Fellowship Offering Regulations

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Fellowship Offering Regulations

Date: May. 9, 2016

Passage

Leviticus 7:11-21 (ESV)

11 “And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that one may offer to the LORD. 12 If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil. 13 With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving he shall bring his offering with loaves of leavened bread. 14 And from it he shall offer one loaf from each offering, as a gift to the LORD. It shall belong to the priest who throws the blood of the peace offerings. 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning. 16 But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten. 17 But what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned up with fire. 18 If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten on the third day, he who offers it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be credited to him. It is tainted, and he who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

19 “Flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned up with fire. All who are clean may eat flesh, 20 but the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the LORD’s peace offerings while an uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his people. 21 And if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether human uncleanness or an unclean beast or any unclean detestable creature, and then eats some flesh from the sacrifice of the LORD’s peace offerings, that person shall be cut off from his people.”

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 7:12a

If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil.

First, an expression of thankfulness (11-15). There were three types of fellowship (peace) offerings. This paragraph mentions one that is an expression of thankfulness. Thank offerings are noted in the psalms for deliverance from death, trouble, or sickness (Ps 56:12; 107:22; 116:17). This offering required an animal sacrifice, three unleavened loaves, and a fourth loaf with yeast, which was not burned on the altar. How have you given a thank offering to God lately?

Second, a vow or freewill offering (16-21). These were the other two types of fellowship offerings. Thank offerings had to be eaten the same day, but these could be eaten the next day. It could not be eaten on the third day, for that would make it impure. So it had to be burned. To eat it on the third day would cut a person off from God's covenant people. Unclean meat could not be eaten. A person who became unclean could not eat the fellowship offering.

Prayer: Lord, we thank and praise you for your deliverance. Forgive our casual attitude toward good fortune and blessings. Thank you for reminding us to give you thanks and praise.

One Word: An offering expressing thanks to God

God’s Wrath and Justice

Revelation 6:1-17

Key Verse: 6:17

for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”

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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