

            d. Of the membrane of the liver

            e. Two kidneys

 E. PORTIONS OF OFFERINGS (trespass- offerings, burnt offerings, meal-offerings)  BELONG TO THE OFFERING       PRIEST (7:7-10)

1. Skin of burnt-offering belongs to the priest (7:8, cf. 1:6).

 F. LAW OF PEACE-OFFERINGS (7:11-21; 28-34)

1. THANKSGIVING – peace offering for mercies received.

a. Offered with every type of unleavened me

b. Offered with leavened cakes (7:13)

c. Portion of each cake offering is a HEAVE OFFERING – is raised and lowered before God (7:14) – belongs to priest.

d. Flesh of peace offering eaten on same day – not left until morning (7:15).

2. VOWS – peace offering for completed vows and FREEWILL – voluntary offering (7:16-18)

3. Uncleanness – by touching unclean things (7:19-21)

a. Flesh cannot be eaten, must be burnt

b. Anyone touching unclean things cannot eat of peace-offering – penalty: cut off – excommunicated or possibly put to death.

4. WAVE-OFFERING and HEAVE-OFFERING (7:28-34)

a. Offerer with own hands brings fat, breast, and thigh to priest.

(1). Priest burns fat to Lord; breast WAVED – backwards and forwards before the Altar, and then it belongs to officiating priest.  

(2). Priest HEAVES – the thigh or hind leg up and down before the altar and then it belongs to officiating priest.

 G. LAW OF FAT AND BLOOD (7:22-27)

1. Fat of ox, sheep or goat not eaten.

a. If animal dies on its own or is torn of beasts, it’s fat can be used, but not eaten.

b. Penalty: cut off from his people.

2. Blood not eaten of bird or beast

a. Penalty: cut off from his people.

3. If not able to supply birds, then one can offer a measure of fine flour – no frankincense or oil in sin offering; remnant of sacrifice belongs to the priest as a meal offering.

 

 H. Conclusion of laws of offerings (7:35-38).

1. Priest  had their portion of offerings made with fire.

2. Laws concerning five offerings along with special offerings in consecrating priest came from Mt. Sinai to Moses.

  

QUESTIONS:

1. How many burnt-offerings were offered each day?

2. When would the fires of the altar before the tent of meeting go out?

3. What new fact concerning the meal-offering do you learn from 6:14-18?

4. How much fine flour was offered as a meal-offering in consecration of the priest?

5. What type of meal-offering was offered when the priest was anointed?

6. What new information concerning the sin-offering do you learn from 6:24-30?

7. What new information concerning the trespass-offering do you learn from 7:1-6?

8. Did the priest have portions of all five offerings?

9. Briefly describe the three types of peace offerings:

10. What distinguishes the wave-offering from the heave-offering of the peace offering?

11. Could any peace offering be eaten on the third day?

12. What was the penalty of eating peace-offering while being unclean from touching unclean things and/or eating fat and blood?  Explain your answer.  

13. From where did God give this law regarding the offerings?