Our Daily Scripture – 1/12/23

SCRIPTURE:  LEVITICUS 4

THE SIN OFFERING:

Persons who committed sin / Offering to bring to the Lord:

  1. Anointed priest – young bull without defect
  2. Israelite community – young bull without defect
  3. Leaders – male goat without defect
  4. Member of the community – female goat or lamb without defect

THE PROCESSES OF SIN OFFERING:

  1. Present the bull at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the Lord.
  2. Slaughter it before the Lord.
  3. Take some bull’s blood and carry it into the Tent of Meeting.
  4. Dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle seven times before the Lord, in front of the curtain of the sanctuary.
  5. Put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense.
  6. The rest of the bull’s blood to be poured out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
  7. Remove all the fats from the bull.
  8. Burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
  9. Then take all the rest outside the camp where the ashes are thrown and burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.

THOUGHTS:

The sin offering was for unintentional sins of ignorance.  Once they knew that they have sinned, they must make the Sin Offering to the Lord.  Likewise, once we know that we have sinned, we must come to God for forgiveness Jesus Christ is the Sin Offering for the whole world.