[Linux4christians] Monday - Leviticus 3-4
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Monday
Leviticus 3-4
Peace Offering Regulations: Animal from the Herd
3:1 "'Now if his offering is a peace offering sacrifice, if he presents
an offering from the herd, he must present before the Lord a flawless
male or a female. 3:2 He must lay his hand on the head of his offering
and slaughter it at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and the sons of
Aaron, the priests, must splash the blood against the altar's sides. 3:3
Then the one presenting the offering must present a gift to the Lord
from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove the fat that covers
the entrails and all the fat that surrounds the entrails, 3:4 the two
kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the
liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys). 3:5 Then the sons
of Aaron must offer it up in smoke on the altar atop the burnt offering
that is on the wood in the fire as a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.
Animal from the Flock
3:6 "'If his offering for a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord is from
the flock, he must present a flawless male or female. 3:7 If he presents
a sheep as his offering, he must present it before the Lord. 3:8 He must
lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it before the
Meeting Tent, and the sons of Aaron must splash its blood against the
altar's sides. 3:9 Then he must present a gift to the Lord from the
peace offering sacrifice: He must remove all the fatty tail up to the
end of the spine, the fat covering the entrails, and all the fat on the
entrails, 3:10 the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the
protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the
kidneys). 3:11 Then the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar as
a food gift to the Lord.
3:12 "'If his offering is a goat he must present it before the Lord,
3:13 lay his hand on its head, and slaughter it before the Meeting Tent,
and the sons of Aaron must splash its blood against the altar's sides.
3:14 Then he must present from it his offering as a gift to the Lord:
the fat which covers the entrails and all the fat on the entrails, 3:15
the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on
the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys). 3:16 Then the
priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a food gift for a
soothing aroma -- all the fat belongs to the Lord. 3:17 This is a
perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where
you live: You must never eat any fat or any blood.'"
Sin Offering Regulations
4:1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 4:2 "Tell the Israelites, 'When a
person sins by straying unintentionally from any of the Lord's
commandments which must not be violated, and violates any one of them --
For the Priest
4:3 "'If the high priest sins so that the people are guilty, on account
of the sin he has committed he must present a flawless young bull to the
Lord for a sin offering. 4:4 He must bring the bull to the entrance of
the Meeting Tent before the Lord, lay his hand on the head of the bull,
and slaughter the bull before the Lord. 4:5 Then that high priest must
take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the Meeting Tent. 4:6
The priest must dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it
seven times before the Lord toward the front of the veil-canopy of the
sanctuary. 4:7 The priest must put some of the blood on the horns of the
altar of fragrant incense that is before the Lord in the Meeting Tent,
and all the rest of the bull's blood he must pour out at the base of the
altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.
4:8 "'Then he must take up all the fat from the sin offering bull: the
fat covering the entrails and all the fat surrounding the entrails, 4:9
the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on
the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys) 4:10 -- just as
it is taken from the ox of the peace offering sacrifice -- and the
priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering. 4:11
But the hide of the bull, all its flesh along with its head and its
legs, its entrails, and its dung -- 4:12 all the rest of the bull -- he
must bring outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place, to the fatty
ash pile, and he must burn it on a wood fire; it must be burned on the
fatty ash pile.
For the Whole Congregation
4:13 "'If the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and
the matter is not noticed by the assembly, and they violate one of the
Lord's commandments, which must not be violated, so they become guilty,
4:14 the assembly must present a young bull for a sin offering when the
sin they have committed becomes known. They must bring it before the
Meeting Tent, 4:15 the elders of the congregation must lay their hands
on the head of the bull before the Lord, and someone must slaughter the
bull before the Lord. 4:16 Then the high priest must bring some of the
blood of the bull to the Meeting Tent, 4:17 and that priest must dip his
finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before
the Lord toward the front of the veil-canopy. 4:18 He must put some of
the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the Lord in the
Meeting Tent, and all the rest of the blood he must pour out at the base
of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.
4:19 "'Then the priest must take all its fat and offer the fat up in
smoke on the altar. 4:20 He must do with the rest of the bull just as he
did with the bull of the sin offering; this is what he must do with it.
So the priest will make atonement on their behalf and they will be
forgiven. 4:21 He must bring the rest of the bull outside the camp and
burn it just as he burned the first bull -- it is the sin offering of
the assembly.
For the Leader
4:22 "'Whenever a leader, by straying unintentionally, sins and violates
one of the commandments of the Lord his God which must not be violated,
and he pleads guilty, 4:23 or his sin that he committed is made known to
him, he must bring a flawless male goat as his offering. 4:24 He must
lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slaughter it in the place
where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the Lord -- it is a sin
offering. 4:25 Then the priest must take some of the blood of the sin
offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt
offering, and he must pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the
altar of burnt offering. 4:26 Then the priest must offer all of its fat
up in smoke on the altar like the fat of the peace offering sacrifice.
So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin and he will
be forgiven.
For the Common Person
4:27 "'If an ordinary individual sins by straying unintentionally when
he violates one of the Lord's commandments which must not be violated,
and he pleads guilty 4:28 or his sin that he committed is made known to
him, he must bring a flawless female goat as his offering for the sin
that he committed. 4:29 He must lay his hand on the head of the sin
offering and slaughter the sin offering in the place where the burnt
offering is slaughtered. 4:30 Then the priest must take some of its
blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt
offering, and he must pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of
the altar. 4:31 Then he must remove all of its fat (just as fat was
removed from the peace offering sacrifice) and the priest must offer it
up in smoke on the altar for a soothing aroma to the Lord. So the priest
will make atonement on his behalf and he will be forgiven.
4:32 "'But if he brings a sheep as his offering, for a sin offering, he
must bring a flawless female. 4:33 He must lay his hand on the head of
the sin offering and slaughter it for a sin offering in the place where
the burnt offering is slaughtered. 4:34 Then the priest must take some
of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns
of the altar of burnt offering, and he must pour out all the rest of its
blood at the base of the altar. 4:35 Then the one who brought the
offering must remove all its fat (just as the fat of the sheep is
removed from the peace offering sacrifice) and the priest must offer
them up in smoke on the altar on top of the other gifts of the Lord. So
the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has
committed and he will be forgiven.
Prayer
Lord, thank You for being an unchanging God from generation to
generation, seeking peace with Your children.
Commentary
The Lord God instructed Moses and Aaron that a "/... peace offering
sacrifice/" must be "/... from the flock [or the herd] .../" and must be
"/... a flawless male or a female./"
The Lord God then addressed the matter of unintentional sin "/When a
person sins by straying unintentionally from any of the Lord's
commandments which must not be violated, and violates any one of them .../"
He made a distinction as to who or whom committed the unintentional sin
as follows:
"/If the high priest sins so that the people are guilty, on account of
the sin he has committed he must present a flawless young bull ..."/
"/If the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the
matter is not noticed by the assembly, and they violate one of the
Lord's commandments, which must not be violated, so they become guilty,
4:14 the assembly must present a young bull .../"
"/Whenever a leader, by straying unintentionally, sins and violates one
of the commandments of the Lord his God which must not be violated, and
he pleads guilty, 4:23 or his sin that he committed is made known to
him, he must bring a flawless male goat ..."/
"/If an ordinary individual sins by straying unintentionally when he
violates one of the Lord's commandments which must not be violated, and
he pleads guilty 4:28 or his sin that he committed is made known to him,
he must bring a flawless female goat [or sheep] ..."/
Interaction
Consider this:
It is notable that the peace offering could be a male or female whereas
the burnt offering from Lev. 1 could only be a male animal. No
explanation of this is provided in the text nor in the NET translators
notes.
Discuss this:
Isn't it an evidence of His perfect attention to detail that God takes
the covenant promise of the Israelites to be a holy and priest-led
people and then links their unintentional sin and that of their high
priest to identical offerings?
Reflect on this:
It is notable that the sin of the high priest impacted the entire
congregation and therefore required the same sacrifice as when the whole
congregation sinned unintentionally; however, the leader is treated as
an ordinary individual.
Share this:
When have you unintentionally sinned? How have you made peace with God
about that?
Faith in Action
Prayer:
Ask the Holy Spirit to show you where, due to your carelessness and/or
ignorance (lack of knowledge or understanding of the Bible or of your
circumstances) you have sinned unintentionally.
Action:
Today I will make peace with God by confessing my unintentional sin,
repenting (turning away from) that sin, and asking -- and accepting -
His forgiveness.
Be Specific ______________________________________________________
Tuesday's text will be:
Leviticus 5-7
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Have an http://Ultrafidian.com Day! Pastor David
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