Adonai said to Moshe, “Give this order to Aharon and his sons: ‘This is the law for the burnt offering: it is what goes up on its firewood upon the altar all night long, until morning; in this way the fire of the altar will be kept burning.’”-Leviticus 6:1-3 Do you want to know one interesting trait common […]

We’ve just started our study of Leviticus Chapter 6 and there are a few more introductory thoughts I need to get out of the way before we start getting deep into the text. Again, recall I mentioned in my last post that both chapters 6 AND 7 should be treated as one continuous whole. The […]

Today we begin Leviticus Chapter 6. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Bible, click here. “Adonai said to Moshe, “Give this order to Aharon and his sons: ‘This is the law for the burnt offering: it is what goes up on its firewood upon the altar all night long, until morning; in this […]

Today I want to take a different and creative slant on the five Levitical sacrifices by comparing them to a modern day insurance program. Of course, this metaphorical comparison will be far from perfect, but I think it help further solidify in your mind the nuanced differences between the offerings. So for this exercise’s sake, […]

Before we move on to chapter 6 of Leviticus which begins dealing with the ritual procedures for each of the FIVE major sacrifices, I wanted to go ahead and do a quick review of what we’ve studied so far. The five major sacrifices are as follows: OLAH MINCHAH ZEVAH  HATTA-AT ASHAM OLAH This sacrifice in […]