Leviticus 6:24-30

THE SIN OFFERING 6:24-30
TEXT 6:24-30

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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin-offering: in the place where the burnt-offering is killed shall the sin-offering be killed before Jehovah: it is most holy.

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The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting.

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Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy; and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in a holy place.

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But the earthen vessel wherein it is boiled shall be broken; and if it be boiled in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.

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Every male among the priests shall eat thereof; it is most holy.

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And no sin-offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt with fire.

THOUGHT QUESTIONS 6:24-30

122.

Where was the burnt offering slain? Why designate the place?

123.

Why was the eating of the offering restricted to the holy place?

124.

In what sense were people and garments made holy by contact with the sacrifice?

125.

Vessels were made holy by contact. How?

126.

Is there any lesson for us in the strong emphasis upon holiness and blood? Discuss.

PARAPHRASE 6:24-30

Then the Lord said to Moses, Tell Aaron and his sons that these are the instructions concerning the sin offering: This sacrifice is most holy, and shall be killed before the Lord at the place where the burnt offerings are killed. The priest who performs the ceremony shall eat it in the courtyard of the Tabernacle. Only those who are sanctifiedthe priestsmay touch this meat; if any blood sprinkles onto their clothing, it must be washed in a holy place. Then the clay pot in which the clothing is boiled shall be broken; or if a bronze kettle is used, it must be scoured and rinsed out thoroughly. Every male among the priests may eat this offering, but only they, for it is most holy. No sin offering may be eaten by the priests if any of its blood is taken into the Tabernacle, to make atonement in the Holy Place. That carcass must be entirely burned with fire before the Lord.

COMMENT 6:24-30

Leviticus 6:24-25 In Leviticus 1:11 we are given the location for the killing of the victim for the burnt offeringit was on the north side of the altar. All subsequent sacrifices were to be slain in the same place.

All sacrifices were to be regarded with awful reverence. We are sure many worshippers came who were not sincere and reverent, but there were doubtless many who stood in wonder and contemplation before the altar and watched with real understanding every movement of the priest and the sacrifice.
We have much more reason to stand with holy wonder like the Marys of old beneath the cross upon which our sin offering was nailed.
When we lift the cup and eat the bread do we discern the body and blood of our sin offering?

Leviticus 6:26 From the priest's viewpoint he eats of the altar but from the worshipper's viewpoint he finds acceptance from God in the act of eating by the priests (Cf. Leviticus 10:17). There is an instructive verse in Hosea 4:8, They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity. This has reference to the sin offering. The priests only did their duty and ate the sacrifice but their hearts were fixed on iniquity. How easy it is to lose the meaning in oft repeated actions.

Leviticus 6:27-28 How awful is atoning blood! Even things without life, such as garments, are held in dreadful sacredness if this blood touches them. No wonder, then, that this earth, on which fell the blood of the Son of God, has a sacredness in the eye of God. It must be set apart for holy ends, since the blood of Jesus wet its soil. As the earthen vessels, within which the sacrifice was offered, must be broken, and not used for any meaner end again, so must our earth be decomposed and new-moulded, for it must be kept for the use of Him whose sacrifice was offered there. And as the brazen vessel must be rinsed and scoured, so must this earth be freed from all that dims its beauty, and be set apart for holy ends. It must be purified and reserved for holy purposes; for the blood of Jesus has dropped upon it, and made it more sacred than any spot, except where He Himself dwells. (Bonar)

Leviticus 6:29-30 The sin offering used by the high priest of the goat on the day of atonement must not be eaten but taken without the camp and burned. How perfectly does this compare with our Saviour who suffered as our sin offering, whose blood was taken into the Holy of Holies and made atonement for us. He suffered without the gate (Cf. Hebrews 13:11-13).

FACT QUESTIONS 6:24-30

163.

Comment upon the awful reverence that was to be the attitude of those who shared in the sin offering. How related to us?

164.

There is a two-fold meaning in the eating by the priest. What is it? A deadly danger existed here. What was it?

165.

There are two viewpoints given as to the use of the earthen vessels. Which one is yours?

166.

Show the application of Hebrews 13:11-13 to the goat of the sin offering on the day of atonement.