Our reading challenge for the day is Leviticus 1-5. I'll hit a few highlights. You make comments too and fill in the gaps. What strikes you as specially significant?
Leviticus 1 – When people bring burnt offerings to the Lord, regardless of how expensive or inexpensive the animal is, the process is very similar. The animal is killed before the Lord, the blood is applied to the altar, the edible parts are burned on the altar and the inedible parts are disposed of. The animal is to be an unblemished one, which the Lord will receive as a pleasing offering.
Leviticus 2 – Grain offerings are presented before the Lord. Most of the offering is to sustain the priests, but some of it is burned. The bread is always unleavened, symbolizing an absence of sin, and it is always seasoned with salt, (2:13 ESV) “the salt of the covenant with your God.”
Leviticus 3 – If someone brings a peace offering, it is an animal. The animal is killed and the fat is offered on the altar. God takes the fat and leaves the rest for the worshipers.
Leviticus 4-5 – An offering for sin is made much like the peace offering except it appears the animal is not retained for later use but is discarded and destroyed. The offerings for guilt and sin differ according to the penitent’s ability to make an offering, from a bull to a handful of flour.
In all these offerings we see that the priest is coming before the altar with the person who is bringing the offering. The priest makes intercession for the worshiper and the offering is received. God has provided a means of forgiveness and restoration for his people.
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