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FEBRUARY 16
DAY 15: How is Christ seen in the Levitical offerings?
Offering Christ’s Provision Christ’s Character
1. Burnt Offering atonement Christ’s sinless nature
(Leviticus 1:3–17; 6:8–13)
2. Grain Offering dedication/consecration Christ was wholly devoted to the
(Leviticus 2:1–16; 6:14–23) Father’s purposes
3. Peace Offering reconciliation/fellowship Christ was at peace with God
(Leviticus 3:1–17; 7:11–36)
4. Sin Offering propitiation Christ’s substitutionary death
(Leviticus 4:1–5:13; 6:24–30)
5.Trespass Offering repentance Christ paid it all for redemption
(Leviticus 5:14–6:7; 7:1–10)

the head of his offering, and kill it before the
February 16 tabernacle of meeting; and Aaron’s sons shall
sprinkle its blood all around on the altar.
9 ‘Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of
the peace offering, as an offering made by fire
Leviticus 3:1–4:35
to the LORD, its fat and the whole fat tail which
‘When his offering is a sacrifice of a peace he shall remove close to the backbone. And
3 offering, if he offers it of the herd, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat
whether male or female, he shall offer it with- that is on the entrails, the two kidneys and
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out blemish before the LORD. And he shall lay the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the
his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kid-
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at the door of the tabernacle of meeting; and neys, he shall remove; and the priest shall
Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall sprinkle the burn them on the altar as food, an offering
blood all around on the altar. Then he shall made by fire to the LORD.
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offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering 12 ‘And if his offering is a goat, then he shall
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an offering made by fire to the LORD. The fat offer it before the LORD. He shall lay his hand
that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on on its head and kill it before the tabernacle of
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the entrails, the two kidneys and the fat that is meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle
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on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe its blood all around on the altar. Then he
attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall shall offer from it his offering, as an offering
remove; and Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the made by fire to the LORD. The fat that covers
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altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is on the the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,
wood that is on the fire, as an offering made by 15 the two kidneys and the fat that is on them by
fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD. the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the
6 ‘If his offering as a sacrifice of a peace offer- liver above the kidneys, he shall remove; and
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ing to the LORD is of the flock, whether male or the priest shall burn them on the altar as food,
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female, he shall offer it without blemish. If he an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma; all
offers a lamb as his offering, then he shall offer the fat is the LORD’s.
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it before the LORD. And he shall lay his hand on 17 ‘This shall be a perpetual statute through-
out your generations in all your dwellings: you
shall eat neither fat nor blood.’ ”
Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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4 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If
3:1–17 See 7:11–36 for the priests’ instruc-
tions. The peace offering symbolizes the a person sins unintentionally against any of
peace and fellowship between the true wor- the commandments of the LORD in anything
shiper and God (as a voluntary offering).It was which ought not to be done, and does any of
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the third freewill offering resulting in a sweet them, if the anointed priest sins, bringing
aroma to the Lord (3:5), which served as the guilt on the people, then let him offer to the
appropriate corollary to the burnt offering of LORD for his sin which he has sinned a young
atonement and the grain offering of consecra- bull without blemish as a sin offering. He shall
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tion and dedication. It symbolized the fruit of bring the bull to the door of the tabernacle of
redemptive reconciliation between a sinner meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the
and God (see 2 Cor. 5:18). bull’s head, and kill the bull before the LORD.
5 Then the anointed priest shall take some of
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