FRAMEWORKS:
Leviticus 6: Details & Practicalities
Context:
1:3-17
|
BURNT
OFFERING |
2:1-16
|
GRAIN
OFFERING |
3:1-16
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FELLOWSHIP
OFFERING |
4:1-
5:13 |
SIN
OFFERING |
5:14
- 6:7 |
GUILT
OFFERING |
v.1-7
Offences & Penalties
v.8-13
Practicalities for the Burnt Offering
v.14-23
Practicalities for the Grain Offering
v.24-30
Practicalities for the Sin Offering
v.1-7
Offences & Penalties
v.1
The
Lord said to Moses:
v.23
Two Offences
v.2
“If
anyone sins and is unfaithful to the Lord by deceiving
a neighbor about something entrusted to them or left
in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their
neighbor,
v.3
or
if they find lost property and lie about it,
or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit—
v.4,5
Restitution
v.4
when
they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must
return what they have stolen or taken by extortion,
or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found,
v.5
or
whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make
restitution in full, add a fifth of the value to it
and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt
offering.
v.6
A Penalty
v.6
And
as a penalty they must bring to the priest,
that is, to the Lord, their guilt offering, a
ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value.
v.7
Atonement & Forgiveness
v.7
In
this way the priest will make atonement for
them before the Lord, and they will be forgiven for any of the
things they did that made them guilty.”
[Notes:
The offences covered here are about deceit and lies
in respect of neighbours and requires return of goods, restitution
and payment of a fine (penalty) in the form of the guilt offering,
a ram to make atonement. Note that an offering can have a variety
of uses or applications – a penalty, an offering and making atonement.]
v.8-13
Practicalities for the Burnt Offering
v.8
The
Lord said to Moses:
v.9
Offering kept on the altar over night
v.9
“Give
Aaron and his sons this command: ‘These are the regulations
for the burnt offering:
The
burnt offering is to remain on the altar hearth throughout the
night, till morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the
altar.
v.10
In ceremonial clothing to take off the ashes
v.10
The
priest shall then put on his linen clothes, with linen undergarments
next to his body, and shall remove the ashes of the burnt offering
that the fire has consumed on the altar and place them beside
the altar.
v.11
Change of clothes to take ashes outside camp
v.11
Then
he is to take off these clothes and put on others, and carry the
ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean.
v.12,13
Fire to be kept burning
v.12
The
fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must not go out. Every
morning the priest is to add firewood and arrange the burnt offering
on the fire and burn the fat of the fellowship offerings on it.
v.13
The
fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not
go out.
[Notes:
These are the practicalities for the priests in offering
a burnt offering as indicated by the subheadings
above.]
v.14-23
Practicalities for the Grain Offering
v.14
“‘These
are the regulations for the grain offering :
Aaron's sons are to bring it before the Lord, in front of the
altar.
v.15
Priests to burn the memorial portion
v.15
The
priest is to take a handful of the finest flour and some olive
oil, together with all the incense on the grain offering, and
burn the memorial [or
representative] portion on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the
Lord.
v.16
Priests to eat the rest
v.16
Aaron
and his sons shall eat the rest of it , but it is to be
eaten without yeast in the sanctuary area; they are to eat it
in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.
v.17
No yeast to be used
v.17
It
must not be baked with yeast; I have given it as their share of
the food offerings presented to me. Like the sin offering and
the guilt offering, it is most holy.
v.18
Subsequent priests may continue this
v.18
Any
male descendant of Aaron may eat it. For all generations to come
it is his perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the
Lord. Whatever touches them will become holy'”
v.19
The
Lord also said to Moses,
v.20-23
Offering on days of anointing – twice a day
v.20
“This
is the offering Aaron and his sons are to bring to the Lord on
the day he is anointed: about 3.5 pounds [1.6k] of the
finest flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning
and half in the evening.
v.21
It
must be prepared with oil on a griddle; bring it well-mixed and
present the grain offering broken in pieces as an aroma pleasing
to the Lord.
v.22
The
son who is to succeed him as anointed priest shall prepare it.
It is the Lord's perpetual share and is to be burned completely.
v.23
Every
grain offering of a priest shall be burned completely; it must
not be eaten.”
[Notes:
These are the practicalities for the priests in offering
a grain offering , as indicated by the subheadings
above. It extends to time when the priest is being anointed.]
v.24-30
Practicalities for the Sin Offering
v.24
The
Lord said to Moses,
v.25
This distinctive offering is most holy
v.25
“Say
to Aaron and his sons: ‘These are the regulations for
the sin offering: The sin offering is to be slaughtered
before the Lord in the place the burnt offering is slaughtered;
it is most holy.
v.26
Offered by a priest and eaten by the priest
v.26
The
priest who offers it shall eat it; it is to be eaten in the sanctuary
area, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.
v.27,28
Everything about it is holy and to be cleansed
v.27
Whatever
touches any of the flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood
is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in the sanctuary area.
v.28
The
clay pot the meat is cooked in must be broken; but if it is cooked
in a bronze pot, the pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water.
v.29
It is available for any male in the priests family
v.29
Any
male in a priest's family may eat it; it is most holy.
v.30
The part taken into the Holy Place is to be burnt and not eaten
v.30
But
any sin offering whose blood is brought into the tent of meeting
to make atonement in the Holy Place must not be eaten; it must
be burned up.
[Notes:
These are the practicalities for the priests in offering
a sin offering, as indicated by the subheadings
above.]