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the offerings


  • KEY 
    • I. Title and nature of offering.
      • A. What was offered.
        • 1. For whom was it offered.
          • a. When, on what occasion was it offered.



I. The burnt offering. One's entire surrender to GOD. Sacrifice of devotion and service.
  • A. Male animal.
    • 1. For the Individual and the whole congregation.
      • a. Day by day, morning and evening.

II. The sin offering. Made atonement for the person of the offender. General redemption. Retrospective effect on the worshippers. For purification (sex, leprosy, death). Never with oil or frankincense, never joyful.
  • A. Always male animals. 
    • 1.Public congregational.
      • a. On festive occasions. 
        • 1a. Fixed sacrifice.
          • a. Through ignorance (of deed not of word).
        • 2a. Varying sacrifice.
          • a. Lepers.
          • b. Women after childbirth,
          • c. Concealed a thing known.
          • d. Sworn falsely.
          • e. Eaten of what has been consecrated.
          • f. Gone into the temple in a state of defilement. 
  • B. Always Female animals, almost.
    • 2. Private individual.
      • 1a. Fixed sacrifice.
        • a. Through ignorance (of deed not of word).
      • 2a. Varying sacrifice.
        • a. Lepers.
        • b. Women after childbirth,
        • c. Concealed a thing known.
        • d. Sworn falsely.
        • e. Eaten of what has been consecrated.
        • f. Gone into the temple in a state of defilement. 
  • C. A bullock.
    • 1. For High Priest.
      • a. On the Day of Atonement.
      • b. When he had sinned to the rendering guilty of the people.
    • 2. If the whole congregation had sinned through ignorance.
    • 3. At the consecration of priests or Levites.
  • D. Kid of the goats.
    • 1. For people.
      • a. On Day of Atonement, other festivals and New Moons.
    • 2.  For a ruler who had sinned through ignorance.
    • 3.  For congregation if aught had been committed by an individual without the knowledge of the congregation.
    • 4. At the consecration of the tabernacle.
  • D. Female kid of the goats.
    • 1. For individual Israelites.
  • E. A ewe lamb.
    • 1. For a Nazarite or a leper.
  • F. Turtledoves and pigeons.
    • 1. For certain purifications.
    • 2. Or else a substitute for other sacrifices in case of poverty.

III. The trespass offering. Atoned for one special offense. Ransom for a special wrong.
  • A. Always a male.
    • 1. For a healed leper.
    • 2. For a Nazarite, whose vow had been interrupted by sudden defilement with the dead.

IV. The peace offering. Most joyous of all sacrifices. The offering of completion. It always followed the other sacrifices.
  • A. Two lambs.
    • 1. Public congregation.
      • a. Offered at Pentecost.
  • B. Any male or female animals, except pigeons.
    • 1. Private individual.
      • a. Sacrifices of thanksgiving for mercies received.
      • b. Vows.
      • c. Voluntary offerings.
      • d. The free gift of loving hearts. 

V. The meat offering. With burnt or peace offerings but never with sin or trespass offerings, or else by themselves.
  • A. The twelve loaves of shewbread.
    •  1. Public congregation.
      • a. Renewed every Sabbath.
  • B. The omer or sheaf of the harvest.
    • 1. Public congregation.
      • a. On the second day of the Passover.
  • C. The two wave loaves.
    • 1. Public congregation.
      • a. Pentecost.
  • D. The daily meat offering of the high priest.
    • 1. Private individual.
  • E. The meat offering at the consecration of priests.
    • 1. Private individual.
  • F. The meat offering in the substitution for a sin offering.
    • 1. Private individual.
  • G. The meat offering of jealousy.
    • 1. Private individual.
  • H. That of fine flour with oil, unbaken.
    • 1. Voluntary.
  • I. That bakin in a pan.
    • 1. Voluntary.
  • J. That in a frying pan.
    • 1. Voluntary.
  • K. That in the oven.
    • 1. Voluntary.
  • L. The wafers.
    • 1. Voluntary.




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