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Laws Regarding the Sin Offering

Date: Aug. 23, 2026

Passage

Leviticus 6:24-7:10

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.

7:1 “This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy. 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. And all its fat shall be offered, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, 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. The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the LORD; it is a guilt offering. Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. 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. And the priest who offers any man’s burnt offering shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering that he has offered. 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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Key Verse: Leviticus 6:6:25

And he shall bring to the priest as his compensation to the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering.

Verse 25 says the sin offering was offered before the LORD, for it is holy. The expression “before the LORD” is used more than 60 times in the book of Leviticus, and the word “holy” (or “holiness”) is used 152 times. These sacrificial laws reveal that God is holy and demands his people to be holy.

A portion of the sin offering was given to the priest who offered it (26), unless it was offered for national atonement. The offering was burnt completely (30). Anything that touched it had to be cleansed because the offering quite literally absorbed people’s sin. The laws regarding the guilt offering were similar (7:1-10). The blood (life) and fat (the best portion) were offered completely to God. The meat portions belonged to the priest who officiated the sacrifice. The sacrifices were eaten in the tabernacle, because they were holy. A portion of the grain offerings belonged to the priest, (9) and were in the holy place. These laws were instilled in people with a dread of sin and joy in holiness.

Moreover, these laws disciplined the people by cautioning them from approaching God casually. Sin is serious and must be dealt with. Ultimately, it is only the sacrifice of Jesus that makes us holy. Therefore, we must loathe sin and worship the Lamb of God Jesus! (Rev 5:12)

Prayer: Father, thank you for Jesus who sanctifies us by his blood. Help me worship you properly.

One Word: Worship the Holy God in the proper way

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In the Shelter of God’s Wings

Psalm 61:1-8

Key Verse: 61:4

Let me dwell in your tent forever!
Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings! Selah

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