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Leviticus 1
Leviticus opens with the LORD calling to Moses from the newly-built Tent of Meeting, and the very first instruction is the burnt offering (olah). The worshiper brings a male without defect from the herd, lays a hand on its head, and the whole animal goes up in smoke on the altar. Watch how the chapter scales by means: a bull, then a sheep or goat, then turtledoves or pigeons for those who bring less. The ritual gestures repeat, but the amount is never the barrier to being 'accepted before the LORD.'
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The LORD called to Moses, and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
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“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When anyone of you offers an offering to the LORD, you shall offer your offering of the livestock, from the herd and from the flock.
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“‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without defect. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before the LORD.
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He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
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He shall kill the bull before the LORD. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
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He shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
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The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay wood in order on the fire;
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and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar;
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but he shall wash its innards and its legs with water. The priest shall burn all of it on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
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“‘If his offering is from the flock, from the sheep or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without defect.
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He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the LORD. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.
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He shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat. The priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar,
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but the innards and the legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
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“‘If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall offer his offering from turtledoves or of young pigeons.
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The priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar;
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and he shall take away its crop and its feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes.
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He shall tear it by its wings, but shall not divide it apart. The priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
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Y LLAMÓ Jehová á Moisés, y habló con él desde el tabernáculo del testimonio, diciendo:
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Habla á los hijos de Israel, y diles: Cuando alguno de entre vosotros ofreciere ofrenda á Jehová, de ganado vacuno ú ovejuno haréis vuestra ofrenda.
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Si su ofrenda fuere holocausto de vacas, macho sin tacha lo ofrecerá: de su voluntad lo ofrecerá á la puerta del tabernáculo del testimonio delante de Jehová.
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Y pondrá su mano sobre la cabeza del holocausto; y él lo aceptará para expiarle.
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Entonces degollará el becerro en la presencia de Jehová; y los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón, ofrecerán la sangre, y la rociarán alrededor sobre el altar, el cual está á la puerta del tabernáculo del testimonio.
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Y desollará el holocausto, y lo dividirá en sus piezas.
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Y los hijos de Aarón sacerdote pondrán fuego sobre el altar, y compondrán la leña sobre el fuego.
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Luego los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón, acomodarán las piezas, la cabeza y el redaño, sobre la leña que está sobre el fuego, que habrá encima del altar:
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Y lavará con agua sus intestinos y sus piernas: y el sacerdote hará arder todo sobre el altar: holocausto es, ofrenda encendida de olor suave á Jehová.
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Y si su ofrenda para holocausto fuere de ovejas, de los corderos, ó de las cabras, macho sin defecto lo ofrecerá.
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Y ha de degollarlo al lado septentrional del altar delante de Jehová: y los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón, rociarán su sangre sobre el altar alrededor.
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Y lo dividirá en sus piezas, con su cabeza y su redaño; y el sacerdote las acomodará sobre la leña que está sobre el fuego, que habrá encima del altar;
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Y lavará sus entrañas y sus piernas con agua; y el sacerdote lo ofrecerá todo, y harálo arder sobre el altar; holocausto es, ofrenda encendida de olor suave á Jehová.
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Y si el holocausto se hubiere de ofrecer á Jehová de aves, presentará su ofrenda de tórtolas, ó de palominos.
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Y el sacerdote la ofrecerá sobre el altar, y ha de quitarle la cabeza, y hará que arda en el altar; y su sangre será exprimida sobre la pared del altar.
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Y le ha de quitar el buche y las plumas, lo cual echará junto al altar, hacia el oriente, en el lugar de las cenizas.
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Y la henderá por sus alas, mas no la dividirá en dos: y el sacerdote la hará arder sobre el altar, sobre la leña que estará en el fuego; holocausto es, ofrenda encendida de olor suave á Jehová.
One offering, three price tiers
The burnt offering is the only sacrifice here where the entire animal is consumed on the altar rather than shared as food. Its three descending options, herd, flock, and birds, quietly signal that access to worship does not depend on wealth.
The laying of the hand on the head (v.4) ties the offerer to the offering: it is 'accepted for him to make atonement,' the book's first use of the atonement language that will dominate everything that follows.
Context layers
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- Leviticus 16:29-30Key passage connected to Atonement.
- Romans 3:24-26Key passage connected to Atonement.
- Hebrews 9:11-14Key passage connected to Atonement.
- Proverbs 1:7Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
- Psalms 111:10Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
- Luke 12:4-7Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
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