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Leviticus 6
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship (= pledge), or in a thing taken away by violence (i.e. robbery), or hath deceived his neighbour;
In other words, if someone lies to their neighbor by dealing deceitfully with them, they have not only done wrong to them but also sinned against GOD; whether it be not taking care of something they agreed to look after, not keeping their word, robbing someone, etc., it's all wrong. Keep in mind when you see "neighbor" mentioned here, it didn't just refer to someone living next to someone at that time, but simply another person they had dealings with.
3 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
When a person swears falsely, it means they swore by their own lie, and in the example given here, we see it deals with someone who has found something that belongs to someone else, and they lie about it being theirs and how they obtained it.
4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
And so it is, as CHRIST followers (CHRISTians), we should always do what is right and follow HIS ways.
5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal (i.e. restore it's full amount), and shall add the fifth part (= 20%) more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth (i.e. belongs), in the day of his trespass offering.
6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish (i.e. without spot) out of the flock, with thy estimation (i.e. Moses' estimation), for a trespass offering, unto the priest:
7 And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
And so it was. There we see the sin and trespass offering.
8 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Below we'll see the responsibilities of Aaron and his sons (the Priests), and what they were required to do.
9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
In other words, the fire was to be continuous, as there would be a sacrifice in the morning which would burn until the evening, and then another sacrifice in the evening which would last until the morning, and it just continued on.
10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar (i.e. on the east side of the altar [Leviticus 1:16]).
These garments and breeches are what we read of in Exodus 28, and in the futurist sense on how this relates to us today, remember our righteous works in this flesh life is what makes up our fine linen clothing in Heaven (Revelation 19:8), by remaining a pure bride unto CHRIST, by not falling or bowing down to satan's beast system in these end times. Note that these garments mentioned here to the priests, were only to be worn in the tabernacle/temple when doing the LORD's work, as we will later read of in Ezekiel 44:19.
11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp (compare Hebrews 13:11-12) unto a clean place.
Why a clean place? Because if it wasn't a clean place then the whole offering would be defiled. The ashes being holy, and a clean place of course symbolizing the ridding of sin/filthiness.
12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
Remember, the fat of the peace/thank offering would be laid upon the burnt offering (Leviticus 3:5), which were offerings for incense unto the LORD. Again, the fat symbolized the wealth portion of the animal, and belongs to the LORD (Leviticus 3:16).
13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
Remember, fire represents GOD (Hebrews 12:29) and HIS WORD (Jeremiah 23:29), and thinking of this verse on a deeper level, we are to keep the fire burning every day, which symbolizes our CHRISTianity today, as we are to live by HIS WORD everyday, being fully committed unto GOD, never allowing our fire to depart from us. After all, part time "Christians" are not pleasing to GOD.
14 And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.
This is what we went over in chapter 2.
15 And he (i.e. the priest) shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat (i.e. meal) offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.
16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place (i.e. eaten in the place where the table of shewbread and the Menorah were located); in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
17 It shall not be baken with leaven (symbolic of sin). I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
18 All the males among the children of Aaron (i.e. all the priests) shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he (= Aaron, [later his sons]) is anointed (i.e. anointed high priest); the tenth part of an ephah (i.e. about 3/4 of a gallon) of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual (i.e. continually), half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.
As we read in Exodus 29:35, the priests would be consecrated seven days and then on the next day (the eighth day) is when they would be anointed.
21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken (i.e. fried), thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat (i.e. meal) offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead (i.e. his position) shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
23 For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
Why could it not be eaten? Because it was his (i.e. the priest's) own offering, which symbolized that he could not bear his own sin, and make atonement for them, as opposed to when it was the lay people's offering.
24 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons (i.e. the priests), saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.
26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Anytime the priests consumed of this, it was for the purpose of bearing the iniquity of the sins of the people, as their role was like a mediator between GOD and the person they were dealing with at that time. So whenever blood was not taken within the holy place, the priests were to consume of the offering, whereas if it was taken within the holy place, then the rest was to be burned outside the camp. See also: Leviticus 10:16-20.
27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled (i.e. wash the area where the blood was spilled) in the holy place.
And so it was, the blood was considered holy and if it accidentally got on their clothing, it was to be washed out of the clothes before leaving, because if it wasn't, it would make it profane if washed outside the tabernacle.
28 But the earthen vessel (i.e. clay pot) wherein it is sodden (i.e. boiled) shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured (i.e. polished), and rinsed in water.
In other words, if it was boiled in a clay pot (earthen vessel), then it had to be broken as the blood of the sacrifice had the ability to be absorbed in to the clay pot, and if that clay pot was used again for any ordinary purpose, then it would defile the offering unto the LORD.
29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
Again, this was done to bear the iniquity of the sins of the people (congregation [Leviticus 10:17]), and to make atonement for them before the LORD.
30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile (i.e. make atonement) withal (i.e. with) in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
And so it was. Note that there were eight offerings to be eaten by the priests within the holy place:
2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship (= pledge), or in a thing taken away by violence (i.e. robbery), or hath deceived his neighbour;
In other words, if someone lies to their neighbor by dealing deceitfully with them, they have not only done wrong to them but also sinned against GOD; whether it be not taking care of something they agreed to look after, not keeping their word, robbing someone, etc., it's all wrong. Keep in mind when you see "neighbor" mentioned here, it didn't just refer to someone living next to someone at that time, but simply another person they had dealings with.
3 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
When a person swears falsely, it means they swore by their own lie, and in the example given here, we see it deals with someone who has found something that belongs to someone else, and they lie about it being theirs and how they obtained it.
4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
And so it is, as CHRIST followers (CHRISTians), we should always do what is right and follow HIS ways.
5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal (i.e. restore it's full amount), and shall add the fifth part (= 20%) more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth (i.e. belongs), in the day of his trespass offering.
6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish (i.e. without spot) out of the flock, with thy estimation (i.e. Moses' estimation), for a trespass offering, unto the priest:
7 And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
And so it was. There we see the sin and trespass offering.
8 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Below we'll see the responsibilities of Aaron and his sons (the Priests), and what they were required to do.
9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
In other words, the fire was to be continuous, as there would be a sacrifice in the morning which would burn until the evening, and then another sacrifice in the evening which would last until the morning, and it just continued on.
10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar (i.e. on the east side of the altar [Leviticus 1:16]).
These garments and breeches are what we read of in Exodus 28, and in the futurist sense on how this relates to us today, remember our righteous works in this flesh life is what makes up our fine linen clothing in Heaven (Revelation 19:8), by remaining a pure bride unto CHRIST, by not falling or bowing down to satan's beast system in these end times. Note that these garments mentioned here to the priests, were only to be worn in the tabernacle/temple when doing the LORD's work, as we will later read of in Ezekiel 44:19.
11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp (compare Hebrews 13:11-12) unto a clean place.
Why a clean place? Because if it wasn't a clean place then the whole offering would be defiled. The ashes being holy, and a clean place of course symbolizing the ridding of sin/filthiness.
12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
Remember, the fat of the peace/thank offering would be laid upon the burnt offering (Leviticus 3:5), which were offerings for incense unto the LORD. Again, the fat symbolized the wealth portion of the animal, and belongs to the LORD (Leviticus 3:16).
13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
Remember, fire represents GOD (Hebrews 12:29) and HIS WORD (Jeremiah 23:29), and thinking of this verse on a deeper level, we are to keep the fire burning every day, which symbolizes our CHRISTianity today, as we are to live by HIS WORD everyday, being fully committed unto GOD, never allowing our fire to depart from us. After all, part time "Christians" are not pleasing to GOD.
14 And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.
This is what we went over in chapter 2.
15 And he (i.e. the priest) shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat (i.e. meal) offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.
16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place (i.e. eaten in the place where the table of shewbread and the Menorah were located); in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
17 It shall not be baken with leaven (symbolic of sin). I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
18 All the males among the children of Aaron (i.e. all the priests) shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he (= Aaron, [later his sons]) is anointed (i.e. anointed high priest); the tenth part of an ephah (i.e. about 3/4 of a gallon) of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual (i.e. continually), half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.
As we read in Exodus 29:35, the priests would be consecrated seven days and then on the next day (the eighth day) is when they would be anointed.
21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken (i.e. fried), thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat (i.e. meal) offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead (i.e. his position) shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
23 For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
Why could it not be eaten? Because it was his (i.e. the priest's) own offering, which symbolized that he could not bear his own sin, and make atonement for them, as opposed to when it was the lay people's offering.
24 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons (i.e. the priests), saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.
26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Anytime the priests consumed of this, it was for the purpose of bearing the iniquity of the sins of the people, as their role was like a mediator between GOD and the person they were dealing with at that time. So whenever blood was not taken within the holy place, the priests were to consume of the offering, whereas if it was taken within the holy place, then the rest was to be burned outside the camp. See also: Leviticus 10:16-20.
27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled (i.e. wash the area where the blood was spilled) in the holy place.
And so it was, the blood was considered holy and if it accidentally got on their clothing, it was to be washed out of the clothes before leaving, because if it wasn't, it would make it profane if washed outside the tabernacle.
28 But the earthen vessel (i.e. clay pot) wherein it is sodden (i.e. boiled) shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured (i.e. polished), and rinsed in water.
In other words, if it was boiled in a clay pot (earthen vessel), then it had to be broken as the blood of the sacrifice had the ability to be absorbed in to the clay pot, and if that clay pot was used again for any ordinary purpose, then it would defile the offering unto the LORD.
29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
Again, this was done to bear the iniquity of the sins of the people (congregation [Leviticus 10:17]), and to make atonement for them before the LORD.
30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile (i.e. make atonement) withal (i.e. with) in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
And so it was. Note that there were eight offerings to be eaten by the priests within the holy place:
- The flesh of the sin offering (Leviticus 4:26, 6:26).
- The flesh of the trespass offering (Leviticus 7:6).
- The peace/thank offering of the congregation (Leviticus 7:14-15).
- The remainder of the 'omer (Leviticus 2:3-10).
- The meal offering of the Israelites (Leviticus 2:3-10).
- The two loaves (Leviticus 13:19-20, 23:20).
- The shewbread (Leviticus 23:9).
- The leper's log of oil (Leviticus 14:10-13).