Category: Leviticus
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Wonderful shadows: the Burnt Offering
Leviticus 6:9-11 “This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. And the priest shall put on his linen garment and put his linen undergarment on his body, and he…
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Wonderful shadows: the Sin Offering
Leviticus 4:1-2; 5:1, 11 “And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If anyone sins unintentionallyin any of the Lord’s commandments about things not to be done, and does any one of them, if it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then he shall offer for the sin that he…
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The fat
Leviticus 3:16 “All the fat is the Lord’s.” What a strange verse is Leviticus 3:16 – “All the fat is the Lord’s.” It is part of the description of what was called the “Peace Offering.” So, what does this mean? What is the reality that this shadow is pointing to? To understand this, the meaning of…
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Wonderful shadows: the grain offering
Leviticus 2:4 “When you bring a grain offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers smeared with oil.” Old Testament shadows are such wonderful things for they point to far greater realities from which those shadows are cast. One such shadow is…
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Sacrifice of the innocent
Leviticus 1:3-5 “If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make…