Sin and Guilt Offering Regulations

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Sin and Guilt Offering Regulations

Date: May. 8, 2016

Passage

Leviticus 6:24-7:10 (ESV)

24 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 25 “Speak to Aaron and 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. 26 The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting. 27 Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy, and when any of its blood is splashed on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was splashed in a holy place. 28 And the earthenware vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken. But if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, that shall be scoured and rinsed in water. 29 Every male among the priests may eat of it; it is most holy. 30 But no sin offering shall be eaten from which any blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it shall be burned up with fire.

1 “This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy. 2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the guilt offering, and its blood shall be thrown against the sides of the altar. 3 And all its fat shall be offered, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, 4 the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys. 5 The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the LORD; it is a guilt offering. 6 Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. 7 The guilt offering is just like the sin offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with it shall have it. 8 And the priest who offers any man’s burnt offering shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering that he has offered. 9 And every grain offering baked in the oven and all that is prepared on a pan or a griddle shall belong to the priest who offers it. 10 And every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall be shared equally among all the sons of Aaron.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 7:7

The guilt offering is just like the sin offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.

First, sin offering regulations (6:24-30). The sin offering was slaughtered before the Lord. The priest ate it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting. Blood had to be washed off garments, scoured out of bronze pots, and could never be eaten. Clay pots that cooked sin offerings could only be used once. These offerings were holy. The priests were holy. The tent of meeting was holy. God is holy, holy, holy.

Second, guilt offering regulations (7:1-10). Earlier, 5:14-6:7 described when guilt offerings had to be made. This passage explains how they were made by the priests. The place was always the tent of meeting. Blood was splashed on the altar sides. The fat was all burned up, as a symbolic food offering to the Lord. It was holy, so only a holy priest could eat it in the holy place. The priest could keep the skins of burnt offering. The grain offerings, often accompanying sin or guilt offerings, belonged to the priests. This was the Lord's provision for his servants (1Co 9:13-14).

Prayer: Lord, you are holy. Set me apart as your holy child and servant, by your grace through Jesus Christ.

One Word: We serve a holy God

God’s Wrath and Justice

Revelation 6:1-17

Key Verse: 6:17

Today's Question

What does God require from us to escape His anger and curse, which we deserve for our sin?

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