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FEBRUARY 15
DAY 14: Does Matthew include any material not found in the other Gospels?
Matthew includes nine events in Jesus’life that are unique to his Gospel:
1. Joseph’s dream (1:20–24).
2. Visit of the wise men (2:1–12).
3. Flight into Egypt (2:13–15).
4. Herod kills the children (2:16–18).
5. Judas repents (27:3-10, but see Acts 1:18,19).
6. The dream of Pilate’s wife (27:19).
7. Other resurrections (27:52).
8. The bribery of the soldiers (28:11–15).
9. The Great Commission (28:19,20).

kill the bull before the LORD; and the priests,
February 15 Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood and sprin-
kle the blood all around on the altar that is by
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the door of the tabernacle of meeting. And he
shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into its
Leviticus 1:1–2:16
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pieces. The sons of Aaron the priest shall put
Now the LORD called to Moses, and spoke to fire on the altar, and lay the wood in order on
1 him from the tabernacle of meeting, saying, the fire. Then the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall
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2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to lay the parts, the head, and the fat in order on
them: ‘When any one of you brings an offering the wood that is on the fire upon the altar; but
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to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of he shall wash its entrails and its legs with
the livestock—of the herd and of the flock. water. And the priest shall burn all on the altar
3 ‘If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the as a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire,
herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he a sweet aroma to the LORD.
shall offer it of his own free will at the door of 10 ‘If his offering is of the flocks—of the sheep
the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD. or of the goats—as a burnt sacrifice, he shall
4 Then he shall put his hand on the head of the bring a male without blemish. He shall kill it
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burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his on the north side of the altar before the LORD;
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behalf to make atonement for him. He shall and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle its
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blood all around on the altar. And he shall cut
it into its pieces, with its head and its fat; and
the priest shall lay them in order on the wood
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that is on the fire upon the altar; but he shall
1:4 put his hand on the head. This symbolic wash the entrails and the legs with water. Then
gesture pictured the transfer of the sacrificer’s the priest shall bring it all and burn it on the
sin to the sacrificial animal and was likely done altar; it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made
with a prayer of repentance and request for
forgiveness (see Ps. 51:18,19). on his behalf. by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
14 ‘And if the burnt sacrifice of his offering to
This was a substitutionary sacrifice that prefig-
ured the ultimate substitute—Jesus Christ the LORD is of birds, then he shall bring his
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(see Is. 53; 2 Cor. 5:21). make atonement. The offering of turtledoves or young pigeons. The
word means “cover.”The psalmist defines it by priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off its
saying, “Blessed is he whose transgression is head, and burn it on the altar; its blood shall be
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forgiven, whose sin is covered” (Ps. 32:1). drained out at the side of the altar. And he shall
Theologically, the “atonement” of the Old remove its crop with its feathers and cast it be-
Testament covered sin only temporarily, but it side the altar on the east side, into the place
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did not eliminate sin or later judgment (Heb. for ashes. Then he shall split it at its wings,
10:4). The one-time sacrifice of Jesus Christ but shall not divide it completely; and the priest
fully atoned for sin,thus satisfying God’s wrath shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on
forever and insuring eternal salvation (see the fire. It is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made
Heb. 9:12; 1 John 2:2), even to those who put by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
saving faith in God for their redemption ‘When anyone offers a grain offering to
before Christ’s death on the cross (see Rom. 2 the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour.
3:25,26; Heb. 9:15).
And he shall pour oil on it, and put frankin-
cense on it. He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons,
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