SCRIPTURE: LEVITICUS 7
THE GUILT OFFERING (vs. 1-10)
REGULATIONS OF THE GUILT OFFERING:
- Slaughter in the place where the burnt offering is to be slaughtered and its blood is to be sprinkled against the altar on all saides.
- All the fats has to be burned on the altar as an offering made for the Lord by fire.
- Any male in a priest’s family may eat it but it must be eaten in a holy place.
THE FELLOWSHIP OFFERING (vs. 11-21)
REGULATIONS OF THE FELLOWSHIP OFFERING AS AN EXPRESSION OF THANKFULNESS:
- Offer cakes of bread made without yeast and mix with oil wafers made without yeast and spread with oil and cakes of fine flour well kneaded and mix with oil.
- Along with his fellowship offering of thanksgiving, he is to present an offering with cakes of bread made with yeast.
- He is to bring one of each kind as an offering, as contribution to the Lord.
- It belongs to the priest who sprinkles the blood of fellowship offering.
- The meat must be eaten on the day it is offered and leave none of it till morning.
REGULATIONS OF THE FELLOWSHIP OFFEIRNG AS A VOW FOR FREEWILL OFFERING:
- The sacrifice shall be eaten on the day he offers it but anything leftover may be eaten on the next day.
- Any meat of the sacrifice that is leftover must be burned up on the third day.
- Anyone who eats it on the third day is impure and he will be held responsible.
Meat that touches anything ceremonially unclean must not be eaten. It must be burned up. Any unclean person who eats any meat of the fellowship offering must be cut off. Anyone who touches something unclean and eats any of the meat of the fellowship offering must be cut off from his people.
EATING FAT AND BLOOD FORBIDDEN (vs. 22-27)
A person must be cut off from his people:
- If he eats the fat of cattle, sheep or goat found dead or torn by wild animals.
- If he eats the fat of an animal from which an offering by fire made to the Lord.
- If he eats the blood of any bird or animal.
THE PRIEST’S SHARE (vs. 28-38)
The breast belongs to Aarong and his son. The right thigh is to be given to the priest. This is the command the Lord gave to the Israelites as the regular share of the priest from generations to generations to come.
THOUGHTS:
The Fellowship Offering (Peace Offering) was divided into 3 kinds according to purpose” Thanksgiving, vow and freewill. A Thanksgiving Offering gives thanks to God for His protection and providence. A Vow Offering is given in fulfillment of a vow. The Freewill Offering is given without any special occasion or reason. Do you give thanks to God?
Part of the offering was designated for the priests. Ministers should be paid by the people they serve. We should give generously to those who minister to us.