Hello, this is Father Paul and I'm glad we're taking this journey together to read the Bible
in a year.
Yesterday we heard about the first three of the five main offerings of the Old Testament
of the Book of Leviticus and today we're going to hear about the last two and also we're
going to hear about the laws concerning when these offerings are to be offered.
Alright, let's begin.
Today's reading is from Leviticus chapters 4 to 7.
Chapter 4 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak
to the children of Israel, saying, If a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments
of the Lord in anything which ought not to be done, and does any of them, if the anointed
priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer to the Lord for his sin,
which he has sinned a young bull without blemish as a sin offering.
He shall bring the bull to the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the Lord, lay
his hand on the bull's head, and kill the bull before the Lord.
Then anointed priest shall take some of the bull's blood and bring it to the tabernacle
of meeting.
The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times
before the Lord, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.
And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense
before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of meeting.
And he shall pour the remaining blood of the bull at the base of the altar of the burnt
offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
He shall take from it all the fat of the bull as the sin offering, the fat that covers the
entrails and all the fat which is on the entrails, the two kidneys and the fat that is on them
by the flanks and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys he shall remove,
as it was taken from the bull of the sacrifice of the peace offering.
And the priest shall burn them on the altar of the burnt offering.
But the bulls hide, and all its flesh, with its head and legs, its entrails and offal.
The whole bull he shall carry outside the camp to a clean place where the ashes are
poured out, and burn it on wood with fire where the ashes are poured out it shall be
burned.
Now the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally, and a thing is hidden from
the eyes of the assembly, and they have done something against any of the commandments
of the Lord in anything which should not be done and are guilty.
When the sin which they have committed becomes known, then the assembly shall offer a young
bull for the sin, and bring it before the tabernacle of meeting.
And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before
the Lord.
Then the bull shall be killed before the Lord.
The anointed priest shall bring some of the bull's blood to the tabernacle of meeting.
Then the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the
Lord in front of the veil.
And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the Lord,
which is in the tabernacle of meeting.
And he shall pour the remaining blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which
is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
He shall take all the fat from it and burn it on the altar.
And he shall do with the bull as he did with the bull as a sin offering.
Thus he shall do with it.
So the priest shall make atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
Then he shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull.
It is a sin offering for the assembly.
When a ruler has sinned and done something unintentionally against any of the commandments
of the Lord his God, in anything which should not be done, and is guilty, or if his sin
which he has committed comes to his knowledge, he shall bring as his offering a kid of the
goats, a male without blemish.
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it at the place where they killed
the burnt offering before the Lord.
It is a sin offering.
The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on
the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour its blood at the base of the altar of
burnt offering.
And he shall burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of the peace
offering.
So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven
him.
If any one of the common people sins unintentionally by doing something against any of the commandments
of the Lord in anything which ought not to be done, and is guilty, or if his sin which
he has committed comes to his knowledge, then he shall bring as his offering a kid of the
goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed.
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering at
the place of the burnt offering.
Then the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the
altar of burnt offering, and pour all the remaining blood at the base of the altar.
He shall remove all its fat, as fat is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offering.
And the priest shall burn it on the altar for a sweet aroma to the Lord.
So the priest shall make atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
If he brings a lamb as his sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish.
Then he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill it as a sin offering
at the place where they killed the burnt offering.
The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on
the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour all the remaining blood at the base
of the altar.
He shall remove all its fat, as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of
the peace offering.
Then the priest shall burn it on the altar according to the offerings made by fire to
the Lord.
So the priest shall make atonement for his sin that he has committed, and it shall be
forgiven him.
Chapter 5 If a person sins in hearing the utterance
of an oath, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of the matter, if he does not
tell it, he bears guilt.
Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean beast,
or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and he
is unaware of it, he also shall be unclean and guilty.
Or if he touches human uncleanness, whatever uncleanness with which a man may be defiled,
and he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.
Or if a person swears, speaking thoughtlessly, with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever
it is that a man may pronounce by an oath, and he is unaware of it, when he realizes
it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.
And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall confess that
he has sinned in that thing.
And he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord for his sin which he has committed,
a female from the flock, a lamb, or a kid of the goats as a sin offering.
So the priest shall make a atonement for him concerning his sin.
If he is not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord for his trespass which
he has committed, two turtle-loves or two young pigeons.
One as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
And he shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering
first and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it completely.
Then he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar,
and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar.
It is a sin offering.
And he shall offer the second as a burnt offering according to the prescribed manner.
So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed,
and it shall be forgiven him.
But if he is not able to bring two turtle-loves or two young pigeons, then he who has sinned
shall bring for his offering one-tenth of an effa of fine flour as a sin offering.
He shall put no oil on it, nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
Then he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as
a memorial portion and burn it on the altar according to the offerings made by fire to
the Lord.
It is a sin offering.
The priest shall make atonement for him for his sin that he has committed in any of these
matters, and it shall be forgiven him.
The rest shall be the priest's as a grain offering.
Then the Lord spoke to Moses saying, If a person commits a trespass and sins unintentionally
in regard to the holy things of the Lord, then he shall bring to the Lord as his trespass
offering a ram without blemish from the flocks, with your valuation in shekels of silver according
to the shekel of the sanctuary as a trespass offering.
Then he shall make restitution for the harm that he has done in regard to the holy thing,
and shall add one fifth to it and give it to the priest.
So the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and
it shall be forgiven him.
If a person sins and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the
commandments of the Lord, though he does not know it, yet he is guilty and shall bear his
iniquity, and he shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock with
your valuation as a trespass offering.
So the priest shall make atonement for him regarding his ignorance in which he erred
and did not know it, and it shall be forgiven him.
It is a trespass offering he has certainly trespassed against the Lord.
Chapter 6 And the Lord spoke to Moses saying, If a person
sins and commits a trespass against the Lord by lying to his neighbor about what was delivered
to him for safekeeping, or about a pledge, or about a robbery, or if he has extorted
from his neighbor, or if he has found what was lost and lies concerning it, and swears
falsely in any of these things that a man may do in which he sins, then it shall be
because he has sinned and is guilty that he shall restore what he has stolen, or the thing
which he has extorted, or what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or the lost thing
which he found, or all that about which he has sworn falsely.
He shall restore its full value, add one-fifth more to it, and give it to whomever it belongs,
on the day of his trespass offering.
And he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish from the flock,
with your evaluation, as a trespass offering to the priest.
So the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven
for any one of these things that he may have done in which he trespasses.
Then the Lord spoke to Moses saying, Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law
of the burnt offering.
The burnt offering shall be on the earth upon the altar all night until morning, and the
fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.
And the priest shall put on his linen garment and his linen trousers, he shall put on his
body and take up the ashes of the burnt offering which the fire has consumed on the altar,
and he shall put them beside the altar.
Then he shall take off his garments, put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside
the camp to a clean place.
And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, it shall not be put out.
And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order
on it, and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.
A fire shall always be burning on the altar, it shall never go out.
This is the law of the grain offering.
The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar before the Lord.
He shall take from it his handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with its oil
and all the frankincense which is on the grain offering, and shall burn it on the altar for
a sweet aroma as a memorial to the Lord.
And the remainder of it Aaron and his sons shall eat.
With unleavened bread it shall be eaten in a holy place.
In the court of the tabernacle of meeting they shall eat it.
It shall not be baked with leaven.
I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire.
It is most holy, like the sin offering and the trespass offering.
All the males among the children of Aaron may eat it.
It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings made by fire to the
Lord.
Everyone who touches them must be holy.
When the Lord spoke to Moses saying, This is the offering of Aaron and his sons, which
they shall offer to the Lord, beginning on the day when he is anointed, one tenth of
an effa of fine flour as a daily grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it at
night.
It shall be made in a pan with oil.
When it is mixed you shall bring it in.
The baked pieces of the grain offering you shall offer for a sweet aroma to the Lord.
The priest from among his sons, who is anointed in his place, shall offer it.
It is a statute forever to the Lord.
It shall be holy burned.
For every grain offering for the priest shall be holy burned.
It shall not be eaten.
Also the Lord spoke to Moses saying, Speak to Aaron and to his sons saying, This is the
law of the sin offering.
In a place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before the
Lord.
It is most holy.
The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it.
In a holy place it shall be eaten.
In the court of the tabernacle of meeting, everyone who touches its flesh must be holy.
And when its blood is sprinkled on any garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled
in a holy place.
But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken.
And if it is boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water.
All the males among the priests may eat it.
It is most holy.
But no sin offering from which any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of meeting
to make atonement in the holy place shall be eaten.
It shall be burned in the fire.
Chapter 7
Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering.
It is most holy.
In a place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the trespass offering.
And its blood he shall sprinkle all around on the altar.
And he shall offer from it all its fat.
The fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails, the two kidneys and the fat that is on them
by the flanks and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys he shall remove.
And the priest shall burn them on the altar as an offering made by fire to the Lord.
It is a trespass offering.
Every male among the priests may eat it.
It shall be eaten in a holy place.
It is most holy.
The trespass offering is like the sin offering.
There is one law for them both.
The priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.
And the priest who offers anyone's burnt offering, that priest shall have for himself the skin
of the burnt offering which he has offered.
Also every grain offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in the covered
pan or in a pan shall be the priest who offers it.
Every grain offering whether mixed with oil or dry shall belong to all the sons of Aaron,
to one as much as the other.
This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which he shall offer to the Lord.
If he offers it for a thanksgiving then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving
unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil or cakes of blended
flour mixed with oil.
Besides the cakes as his offering he shall offer leavened bread with the sacrifice of
thanksgiving of his peace offering.
And from it he shall offer one cake from each offering as a heave offering to the Lord.
It shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering.
The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day
it is offered.
He shall not leave any of it until morning.
But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow or a voluntary offering it shall be eaten
the same day that he offers his sacrifice but on the next day the remainder of it also
may be eaten.
The remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day must be burned with fire.
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten at all on the
third day it shall not be accepted nor shall it be imputed to him.
It shall be an abomination to him who offers it and the person who eats of it shall bear
guilt.
The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten.
It shall be burnt with fire.
And as for the clean flesh all who are clean may eat of it.
But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the
Lord while he is unclean that person shall be cut off from his people.
Moreover the person who touches any unclean thing such as human uncleanness, an unclean
animal or any abominable unclean thing and who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the
peace offering that belongs to the Lord that person shall be cut off from his people.
When the Lord spoke to Moses saying, Speak to the children of Israel saying, You shall
not eat any fat of ox or sheep or goat, and the fat of an animal that dies naturally,
and the fat of what is torn by wild beasts may be used in any other way.
But you shall by no means eat it.
For whoever eats the fat of the animal of which men offer an offering made by fire to
the Lord, the person who eats it shall be cut off from his people.
Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of your dwellings, whether of bird or beast.
Whoever eats any blood that person shall be cut off from his people.
Then the Lord spoke to Moses saying, Speak to the children of Israel saying, He who offers
the sacrifice of his peace offering to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord
from the sacrifice of his peace offering.
His own hands shall bring the offerings made by fire to the Lord.
The fat with the breast he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering
before the Lord.
And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons.
Also the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a heave offering from the sacrifices
of your peace offerings.
He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offering and the fat shall
have the right thigh for his part.
For the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering I have taken from
the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and I have given
them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the children of Israel by a statute forever.
This is the consecrated portion for Aaron and his sons from the offerings made by fire
to the Lord on the day when Moses presented them to minister to the Lord as priests.
The Lord commanded this to be given to them by the children of Israel on the day that
he anointed them by a statute forever throughout their generations.
This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the trespass
offering, the consecrations and the sacrifice of the peace offering which the Lord commanded
Moses on Mount Sinai on the day when he commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings
to the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai.
I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did and I look forward to seeing you
again tomorrow to continue on our journey.
God bless you and have a great day.