We are now studying the 4th Levitical sacrifice known in Hebrew as the HATTA-AT. Most Bibles will call it the “Sin Offering”. However,  given this sacrifice’s purpose and what it accomplishes, I believe it would be much more accurate to call it a “Purification Offering“. While the first Levitical sacrifices were all about allowing the […]

Today we begin Leviticus Chapter Four. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. Adonai said to Moshe, “Tell the people of Isra’el: ‘If anyone sins inadvertently against any of the mitzvot of Adonai concerning things which should not be done, if he does any one of them,  then, if it is the anointed cohen who sinned and […]

What have we learned so far about the first three Levitical sacrifices which are the OLAH (Burnt Offering), the MINCHAH (Grain Offering), and the ZEVAH (Peace Offering)? I would say the most important thing we’ve learned about these three sacrifices is that they are all about making us acceptable to God due to our corrupt […]

Today, let’s do a quick review of the three sacrifices we’ve studied so far. They are as follows: OLAH=Burnt Offering MINCHAH=Grain Offering ZEVAH=Peace Offering The first common point among all three of these offerings is that they are all burned up on the Brazen Altar. The second common point is that none of these offerings […]

“The cohen will make it go up in smoke on the altar; it is food, an offering made by fire to Adonai.”-Leviticus 3:11 As I’ve said many times before, the Hebrews in many ways still held to many pagan assumptions concerning the nature of the spirit world and their God. In the ancient Middle East, people typically viewed […]