Day 32: Leviticus 7-9

(The previous post covered mandatory offerings concerned with offenses towards man.)

Leviticus 7

(This chapter finished the theme from chapters 4-7 which covered mandatory offerings concerned with offenses towards man and finished the explanation of offerings all together.)

(Verses 1-10: the guilt offering, also known as trespass-offering.)

¹ And this is the law of the trespass-offering: it is most holy.
² In the place where they kill the burnt-offering shall they kill the trespass-offering; and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle upon the altar round about.
³ And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof: the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards,
⁴ and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away;
⁵ and the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: it is a trespass-offering.
⁶ Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy.
⁷ As is the sin-offering, so is the trespass-offering; there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith, he shall have it.

(God explained to Moses the details of the trespass-offering. Same as burnt-offering, fat and blood was given to God, meat was given to the priest who offered it.)

⁸ And the priest that offereth any man's burnt-offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt-offering which he hath offered.
⁹ And every meal-offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying-pan, and on the baking-pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it.
¹⁰ And every meal-offering, mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another.

(God covered different specific meat offerings. It looks like it was the head priest's responsibility to see that it was evenly distributed among the priests.)

(Verses 11-36: the peace-offering.)

¹¹ And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which one shall offer unto Jehovah.
¹² If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour soaked.
¹³ With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his oblation with the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving.
¹⁴ And of it he shall offer one out of each oblation for a heave-offering unto Jehovah; it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace-offerings.
¹⁵ And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his oblation; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
¹⁶ But if the sacrifice of his oblation be a vow, or a freewill-offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offereth his sacrifice; and on the morrow that which remaineth of it shall be eaten:
¹⁷ but that which remaineth of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
¹⁸ And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings be eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
¹⁹ And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean shall eat thereof:
²⁰ but the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, that pertain unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
²¹ And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any unclean abomination, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain unto Jehovah, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
²² And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
²³ Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.
²⁴ And the fat of that which dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of beasts, may be used for any other service; but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
²⁵ For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.
²⁶ And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
²⁷ Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

(Whatever soul ate any manner of blood, that soul would be cut off from the people.)

²⁸ And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
²⁹ Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace-offerings unto Jehovah shall bring his oblation unto Jehovah out of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings:
³⁰ his own hands shall bring the offerings of Jehovah made by fire; the fat with the breast shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave-offering before Jehovah.
³¹ And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
³² And the right thigh shall ye give unto the priest for a heave-offering out of the sacrifices of your peace-offerings.
³³ He among the sons of Aaron that offereth the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion.
³⁴ For the wave-breast and the heave-thigh have I taken of the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons as their portion for ever from the children of Israel.
³⁵ This is the anointing-portion of Aaron, and the anointing-portion of his sons, out of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto Jehovah in the priest's office;
³⁶ which Jehovah commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is their portion for ever throughout their generations.

(God explained the details of the peace-offering. It was offered out of thanksgiving or fulfilling a vow. The meat had to be eaten within three days and leftovers burnt by fire, everyone must have been clean, eating God's portion would get you cut out, a portion ought to have been waved before the Lord by the person who brought it.)

(Verses 37-38: Summary that all the offerings were explained.)

³⁷ This is the law of the burnt-offering, of the meal-offering, and of the sin-offering, and of the trespass-offering, and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace-offerings;
³⁸ which Jehovah commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai.

(Now that the explanation of the offerings were completed, we will take a moment to see how Jesus fulfilled these. Here is an Old Testament and New Testament scripture to establish Jesus was related to these offerings:

"Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand." (Isaiah 53:10)

"And every priest indeed standeth day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, the which can never take away sins: but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; henceforth expecting till his enemies be made the footstool of his feet." (Hebrews 10:11-13)

-Christ fulfilled the burnt-offering of Leviticus 1 (Ephesians 5:1,2).
-Christ fulfilled the first fruit-offering of Leviticus 2 (1 Corinthians 15:20).
-Christ fulfilled the peace-offering of Leviticus 3 (Romans 5:1,2).
-Christ fulfilled the sin-offering of Leviticus 4 (2 Corinthians 5:21).
-Christ fulfilled the guilt-offering of Leviticus 5 (Romans 4:23-25).

Christ fulfilled the offerings from the first five chapters of Leviticus.)




Leviticus 8

(This chapter began the theme of chapters 8-10 which covered the consecration of the priesthood.)

(Verses 1-3: the command was given.)

¹ And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
² Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;
³ and assemble thou all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting.

(God explained the giving of the command for assembling the congregation.)

(Verses 4-5: Moses did as the Lord commanded.)

⁴ And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the tent of meeting.
⁵ And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded to be done.

(Verse 6: the washing of the priests.)

⁶ And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.

(Moses let the congregation know God commanded this and Moses washed Aaron and his sons with water. Was this baptism?)

(Verses 7-9: the clothing of the priests in priestly garments.)

⁷ And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
⁸ And he placed the breastplate upon him: and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim.
⁹ And he set the mitre upon his head; and upon the mitre, in front, did he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

(Verses 10-13: the anointing of the priests.)

¹⁰ And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
¹¹ And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.
¹² And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
¹³ And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats, and girded them with girdles, and bound head-tires upon them; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

(Moses anointed the tabernacle and Aaron (to sanctify him). Aaron’s sons were dressed in priest’s garments.)

(Verses 14-17: the sacrifice of the sin-offering.)

¹⁴ And he brought the bullock of the sin-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sin-offering.
¹⁵ And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
¹⁶ And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it upon the altar.
¹⁷ But the bullock, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

(Verses 18-21: the sacrifice of the burnt-offering.)

¹⁸ And he presented the ram of the burnt-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
¹⁹ And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
²⁰ And he cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
²¹ And he washed the inwards and the legs with water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt-offering for a sweet savor: it was an offering made by fire unto Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

(After the burnt-offering was performed, a sweet savor was mentioned.)

(Verses 22-24: the sacrifice and the blood.)

²² And he presented the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
²³ And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood thereof, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.
²⁴ And he brought Aaron's sons; and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.

(The ceremonial consecration was performed.)

(Verses 25-29: a wave-offering to God.)

²⁵ And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh:
²⁶ and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Jehovah, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and upon the right thigh:
²⁷ and he put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and waved them for a wave-offering before Jehovah.
²⁸ And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt-offering: they were a consecration for a sweet savor: it was an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
²⁹ And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: it was Moses' portion of the ram of consecration; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

(After the wave-offering was performed, a sweet savor was mentioned.)

³⁰ And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

(Blood was sprinkled on the garments.)

³¹ And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting: and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
³² And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire.

(The fellowship meal was eaten.)

(Verses 33-36: Seven days of consecration.)

³³ And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration be fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days.

(Aaron and his sons were consecrated for seven days (priests had to live in the tent of meeting for seven days). Consecration meant "a type of inauguration" or, in this case, the beginning of Aaron and his sons filling the office of a priest.)

³⁴ As hath been done this day, so Jehovah hath commanded to do, to make atonement for you.
³⁵ And at the door of the tent of meeting shall ye abide day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Jehovah, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.
³⁶ And Aaron and his sons did all the things which Jehovah commanded by Moses.




Leviticus 9

(This chapter continued the theme of chapters 8-10 which covered the consecration of the priesthood.)

¹ And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;

(The seven days of consecration for Aaron and his sons was finished.)

² and he said unto Aaron, Take thee a calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blemish, and offer them before Jehovah.

(Moses gave directions for the eighth day. The bull was the offering covering any sin the consecrated priests did during their seven days of living in the tent of meeting. The ram was the priests’ way of establishing that their fellowship with God would be ongoing.)

³ And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a he-goat for a sin-offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt-offering;
⁴ and an ox and a ram for peace-offerings, to sacrifice before Jehovah; and a meal-offering mingled with oil: for to-day Jehovah appeareth unto you.

(This day, the Lord would appear to them.)

⁵ And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before Jehovah.
⁶ And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah commanded that ye should do: and the glory of Jehovah shall appear unto you.
⁷ And Moses said unto Aaron, Draw near unto the altar, and offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make atonement for thyself, and for the people; and offer the oblation of the people, and make atonement for them; as Jehovah commanded.

(Aaron began his ministry by giving directions to the people about their offering.)

⁸ So Aaron drew near unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself.
⁹ And the sons of Aaron presented the blood unto him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar:
¹⁰ but the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul from the liver of the sin-offering, he burnt upon the altar; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
¹¹ And the flesh and the skin he burnt with fire without the camp.
¹² And he slew the burnt-offering; and Aaron's sons delivered unto him the blood, and he sprinkled it upon the altar round about.
¹³ And they delivered the burnt-offering unto him, piece by piece, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
¹⁴ And he washed the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt-offering on the altar.

(Aaron performed his first offering.)

¹⁵ And he presented the people's oblation, and took the goat of the sin-offering which was for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
¹⁶ And he presented the burnt-offering, and offered it according to the ordinance.
¹⁷ And he presented the meal-offering, and filled his hand therefrom, and burnt it upon the altar, besides the burnt-offering of the morning.
¹⁸ He slew also the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons delivered unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,
¹⁹ and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul of the liver:
²⁰ and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:
²¹ and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offering before Jehovah; as Moses commanded.

(Aaron performed an offering for the people.)

²² And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings.
²³ And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto all the people.

(Moses and Aaron blessed the people and the Lord appeared to them all.)

²⁴ And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

(Fire came from the Lord and consumed the offering. All the people saw it and shouted and fell on their faces. God displayed His glory.)

(This post finished the theme from chapters 4-7 which covered mandatory offerings concerned with offenses towards man and finished the explanation of offerings all together. Also, this post began (Chapters 8-10) covering the consecration of the priesthood.)

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