Our Daily Scripture – 1/14/23

SCRIPTURE:  LEVITICUS 6

Sin committed that needs restitution must be made in full plus a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day he presents his guilt offering.

  1. If he deceives his neighbor about something entrusted to him or left in his care or stolen
  2. If he cheats him
  3. If he finds lost property and lies about it
  4. If he swears falsely
  5. If he steals or extorts.

After which, he ha sto pay penalty of his guilt by offering a ram without defect.

THE BURNT OFFERING (vs. 8-13)_

REGULATIONS OF THE BURNT OFFERING:

  1.  The Burnt Offering is to remain on the altar hearth non-stop burning.
  2.  The priest shall remove the ashes of the burnt offering and place them beside the altar.
  3.  The priest should carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean.
  4.  Every morning, the priest is to add firewood and arrange the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat of the fellowship offering on it.  The fire must keep burning and not go out.

THE GRAIN OFFERING (vs. 14-23)

REGULATIONS OF THE GRAIN OFFERING:

  1.  Aaron’s sons are to bring it before the Lord in front of the altar.
  2.  The priest takes a handful of fine flour and oil with all the incense on the grain offering and burn the memorial portion on the altar.
  3.  Aaron and his sons shall eat it without yeast in the courtyard of the Ten of Meeting.
  4.  Any male descendants of Aaron may eat it.

OFFERINGS TO BRING ON THE DAY OF ANOINTMENT OF AARON AND HIS SONS:

  1.  A tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, 1/2 of it in the morning and half in the evening.
  2.  Prepare it with oil on a griddle.
  3.  Mix well and present it in broken pieces as an aroma pleasing tot he Lord.
  4. The son who is to succeed him as anointed priest shall prepare it and is to be burned completely and not be eaten.

THE SIN OFFERING (vs. 24-30)

REGULATIONS OF THE SIN OFFERING:

  1.  The Sin Offering is to be slaughtered before the Lord in the place of the burnt offering is slaughtered.
  2.  The priest who offered it shall eat it in the ca holy place – courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
  3.  Whoever touches any of the flesh will become holy.
  4.  The blood splattered on a garment must be washed in a holy place.
  5.  The clay pot the meat is cooked must be broken.
  6.  If cooked on a bronze pot, the pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water.
  7.  Any male in the priest’s family may eat it.
  8.  But any sin offering whose blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place must not be eaten.  It must be burned.

THOUGHTS:

The fire musat keep burning suggests that we must not be lukewarm nor cold.  We should always keep the flame burning high on the altar of our hearts.  God will light the fire when the Holy Spirit comes to live in us so that we have confidence to come to him for forgiveness and restoration.  We can carry our works with strength and enthusiasm.

Finding something and not returning it or refusing to return something borrowed are also form of stealing.  If you have gotten something deceitfully, confess your sins to the Lord and apologize to the owner and return the stolen items with interest.