February
7th Leviticus 4 The Sin Offering
1: And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying, 2: 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: 3: 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. 4: 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. 5: And the priest that is
anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of
the congregation: 6: 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. 7: 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. 8: 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, 9: 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, 10: 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.
11: And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his
legs, and his inwards, and his dung, 12: 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. 13: 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; 14: 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. 15: 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. 16: And the priest that is
anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the
congregation: 17: And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and
sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail. 18: 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. 19: And he shall take all his fat from him, and
burn it upon the altar. 20: 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. 21: 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. 22: 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; 23:
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: 24: 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. 25: 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. 26: 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.
27: 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; 28: 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. 29: 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. 30: 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. 31: 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. 32: And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he
shall bring it a female without blemish. 33: 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 34: 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:
35: 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.
Leviticus
5 Uncleanness
1: 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. 2: 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. 3: 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.
4: 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. 5: 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: 6: 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. 7: 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. 8: 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: 9: 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. 10: 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. 11: 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. 12:
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. 13: 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
Trespass Offering
14: And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying, 15: 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: 16: 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. 17: 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. 18: 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. 19:
It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD.
Next Moses describes the
instructions of the Lord concerning the Sin Offering and the Trespass Offering.
But in between them he describes the law of the LORD concerning uncleanness.
The Law of Moses had two aspects to it. There was the laws of the Lord which
were the rule of life for the children of Israel and they were both positive
and negative. And obedience to the law was expected of Israel. Those
obeyed the law were called ‘the righteous’. Obedience to the law never brought
salvation to Israel
as Christians understand it in fact under the law salvation was not possible.
One cannot be under the Mosaic Law and under grace at the same time and we know
that salvation is by grace. If Israel
kept the law they received the blessings of God but if they sinned and forsook
the Lord then they came under the curses. For the Christian under grace things
are very different. Christians are saved by grace and possess every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. And Christians never come under the
condemnation of God because their sins have been completely forgiven - they are
in Christ and in Christ they are forever accepted in the beloved (Christ). The
apostle Paul before he was converted remained a law keeping Jew with a clear
conscience. What this means is that if he sinned then he came to the priest and
offered a sin offering and his sin was covered. In Philippians 3 Paul says… 6: Concerning zeal, persecuting the church;
touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. 7: But what things were gain to me,
those I counted loss for Christ. 8:
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the
knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all
things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 9: And be found in him, not having
mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the
faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: So for Paul to
become saved he had to leave off his law keeping and come as an unworthy sinner
to receive the righteousness of Christ by grace. This was a righteousness that
was of God – by faith. Lets get back to the Sin Offering. This offering was
atonement for sin. It was not a sweet smell to the Lord and it was for sins of
commission and omission. In this offering the sins of the people are confessed
before the Lord and some of the blood is put on the horns of the altar and the
rest of it is poured out at the base of the altar. This sacrifice did not bring
about forgiveness of sins but the sins were covered. Then the whole animal was
burnt outside the camp. Next Moses turns his attention to the subject of
uncleanness. We see at once that if a man hears the voice of swearing then he
is unclean. If a man touch an unclean thing like the carcase of a dead animal
even if he is unaware of it he is unclean. If a man comes into contact with
uncleanness in mankind then he is unclean. If a man finds himself to be unclean
then he is to bring his Trespass Offering to the Lord. Israel was to
be holy to the LORD in the sense that they were to be clean before the Lord. If
they became unclean then a Trespass Offering was offered to the Lord. The
Trespass Offering was a ram without blemish and the offerer also brought money.
And if he owes a certain sum then he must bring 20% extra to make amends for
what harm has been done.
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