LAWS REGARDING THE SIN OFFERING

Passage: Leviticus 6:24-7:10

Key verse: 6:25

NIV

The Sin Offering

24 The Lord said to Moses, 25 “Say to Aaron and his sons: ‘These are the regulations for the sin offering:(A) The sin offering is to be slaughtered before the Lord(B) in the place(C) the burnt offering is slaughtered; it is most holy. 26 The priest who offers it shall eat it; it is to be eaten in the sanctuary area,(D) in the courtyard(E) of the tent of meeting.(F) 27 Whatever touches any of the flesh will become holy,(G) and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in the sanctuary area. 28 The clay pot(H) the meat is cooked in must be broken; but if it is cooked in a bronze pot, the pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water. 29 Any male in a priest’s family may eat it;(I) it is most holy.(J) 30 But any sin offering whose blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement(K) in the Holy Place(L) must not be eaten; it must be burned up.(M)

The Guilt Offering

7 “‘These are the regulations for the guilt offering,(N) which is most holy: 2 The guilt offering is to be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and its blood is to be splashed against the sides of the altar. 3 All its fat(O) shall be offered: the fat tail and the fat that covers the internal organs, 4 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.(P) 5 The priest shall burn them on the altar(Q) as a food offering presented to the Lord. It is a guilt offering. 6 Any male in a priest’s family may eat it,(R) but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.(S)

7 “‘The same law applies to both the sin offering[a](T) and the guilt offering:(U) They belong to the priest(V) who makes atonement with them.(W) 8 The priest who offers a burnt offering for anyone may keep its hide(X) for himself. 9 Every grain offering baked in an oven(Y) or cooked in a pan(Z) or on a griddle(AA) belongs to the priest who offers it, 10 and every grain offering, whether mixed with olive oil or dry, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.

Footnotes
  1. Leviticus 7:7 Or purification offering; also in verse 37
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ESV

24 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 25 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, (A)This is the law of the sin offering. (B)In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord; (C)it is most holy. 26 (D)The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. (E)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 (F)the earthenware vessel in which it is boiled (G)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; (H)it is most holy. 30 (I)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 (J)“This is the law of the (K)guilt offering. (L)It is most holy. 2 (M)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 (N)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 (O)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 (P)Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. (Q)It is most holy. 7 The (R)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 (S)every grain offering baked (T)in the oven and all that is prepared (U)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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Verse 25 says the sin offering is to be offered before the LORD, for it is holy. The expression “before the LORD” is used more than 6

times in the book of Leviticus, and holy (or holiness) is used 152 times, more than any other book of the Bible. These laws for sacrifice reveal a God who is holy and who demands his people be holy.

A portion of the sin offering is given to the priest who offered it (26), unless it is offered for national atonement. Then it is to be burnt completely (3

). Anything that touches it must be cleaned specially because the offering literally takes on sin. The laws regarding the guilt offering are similar (7:1-1

). The blood (life) and fat (the best portion) of the sacrifice are offered completely to God, and the rest of the meat portions of the offering belong to the priest who officiates the sacrifice. The sacrifices are holy and must be eaten in his holy tabernacle. Similarly, a portion of the grain offerings belongs to the priest (9) and must be eaten in the holy place. These laws instilled a dread of sin and a joy in holiness.

Moreover, these laws discipline us not to approach God casually. Sin which separates us from God is serious and must be dealt with. Ultimately, the sacrifice of Jesus makes us holy. We must loathe sin and worship the Lamb Jesus! (Rev 5:12)

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

One Word: Worship Holy God in a proper way