Leviticus 6:19 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Then verse twenty adds, This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. God then specified a perpetual offering of fine meal that was to be offered, half in the morning and half in the evening. I believe that we can say today that God expects us to offer ourselves to Him day and night as a living sacrifice, through our faith in Christ, Who is our high Priest. Verse twenty-one continues, In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD. The flour was to be cooked with oil and burned as a sweet smelling offering to God. Verse twenty-two concludes, And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt. The priest who was anointed that day was to offer the sacrifice, and this offering was to not only be perpetual. but it was to be burned totally up. Verse twenty-three declares, For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. As just stated, this offering was to be burned up totally, since it was an offering for the sins of the priests. We cannot hold back parts of ourselves when we come to Christ by faith, but we must give all that we are and have to Him to be used as He sees fit. Verse twenty-four adds, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Verse twenty-five continues, Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy. God through Moses continued to give instructions about the offerings. The sin offering was to be killed in the place where the burnt offer had been killed, because it was a most holy place to God. Then verse twenty-six concludes, The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation. This offering was not to be totally burned up but was to be eaten by the priest who was anointed. This would signify the taking of the sins of the people on himself by the priest, just as Christ took all sins on Himself when He died on the cross. Verse twenty-seven states, Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. Anything that the offering touched was to be considered holy, and if blood got on a garment, it was to be washed. I believe that we today can say that when we touch Christ by putting our faith in Him as our Savior and Lord that we are made holy, or set apart for His service. Of course, instead of washing off His blood, we are made pure by being washed in the blood of Christ. Verse twenty-eight adds, But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. If the sin offering had been in an earthen pot, it was to be broken, and if it was in a brazen pot, the pot was to be scoured completely. Verse twenty-nine continues, All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy. All the male priests were to eat of this offering.
Then verse thirty concludes, And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in
the fire. Then, God said that no sin offering was to be eaten, but it was to be burned completely. There was to be no profit materially from the sin offering.
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