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Burnt and Grain Offering Regulations

Date: May. 7, 2016

Passage

Leviticus 6:8-23  (ESV)

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 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. 10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment and put his linen undergarment on his body, and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar and put them beside the altar. 11 Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. 12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it and shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings. 13 Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.

14 “And this is the law of the grain offering. The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD in front of the altar. 15 And one shall take from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering and its oil and all the frankincense that is on the grain offering and burn this as its memorial portion on the altar, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 16 And the rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten unleavened in a holy place. In the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it. 17 It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my food offerings. It is a thing most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. 18 Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as decreed forever throughout your generations, from the LORD’s food offerings. Whatever touches them shall become holy.”

19 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 20 “This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the LORD on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening. 21 It shall be made with oil on a griddle. You shall bring it well mixed, in baked pieces like a grain offering, and offer it for a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 22 The priest from among Aaron’s sons, who is anointed to succeed him, shall offer it to the LORD as decreed forever. The whole of it shall be burned. 23 Every grain offering of a priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten.”

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Key Verse: 6:13

Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.

First, the fire must not go out (8-13). These verses give the regulations for the burnt offering. It had to burn all night. Then a properly attired priest took the ashes from the altar, changed clothes, and took the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. The fire for the burnt offering had to keep burning continuously. The constant fire can remind us that God eternally watches over us, Jesus is our eternal intercessor, and we should pray continually.

Second, grain offering regulations (14-23). A memorial portion was given to God by burning it on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. The rest belonged to the consecrated priests to eat in the holy sanctuary area. It could not contain yeast. It was holy. It was the priest's perpetual share. The priest to be anointed had to bring his own grain offering to the Lord as well. That offering was to be burned completely as the Lord's perpetual share.

Prayer: Lord, you are holy. Thank you for making a way for us sinners to have fellowship and communion with you through the holy blood of our holy Priest, Jesus Christ.

One Word: Keep the fire burning

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