The Sacrificial System in the Old Covenant

	The Sacrificial System in the Old Covenant

Offering	Type		Actions of the Person	Actions of the Priest	Portion for God	Portion for Priests	Portion for the Person	Where is it in the Bible
Sin Offering	Associated with Sins	Young Bull Ram Kid Goat Lamb	Put hands over the head for prayer and cut the throat of the animal	Sprinkle the blood over the altar	The whole thing	The part that wasn't burnt	Nothing	Lev 4:1-35; 6:24-30
Guilt Offering	Associated with Sins	Ram			The fat over the insides	The rest	Nothing	Lev 5:1-19; 7:1-7
Burnt Offering	Voluntary	Young Bull Ram Kid Goat Lamb			Everything is burnt on the altar	The skin	Nothing	Lev 1:3-17; 6:8-13; 7:8
Grain Offering	Voluntary	Flour Oil Salt ----------- No Honey No Yeast	Bring it to the priest	Offer a handful to the Lord	A handfull	The rest	Nothing	Lev 2:1-13; 6:14-23
Peace Offering	Voluntary & for Worshipping God	Young Bull Ram Kid Goat Lamb	Put hands over the head for prayer and cut the throat of the animal	Sprinkle the blood over the altar	The fat over the insides	The thigh and the chest	The rest	Lev 3; 7:11-36

The sacrifices are mentined in Leviticus chapters 1 - 7.

In Numbers 28 & 29 there are 1,273 public sacrifices per year.

The Sacrifical System

Numbers 28 - 29 - The nation of Israel had 1273 public sacrifices per year (required sacrifices).

Types of Sacrifices

A. A. Mandatory Offerings - associated with the sins of the nation

1. Sacrifices for Sins - If a person sins out of ignorance of God's commandments.

2. Guilt Offering - If a person sins against another unknowingly or unintentionally. It can also be translated as "the sacrifice to make ammends with somebody." A restitution or a restoration to the offended person were always made along with the offering for these offenses.

B. Voluntary Offerings

1. The Burnt Offering - Voluntary offering - This offering is about your desire to surrender to God, to have a more intimate relationship with Him: at this point, one doesn't simply want God for the benefits, but for fellowship and relationship (if you are not willing to surrender, you are not neither prepared to have an intimate relationsip with God).

2. Grain Offering - Symbolizes the walk of a person in communion with God, given for His power and His glory (devotion to God).

3. Peace Offering - An offering to celebrate your communion with God. A cry from the heart for peace between you and Him.