Sacrifices For Sin

Leviticus 6:14–30
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The Lord said: When someone offers a sacrifice to give thanks to me, the priests from Aaron’s family must bring it to the front of the bronze altar (v. 14), where one of them will scoop up a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the incense on it (v. 15). Then, to show that the whole offering belongs to me, he will lay all of this on the altar and send it up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. The rest of it is to be baked without yeast and eaten by the priests in the sacred courtyard of the sacred tent (vv. 16-17).

Only the men in Aaron’s family are allowed to eat this bread, and they must go through a ceremony to be made holy before touching it. This law will never change (v. 18). The Lord spoke to Moses (v. 19) and told him what sacrifices the priests must offer on the morning and evening of the day they are ordained (v. 20):It is the same as the regular morning and evening sacrifices a pound of flour mixed with olive oil and cooked in a shallow pan (v. 21). The bread must then be crumbled into small pieces and sent up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. Each of Aaron’s descendants who is ordained as a priest must perform this ceremony and make sure the bread is completely burned on the altar (vv. 22-23). None of it may be eaten!

The Lord told Moses (v. 24) how the priests from Aaron’s family were to offer the sacrifice for sin: This sacrifice is very sacred, and the animal must be killed in my presence (v. 25). The priest who offers this sacrifice must eat it in the sacred courtyard of the sacred tent (v. 26), and anyone or anything that touches the meat will be holy ( v. 27). If the meat was cooked in a clay pot, the pot must be destroyed, but if it was cooked in a bronze pot, the pot must be scrubbed and rinsed with water (v. 28). This sacrifice is very holy, and only the priests may have any part of it (v. 29). None of the meat may be eaten from the sacrifices for sin that require blood to be brought into the sacred tent. These sacrifices must be completely burned (v. 30).

Application

This passage helps me  remember what Jesus did for us on the cross as He gave His life to save us.