LEVITICUS 5:14 TO LEVITICUS 6:7. THE TRESPASS OR GUILT OFFERING. This is of two kinds, though the principle of amendment is the same. The first kind is stated vaguely; committing a trespass (the word means acting unfaithfully or treacherously; it is coupled with sinning unwittingly in Leviticus 5:15... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRIESTS AND THE BURNT OFFERING (_cf._ ch. 1). This section, however, obviously refers specially to the continual or daily sacrifice. The fire on the altar is to be perpetual, like the Roman Vesta-fire; the victim is to rest on the hearth or plate on the top of the altar. The priest is to be clot... [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS 6:8 TO LEVITICUS 7:38. SPECIAL MANUAL FOR PRIESTS, given to Aaron and his sons (Leviticus 6:9; Leviticus 6:14; Leviticus 6:25, etc.; contrast Leviticus 4:2, etc.). The peace offering is here placed last. It may be noted that two sections (Leviticus 7:7 and Leviticus 7:22) seem to b [ Continue Reading ]
THE DAILY MEAL OFFERING (_cf._ ch. 2 for occasional meal offerings). A meal offering, however, accompanies every burnt offering. This section repeats the provision that no leaven must be used in the baking, and adds that the priests who eat their portion of it must do so in a holy place, and that no... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HIGH PRIEST'S SPECIAL OFFERING. The High Priest offers a meal offering every day, half in the morning, half at evening. The amount is the same as that of the smallest class of sin offerings (Leviticus 5:11). Priests do not consume their own sin offering; this sacrifice must therefore be burnt en... [ Continue Reading ]
SPECIAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE SIN OFFERING. It is most holy; that is, it must be killed by the altar, like a burnt offering, and it can only be eaten by priests. Victims whose blood is brought within the shrine are for priests as well as laymen, and therefore their flesh must not be eaten at all. [The... [ Continue Reading ]