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The Third Book of Moses, Called Leviticus, Chapter Seven <>< <>< ><> ><> 1. What did the LORD tell Moses the regulation for the guilt offering were, where were the guilt offerings to be slaughtered, what are they to do with its blood, what was to be offered, how shall the priest burn them, who may eat it, where must it be eaten, what does the same law applies to, who does the sin offering and guilt offering belong to, what may the priest who offers a burnt offering for anyone keep, who does every grain offering baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belong to, and what equally belong to all the sons of Aaron?
______________________________________________________________________________ As verse 7 says, the guilt offering was similar to the sin offering, especially as regards ritual. The main difference was that the blood of the guilt offering was treated like that of the burnt and fellowship offerings rather than like the sin offering. A difference is made between the cooked and uncooked grain offerings. The former belonged to the officiating priest. The latter, because it was in flour that could be preserved, was distributed among the priests. <>< <>< ><> ><> 2. What did the LORD tell Moses the following was for, what was a person to bring if he offers it as an expression of thankfulness, what is he to bring along with his fellowship offering of thanksgiving, how is he to bring it, whom does it belong to, when must the meat of his fellowship offering of the thanksgiving be eaten, when should the offering be eaten if his offering is the result of a vow or is a freewill offering, what are they to do with the sacrifice left over till the third day, and what happens if any meat of the fellowship offering is eaten on the third day?
______________________________________________________________________________ The standard grain offering is specified to accompany the burnt
offering and the meat of the fellowship offering. The description of the grain
offering repeats the term of 2:4 and 6:14. A "memorial portion" was burned on
the altar. <>< <>< ><> ><> ORD, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf. It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day; anything left over until the third day must be burned up. If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted. Whoever eats it will be held responsible because he has desecrated what is holy to the LORD; that person must be cut off from his people...' " Cross-reference Leviticus 22:30 <>< <>< ><> ><> 3. What did the LORD tell Moses about meat that touches anything ceremonially unclean, what did the LORD say about other meat, what will happen to the person who is unclean and eats any meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the LORD, and what happens to the person who touches something unclean - whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean, detestable thing - and then eats any of the meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the LORD?
______________________________________________________________________________ As mentioned above, only the fellowship offerings were eaten by laypersons. Rules for guarding their sacredness were therefore needed. They must be kept clean. An unclean person must absolutely not eat of the sacred meal. <>< <>< ><> ><>
<>< <>< ><> ><> The phrase "cut off from his people" is used over twenty-five times, usually with regard to some ceremonial violation. It is clearly associated with capital crimes only three times. <>< <>< ><> ><>
<>< <>< ><> ><> Similar phraseology is used repeatedly of cutting off enemies. The phrase here may have meant only some kind of excommunication from the people of the Lord. <>< <>< ><> ><> 4. What did the LORD tell Moses to tell the Israelites they could not eat, what did the LORD say the fat of an animal found dead or torn by will animals may be used for, but they must not eat it, what did the LORD say would happen to anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which an offering by fire may be made to the LORD, what did the Lord say they must not do wherever they live, and what must happen if anyone does eat blood?
______________________________________________________________________________ The carcass of an unclean animal was not to be touched; but a sheep or goat that died a natural death or was killed by a wild beast could be used - only not for food. Its hide and wool were usable. Its fat also was usable, perhaps mostly for fuel. <>< <>< ><> ><> 5. What did the LORD tell Moses should been done if anyone brings a fellowship offering to the LORD, what are they to do with their own hands, what are they to bring before the LORD as a wave offering, what are they to do with it, what shall the priest burn on the altar, who does the breast belong to, why are they to give the right thigh of their fellowship offerings to the priests, who receives the right thigh as his share, and what did the LORD say he had done from the fellowship offerings of the Israelites?
______________________________________________________________________________ The priest's portion of every fellowship offering was the right breast and the right thigh. The breast was "waved" before the Lord, i.e., presented and then taken by the priest. Similarly, the thigh, being heavier, was lifted up before the Lord as a "contribution" and then taken by the priest and his family. <>< <>< ><> ><>
<>< <>< ><> ><> 6. What did the LORD command on the day Aaron and his sons were anointed, what are these the regulations for, and where did the LORD give these regulation to Moses?
______________________________________________________________________________ These offerings were allocated to the priests from "the day they were presented to serve" and onward. There need be no problem between the statement "on Mount Sinai" and 1:1, which says God spoke to Moses from "the Tent of Meeting." The Hebrew preposition can mean "in," "on," "at," etc. Or the phrase "Mount Sinai" may have included more than the mountaintop itself. And some of these regulations may indeed have been given to Moses during his two periods on the mount while others may have been added during the year of establishing the worship of Israel.
<>< <>< ><> ><> 1. Most holy...in the
place where the burnt offering is slaughtered...it is to be sprinkled against
the altar on all sides...all its fat: the fat tail and the fat that covers the
inner parts, both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the covering
of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys...on the altar as an
offering made to the LORD
by fire. It is a guilt offering...any male in a priest's family...in a holy
place; it is most holy...both the sin offering and the guilt offering...the
priest who makes atonement with them...its hide...the priest who offered
it...every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry <>< <>< ><> ><> |