THE GUILT OFFERING Leviticus 5:14; Leviticus 6:7; Leviticus 7:1 As in the English version, so also in the Hebrew, the special class of sins for which the guilt offering is prescribed, is denoted by a distinct and specific word. That word, like the English "trespass," its equivalent, always has refe... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BURNT OFFERING (CONCLUDED) Leviticus 1:5; Leviticus 6:8 AFTER the laying on of the hand, the next sacrificial act was- THE KILLING OF THE VICTIM "And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord." (Leviticus 1:5) In the light of what has been already said, the significance of this killing, in... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MEAL OFFERING Leviticus 2:1; Leviticus 6:14 THE word which in the original uniformly stands for the English "meal offering" (A.V "meat offering," _ i.e._, " food offering") primarily means simply "a present," and is often properly so translated in the Old Testament. It is, for example, the word... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRIESTS' PORTIONS Leviticus 6:16; Leviticus 7:6; Leviticus 7:14; Leviticus 7:31 AFTER the law of the guilt offering follows a section Leviticus 6:8; Leviticus 7:1 with regard to the offerings previously treated, but addressed especially to the priests, as the foregoing were specially directed t... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RITUAL OF THE SIN OFFERING Leviticus 4:4; Leviticus 5:1; Leviticus 6:24 ACCORDING to the Authorised Version, Leviticus 5:6 it might seem that the section, Leviticus 5:1, referred not to the sin offering, but to the guilt offering, like the latter part of the chapter; but, as suggested in the ma... [ Continue Reading ]