Leviticus 5:11

Leviticus 5:11 says. But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.  Once more, there was a provision for those who couldn't even affordable turtle doves to bring an offering of fine flour.  God always makes provision for even the poorest to be forgiven of their sins, but of course, salvation is free for all.  Verse twelve adds, Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering.  The man was to bring the offering to the priest who was to offer a part of it for a sin offering.  Verse thirteen continues, And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering.  The rest of the flour offering was to be the priest's to use.  The thing offered was not the key, but the willingness of the person to offer the best he had was, and this is still true today.  Verse fourteen states, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Before Moses could tell the people of Israel what God said he had to first listen to God.  Before we can tell people today what God has to say, we must first listen to what God tells us.  Verse fifteen adds, If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:  In this case, if a person sinned through ignorance against the holy things of God, he was to bring a ram and an offering of money as well.   Verses sixteen continues, And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.  The man was to make amends for the harm done to the holy thing and add another fifth to the cost and give it to the priest.  As always, the priest would present the offering to God.  We today come to Jesus for forgiveness, and He presents Himself to the heavenly Father as an atonement for our sins.  Verse seventeen says, And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.  We might say that ignorance of these was no excuse.  I believe that way down in our soul we are always going to be convicted of our sins, even when we may not know exactly what that sin is.  Verse eighteen adds, And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.  When the man became aware of his sin, he was to bring a ram to the priest to be offered to God.  As soon as we realize that we have sinned we are to come to Christ for forgiveness, but we can only bring our self.  Verse nineteen concludes, It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD.   All sin is really a trespass against God and it must be confessed and forgiveness asked if we are to be in a right relationship with God. 

Leviticus 5:1

Leviticus 5:1 says, And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.  God, through Moses, now begins to deal with specific sins that people could be guilty of.  The first is knowing that someone else has sinned, whether by actually seeing it or hearing of it, and saying nothing about it when called on to testify, then according to Matthew Henry, that person is just as guilty as the one who committed the sin.  I believe that it may go a step farther and mean that if a person knows of someone sinning and says nothing, whether testifying or not, then they are guilty of abetting the person in the sin.  We today seem to look down on people who do report sins, or crimes at least.  I believe that as followers of Christ we have a responsibility to take action when we see something happening that is wrong.  Verse two adds, Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.  Moses said that if a person touched an unclean thing, even unknowingly and then became aware of it and did not take action to purify himself that he was unclean and guilty.  Though we don't have unclean things, we do have sin, and if we are guilty of sin, even if we did not realize at first that we were, then we have a responsibility to confess that sin and ask God's forgiveness.  As Matthew Henry says, even if we are not aware of the sin at the time, as Christians the Holy Spirit will convict us of the sin, then we must repent or bear the burden of the sin.  Verse three continues, Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.  This would also apply to touching not just the unclean thing itself, but also to touching someone else who had touched the unclean thing, thereby becoming unclean themselves.  Today, we might say that we were guilty by association.  Verse four states, Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.  Once a person swore to tell the truth, they were responsible to do so.  Matthew Henry says this applied whether what was sworn to was good or evil.  Of course, if it were evil, then the person would be guilty whether they kept their oath or failed to keep it.  I believe this is a warning that we are to be careful about what we swear to.  Verse five adds, And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:  When a person became aware that he was guilty of any of any of these sins, then he had to confess to be restored to a right relationship with God.  Though we know that this was stated as applying to men, we also know that it applies to women as well.  Verse six continues, And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.  Not only did the person have to confess, but he had to bring a trespass offering to God, and the priest would make atonement for the sin.  All we can do today is to come to Christ again in repentance if we sin as His followers, and he is the One Who can make atonement for us.  Verse seven says, And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.  Once more, an allowance was made for those who may not have been financially well off enough to bring a lamb.  God makes the same sacrifice available for our sins today, no matter how rich or poor we may be, and that is that we accept the sacrifice of Christ on the cross for our sins.  Verse eight adds, And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:  Again, the sacrifice was to be brought to the priest, and the priest made the sacrifice.

Jesus Christ is our Priest today, and we must come to Him to find forgiveness for our sins.  Verse nine adds, And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering. The offering was to be carried out much the same as th other offerings, just as the offering of the blood of Christ for our sins is the same no matter the sin.  Verse ten concludes, And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.  After the priest made the offering for atonement, the sin was forgiven.  Today, we have the glorious news that once we come to Jesus by faith that our sins are atoned for and we are forgiven.  Still, even after we accept Jesus as our Savior and Lord, when we find ourselves to have committed a sin, and I believe that the Holy Spirit will convict us when we do, we must come to Christ and ask forgiveness for that sin.  We can never simply overlook sin.

Leviticus 4:27

Leviticus 4:27 says, And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;  Common people would be those who were not rulers of the nation, and would be most of the people.  This again was referring to inadvertent sin that the person became aware that they had committed, I believe, otherwise if they didn't become aware that they had committed the sin inadvertently they would not know they needed to repent.  Verse twenty-eight adds, Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.  Once the person became aware of his sin, then he was to bring a sacrifice to God for it.  The common man could bring a female kid of a goat for his sacrifice.  If we become aware of some inadvertent sin, we cannot just ignore it because we were unaware that we were sinning at the time.  All sin must be atoned for.  Also, though this refers to the man, we need to realize that it applies to women as well.  Though Christ died for all sins for all time, we must still acknowledge them if we commit them, even inadvertently, and ask His forgiveness.  Verse twenty-nine continues, And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.  Verse thirty states, And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.  Then verse thirty-one adds, And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.  Once more, the person who brought the sacrifice was to place his hands on the head and kill it, then the priest was to spread the blood and deal with the details of the rest of the disposition of the sacrifice.  We today bring ourselves to Christ and put our lives in His hands by faith, and He becomes the sacrifice, based totally on God's plan.  Faith in Christ brings us total forgiveness.   Verse thirty-two continues, And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.  There was also a provision for a lamb to be brought, also a female.  Today, we know that these sacrifices were only symbolic of the time when Christ would come and become the sacrifice for all sin.  Verse thirty-three says,  And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.  Verse thirty-four adds, And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:  Then verse thirty-five concludes,  And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.  The sacrifice may have been different, but the details of the sacrifice were the same.  We are all different people when we come to Christ in faith, but the sacrifice is the same for all, and that is that Jesus Christ died for all our sins for all time.

Leviticus 4:13

Leviticus 4:13 says, And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;  There are a lot of qualifiers in this statement, but it basically speaks of the entire nation of Israel inadvertently sinning against God by breaking His law stating that they were still guilty.  As soon as they realized this, instead of trying to hide it or justify it, they needed to repent and ask God's forgiveness.  Matthew Henry says it is possible for the church to sin by misinterpreting the laws of God, but if it does, then as soon as the members of the church realize this, they must repent and ask God's forgiveness.  Verse fourteen adds, When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.  As stated, when the congregation became aware of this sin, even though it may have been inadvertent, they had to take responsibility for it.  We cannot simply excuse sin by claiming that we were unaware that we were sinning at the time it occurred, but if we as a group of God's people realize that we have been in error on any issue, we must turn to God and ask His forgiveness.  Then, they were to bring a sacrifice for their sins, but we today have the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for all our sins for all-time, so we simply have to acknowledge our sin and take responsibility for it and ask His forgiveness.  Verse fifteen continues, And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.  The congregation was to bring a young bullock to the tabernacle, and the elders were to lay their hands on the head of the bullock and kill it.  The elders would represent the whole congregation of Israel, and today, certain preachers are seen as representing the whole congregation, though as followers of Christ we are all individually responsible for our relationship with God.  Verse sixteen states, And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock’s blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:  Then verse seventeen adds, And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.  After the leaders, who represented the people, killed the bullock, the priest who was appointed, was to bring the blood and sprinkle it on the altar seven times before the veil.  We as followers of Christ are already forgiven when we accept the sacrifice of Christ for our sins, but when we sin we must still come to Him in repentance once again.  We cannot just claim that since our sins are forgiven that we no longer have to repent and ask forgiveness for our sins, even if they are inadvertent.  Verse eighteen continues, And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.  Some of the blood was to be placed on the horns of the altar and some at the bottom of the altar before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.  I believe this would represent a complete cleansing of the tabernacle, just as we are completely cleansed by the blood of Jesus today when we put our faith in Him.  Verse nineteen says, And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.  Verse twenty adds, And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.  The priest was to treat the bullock as a sin offering and by doing so, it would bring atonement to the people of Israel.  Again, this was not for an individual's sin, but for the sin of the congregation, or nation.  As a congregation of believers today, if we realize that we have been wrong in our actions or attitudes concerning any particular issue, we must confess our sins and be restored by our faith in Christ, Whose blood cleanses all unrighteousness if we only ask Him to forgive us.  Verse twenty-one continues, And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.  The bullock was to be taken outside the camp and burned.  We must remove sin from the congregation today and at least figuratively speaking take it outside the camp of the congregation and burn it.  Verse twenty-two states, When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;  Moses now dealt with the inadvertent sins of a leader instead of the whole congregation.  We need to pray that if our leaders sin today that it is inadvertent and not knowingly.  Verse twenty-three adds, Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:  When the leader became aware of his sins, he was to bring a young goat without blemish to be sacrificed for his sins.  Verse twenty-four continues, And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering.  The leader was to place his hands on the head or the goat and kill it in the place of sacrifice before the LORD, because it was a sin sacrifice.  A leader today, especially in the church, must likewise repent and lay their sin at the altar of Christ when if they realize that they are guilty of an inadvertent sin,  Verse twenty-five says, And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.  Once more, the priest was responsible for the actual spreading of the blood, just a Jesus is the One Who spreads His blood for everyone who comes to Him in faith today.  Jesus is our High Priest, and the only one who can bring us forgiveness.  Verse twenty-six adds, And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.  Once the priest had made the sacrifice for a peace offering, he would have made atonement of the sin and the leader would be forgiven.  We cannot just dismiss sin, even those that may be inadvertent, but must bring them to the cross and ask God's forgiveness to be restored to a right relationship with Him.  We do not lose our salvation, but we do lose our witness and closeness to God if we allow sin to go unrepented.   

Leviticus 4:1

Leviticus 4:1 says,  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  We must always remember that these were God's laws and not those of Moses.  Matthew Henry says that this was probably at a later time than the time of the first two chapters.  God continues to speak to His people to guide them throughout their lifetime, and not just once and then that is it.  Verse two adds, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:  God now began to address non deliberate sin, those things that were against God's law when the person had no knowledge of that law.  Deliberate, willful sin, whether by commission or omission, is different than sinning when a person does not know the law and sins.  Being born into the nation of Israel did not automatically make a person knowledgeable of the laws of God, and there were many, many people who did not know God or His laws.  This did not make them not be responsible for obeying God, but they were given a way to restoration.  Jesus Christ is our way to restoration to God for all sins, those committed knowingly and those committed unwittingly.  Verse three continues, If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.  The first provision was made for a priest who sinned but not deliberately.  The priests were but people and just as capable of sinning as anyone else.  We today as followers of Christ are a part of the priesthood of believers, and we are also just as capable of sinning as anyone else is, but hopefully if we do it will not be an actual act of defiance of God's law.  Still, if we do, we need to confess that sin and ask God's forgiveness, even when we know that we are already forgiven through our faith in Christ.  Verse four states, And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock’s head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.  The priest who was guilty of an unintentional transgression against the law of God was to bring a bullock before the congregation and lay his hands on its head and kill it before the LORD.  The people brought the sacrifice to the priest and he killed it, but in this case the sacrifice was for the priest himself, so he killed it himself.  As a part of the priesthood of believers through our faith in Christ today, we do not need to go through anyone else to find forgiveness for any of our sins but must go to God on our own for forgiveness.  Verse five adds, And the priest that is anointed shall take the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:  The priest that was anointed was to then take the blood of the bullock into the tabernacle of the congregation.  Jesus Christ is the Anointed Priest of all who believe in Him today, and by His blood we are forgiven.  Verse six continues, And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.  The priest was to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the veil of the LORD.  The number seven was important in the Jewish community since it was said to represent completeness.  We know today that Christ shed His blood for us to bring us forgiveness once and for all-time, and this forgiveness is a complete forgiveness.  Verse seven says, And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.  Verse eight adds, And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,  The next few verses are just instructions for how to sacrifice the bullocks.  Verse nine continues, And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,  Verse ten states, As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.  These were specific instructions for how the sacrifice was to be made.  Verse eleven then adds,  And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,  Verse twelve concludes. Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.  The priest was to take the whole bullock to a specific place and burn it.  This was all to be done for the forgiveness of the sin of a priest.  There are no separate sacrifices for particular sins today, but we can only find forgiveness through the blood of Christ, which covers all sin for all time.

Leviticus 3:12

Leviticus 3:12 says, And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD.   Once again, the offering was of less value overall than some in material terms, but I believe this was a provision for those who were unable to give something that was of more material value.  I don't believe that those who were able to give a greater offering were to look for the lesser offering to give.  If we don't have much, we cannot give much, but we must give our best to God.  When it comes to our life, we cannot afford to hold back the best parts and give God the lesser parts.  We must give all that we are and all that we have to God, and if we do, then He will meet our every need.  Verse thirteen adds, And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.  The way the goat was to be sacrificed was the same as the other, more expensive animals were sacrificed.  No matter how wealthy or poor we are materially in the world, we must all come to God the same way, and that is through the cross of Calvary.  Verse fourteen continues, And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,  Once more, there were specific instructions for the way the sacrifice was to be prepared.  We today must lay it all on the altar for God as well, and we must come to Him by His terms.  Verse fifteen states, And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.  Then verse sixteen adds, And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD’s.  As with all the sacrifices, the one making offering brought the sacrifice to the priest, and the priest presented the actual sacrifice to God.  Jesus is our High Priest, and we must present ourselves to Him and He makes the actual sacrifice to the heavenly Father through His shed blood.  Verse seventeen concludes, It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.  These rules of sacrifice were to apply for all generations, until the coming of Jesus Christ as the forever sacrifice for our sins.  There was also the restriction of eating no fat or blood, but we know that after the death of Christ that the dietary rules were no longer in effect, because as God told Peter, what God has made clean we are not to call unclean.  This is not to say that God's law changed, but that it was fulfilled through Jesus Christ.

Leviticus 3:1

Leviticus 3:1 says, And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD,  Peace offerings were to be from the herd, or cattle, and could be either male or female.  It to was to be without blemish, or in other words not some sickly or deformed bull or cow.  Though what we bring to God may change, He always expects us to bring the best that we have.  Verse two adds, And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.  The man making the sacrifice was to put his hands on the head of the sacrifice and kill it in front of the tabernacle and Aaron's sons the priests would sprinkle the blood around the altar.  Once more, the blood was to represent the bringing of peace, just as the blood of Jesus should bring us peace today.  Verse three continues, And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,  Certain portions of the animal were to be offered as a burned sacrifice.  Verse four states, And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.  Verse five adds, And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.  These specific parts were to be burned and they would be a sweet savor, or scent, to the LORD.  We must come to God on His terms, which is through the blood of Christ, and we must then present our lives to Him to be used as He sees fit, which will bring a sweet scent unto God.  Verse six continues, And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. Once more it is stated that the sacrifice should be without blemish.  Sometimes God tells us things more than once to make sure that we understand what He is telling us is important.  Verse seven says, If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD.  There are now instructions for offering a lamb that would be without blemish.  Of course, Jesus is referred to as the Lamb of God, and He was certainly without blemish spiritually, and when we accept His sacrifice for our sins, then He makes us the same way.  Verse eight adds, And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.  The same instructions were to apply to the killing sacrifice and sprinkling of the blood as before. Verse nine continues, And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,  Verse ten states, And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by then flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.  Some of the inward parts of the animal that were to be burned differed from before, just as each individual today will differ in what he or she can offer to God.  Verse eleven adds, And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.  Once more, this was to be burned as an offering to the LORD.  This will be repeated several times in Leviticus, and I believe that it says to us today as followers of Christ that once we bring a sacrifice to God that it is His to do with as He sees fit.  All we can do is bring ourselves and the best that we have to God.