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79 Bible Verses about Sacrifices and Burnt Offerings
In the Bible, offering is all about showing gratitude to God. Back in Moses' time, God taught the Israelites about different kinds of offerings. They were to offer a portion of their wealth as thanks for the land God had given them. These offerings were usually things like wheat, barley, oil, and animals – basically a tenth of their income, or what we call a tithe.
Leviticus talks about offerings required when someone was dishonest, maybe about something they were supposed to be looking after, or if they stole, cheated, lied about lost property, or broke an oath. There were five main types of offerings: burnt offerings, grain offerings, peace offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings.
Throughout the Bible, we see different ways to give offerings. Sometimes it's to make things right with someone you've wronged, and sometimes it's simply to say "thank you" to God and seek His blessing. The reasons and situations are all over the map, but what really matters to God is the heart behind the offering – a genuine desire to connect with Him.
Through him, therefore, let us offer God a sacrifice of praise continually. For this is the natural product of lips that acknowledge his name.
“‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Adonai, offer it in a way that will make you accepted.
“Come to Beit-El, and commit crimes; to Gilgal, and commit more crimes! Bring your sacrifices in the morning and your tithes after three days;
Ya‘akov got up early in the morning, took the stone he had put under his head, set it up as a standing-stone, poured olive oil on its topand named the place Beit-El [house of God]; but the town had originally been called Luz.Go now to the home of B’tu’el your mother’s father, and choose a wife there from the daughters of Lavan your mother’s brother.Ya‘akov took this vow: “If God will be with me and will guard me on this road that I am traveling, giving me bread to eat and clothes to wear,so that I return to my father’s house in peace, then Adonai will be my God;and this stone, which I have set up as a standing-stone, will be God’s house; and of everything you give me, I will faithfully return one-tenth to you.”
then you will bring all that I am ordering you to the place Adonai your God chooses to have his name live — your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tenths, the offering from your hand, and all your best possessions that you dedicate to Adonai;
Noach built an altar to Adonai. Then he took from every clean animal and every clean bird, and he offered burnt offerings on the altar.Adonai smelled the sweet aroma, and Adonai said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, since the imaginings of a person’s heart are evil from his youth; nor will I ever again destroy all living things, as I have done.
“Tell the people of Isra’el to take up a collection for me — accept a contribution from anyone who wholeheartedly wants to give.
“Three times a year all your men are to appear in the presence of Adonai your God in the place which he will choose — at the festival of matzah, at the festival of Shavu‘ot and at the festival of Sukkot. They are not to show up before Adonai empty-handed,but every man is to give what he can, in accordance with the blessing Adonai your God has given you. Haftarah Re’eh: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 54:11–55:5 B’rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Re’eh: 1 Corinthians 5:9–13; 1 Yochanan (1 John) 4:1–6
They brought their offering before Adonai, six covered wagons and twelve oxen — a wagon for every two leaders and for each an ox — and presented them in front of the tabernacle.
“You must neither wrong nor oppress a foreigner living among you, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
“Speak to the people of Isra’el; say to them, ‘When any of you brings an offering to Adonai, you may bring your animal offering either from the herd or from the flock.
Adonai called to Moshe and spoke to him from the tent of meeting. He said,“‘If his offering is from the flock, whether from the sheep or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he must offer a male without defect.He is to slaughter it on the north side of the altar before Adonai; and the sons of Aharon, the cohanim, are to splash its blood against all sides of the altar.He is to cut it into pieces, and the cohen is to arrange them with the head and fat on the wood which is on the fire on the altar.He is to wash the entrails and lower parts of the legs with water; and the cohen is to offer it all and make it go up in smoke on the altar as a burnt offering; it is an offering made by fire, a fragrant aroma for Adonai. (ii)“‘If his offering to Adonai is a burnt offering of birds, he must offer a dove or a young pigeon.The cohen is to bring it to the altar, snap off its head and make it go up in smoke on the altar; its blood is to be drained out on the side of the altar.He is to remove the food pouch and its feathers from its neck and discard it on the pile of ashes just east of the altar.He is to pull it open with a wing on each side, but without tearing it in half. The cohen is to make it go up in smoke on the altar, on the wood which is on the fire, as a burnt offering; it is an offering made by fire, a fragrant aroma for Adonai.
Then offer up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering for Adonai, a pleasing aroma, an offering made to Adonai by fire. (v)
“‘If an individual among the people commits a sin inadvertently, doing something against any of the mitzvot of Adonai concerning things which should not be done, he is guilty.If the sin he committed becomes known to him, he is to bring as his offering a female goat without defect for the sin he committed,lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter the sin offering in the place of burnt offerings.then, if it is the anointed cohen who sinned and thus brought guilt on the people, he is to offer Adonai a young bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he committed.The cohen is to take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. All its remaining blood he is to pour out at the base of the altar.All its fat he is to remove, as the fat is removed from the sacrifice for peace offerings; and the cohen is to make it go up in smoke on the altar as a fragrant aroma for Adonai. Thus the cohen will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
“Each day, offer a young bull as a sin offering, besides the other offerings of atonement; offer the sin offering on the altar as your atonement for it; then anoint it to consecrate it.Seven days you will make atonement on the altar and consecrate it; thus the altar will be especially holy, and whatever touches the altar will become holy. (vi)
If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he must offer a male without defect. He is to bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, so that it can be accepted by Adonai.He is to lay his hand upon the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
A person guilty of any of these things is to confess in what manner he sinnedand bring his guilt offering to Adonai for the sin he committed; it is to be a female from the flock, either a lamb or a goat, as a sin offering; and the cohen will make atonement for him in regard to his sin.
“Why are all those sacrifices offered to me?” asks Adonai. “I’m fed up with burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fattened animals! I get no pleasure from the blood of bulls, lambs and goats!
He is to wash the entrails and lower parts of the legs with water, and the cohen is to cause all of it to go up in smoke on the altar as a burnt offering; it is an offering made by fire, a fragrant aroma for Adonai.
This is why, on coming into the world, he says, “It has not been your will to have an animal sacrifice and a meal offering; rather, you have prepared for me a body.
Adonai said to Moshe,“This is the offering for Adonai that Aharon and his sons are to offer on the day he is anointed: two quarts of fine flour, half of it in the morning and half in the evening, as a grain offering from then on.
“It is to be a permanent regulation for you that on the tenth day of the seventh month you are to deny yourselves and not do any kind of work, both the citizen and the foreigner living with you.“Here is how Aharon is to enter the Holy Place: with a young bull as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering.For on this day, atonement will be made for you to purify you; you will be clean before Adonai from all your sins.
Then he is to bathe his body in water in a holy place, put on his other clothes, come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, thus making atonement for himself and for the people. (RY: ii, LY: iii)
For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for yourselves; for it is the blood that makes atonement because of the life.’
Meanwhile, I am afflicted and hurting; God, let your saving power raise me up.I will praise God’s name with a song and extol him with thanksgiving.
where he will present his offering to Adonai — one male lamb in its first year without defect as a burnt offering, one female lamb in its first year without defect as a sin offering, one ram without defect as peace offerings,
For the Torah has in it a shadow of the good things to come, but not the actual manifestation of the originals. Therefore, it can never, by means of the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, bring to the goal those who approach the Holy Place to offer them.It is in connection with this will that we have been separated for God and made holy, once and for all, through the offering of Yeshua the Messiah’s body.Now every cohen stands every day doing his service, offering over and over the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.But this one, after he had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, sat down at the right hand of God,from then on to wait until his enemies be made a footstool for his feet.For by a single offering he has brought to the goal for all time those who are being set apart for God and made holy.And the Ruach HaKodesh too bears witness to us; for after saying,“ ‘This is the covenant which I will make with them after those days,’ says Adonai: ‘I will put my Torah on their hearts, and write it on their minds . . . ,’ ”he then adds, “ ‘And their sins and their wickednesses I will remember no more.’ ”Now where there is forgiveness for these, an offering for sins is no longer needed.So, brothers, we have confidence to use the way into the Holiest Place opened by the blood of Yeshua.Otherwise, wouldn’t the offering of those sacrifices have ceased? For if the people performing the service had been cleansed once and for all, they would no longer have sins on their conscience.He inaugurated it for us as a new and living way through the parokhet, by means of his flesh.We also have a great cohen over God’s household.Therefore, let us approach the Holiest Place with a sincere heart, in the full assurance that comes from trusting — with our hearts sprinkled clean from a bad conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.Let us continue holding fast to the hope we acknowledge, without wavering; for the One who made the promise is trustworthy.And let us keep paying attention to one another, in order to spur each other on to love and good deeds,not neglecting our own congregational meetings, as some have made a practice of doing, but, rather, encouraging each other. And let us do this all the more as you see the Day approaching.For if we deliberately continue to sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,but only the terrifying prospect of Judgment, of raging fire that will consume the enemies.Someone who disregards the Torah of Moshe is put to death without mercy on the word of two or three witnesses.Think how much worse will be the punishment deserved by someone who has trampled underfoot the Son of God; who has treated as something common the blood of the covenant which made him holy; and who has insulted the Spirit, giver of God’s grace!No, it is quite the contrary — in these sacrifices is a reminder of sins, year after year.For the One we know is the One who said, “Vengeance is my responsibility; I will repay,” and then said, “Adonai will judge his people.”It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!But remember the earlier days, when, after you had received the light, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.Sometimes you were publicly disgraced and persecuted, while at other times you stood loyally by those who were treated this way.For you shared the sufferings of those who had been put in prison. Also when your possessions were seized, you accepted it gladly; since you knew that what you possessed was better and would last forever.So don’t throw away that courage of yours, which carries with it such a great reward.For you need to hold out; so that, by having done what God wills, you may receive what he has promised.For “There is so, so little time! The One coming will indeed come, he will not delay.But the person who is righteous will live his life by trusting, and if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him.”However, we are not the kind who shrink back and are destroyed; on the contrary, we keep trusting and thus preserve our lives!For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
and want to make an offering by fire to Adonai — a burnt offering or sacrifice to fulfill a special vow, or to be a voluntary offering, or at your designated times, to make a fragrant aroma for Adonai — then, whether it is comes from the herd or from the flock,
For from farthest east to farthest west my name is great among the nations. Offerings are presented to my name everywhere, pure gifts; for my name is great among the nations,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
There you will offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of Adonai your God. The blood of your sacrifices is to be poured out on the altar of Adonai your God, and you will eat the meat.
Sh’mu’el said, “Does Adonai take as much pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying what Adonai says? Surely obeying is better than sacrifice, and heeding orders than the fat of rams.
(iv) “‘If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings, then, if he offers before Adonai an animal from the herd, then, no matter whether it is male or female, it must be without defect.the two kidneys, the fat on them near the flanks, and the covering of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys.The cohen will make it go up in smoke on the altar; it is food, an offering made by fire to Adonai.“‘If his offering is a goat, then he is to present it before Adonai.He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aharon are to splash its blood against all sides of the altar.He is to present from it his offering, an offering made by fire to Adonai ; it is to consist of the fat covering the inner organs, all the fat above the inner organs,the two kidneys, the fat on them near the flanks, and the covering of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys.The cohen will make them go up in smoke on the altar; it is food, an offering made by fire to be a fragrant aroma; all the fat belongs to Adonai.It is to be a permanent regulation through all your generations wherever you live that you will eat neither fat nor blood.’”
Tell them, ‘This is the offering made by fire that you are to bring to Adonai: male lambs in their first year and without defect, two daily as a regular burnt offering.plus a male goat to make atonement for you.You are to offer these in addition to the regular burnt offering and its grain offering (they are to be without defect for you), with their drink offerings.Offer the one lamb in the morning and the other lamb at dusk,
The same day, the king consecrated the center of the courtyard in front of the house of Adonai, because he had to offer the burnt offering, the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings there. For the bronze altar before Adonai was too small to receive the burnt offering, the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings.
When Shlomo had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Adonai filled the house,
How much you have done, Adonai my God! Your wonders and your thoughts toward us — none can compare with you! I would proclaim them, I would speak about them; but there’s too much to tell!Sacrifices and grain offerings you don’t want; burnt offerings and sin offerings you don’t demand. Instead, you have given me open ears;so then I said, “Here I am! I’m coming! In the scroll of a book it is written about me.
“Why are all those sacrifices offered to me?” asks Adonai. “I’m fed up with burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fattened animals! I get no pleasure from the blood of bulls, lambs and goats!Yes, you come to appear in my presence; but who asked you to do this, to trample through my courtyards?Stop bringing worthless grain offerings! They are like disgusting incense to me! Rosh-Hodesh, Shabbat, calling convocations — I can’t stand evil together with your assemblies!
“‘When the prince provides a voluntary offering, whether it is a burnt offering or peace offerings that he offers voluntarily to Adonai, someone is to open the east gate for him; and he is to provide his burnt offering and peace offerings as he does on Shabbat. Then he will leave; and after he leaves, the gate is to be shut.
How much you have done, Adonai my God! Your wonders and your thoughts toward us — none can compare with you! I would proclaim them, I would speak about them; but there’s too much to tell!
Rescue me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation! Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness —Adonai, open my lips; then my mouth will praise you.
In fact, according to the Torah, almost everything is purified with blood; indeed, without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and proclaim his great deeds with songs of joy.
I will come into your house with burnt offerings, I will fulfill my vows to you,those my lips pronounced and my mouth spoke when I was in distress.I will offer you burnt offerings of fattened animals, along with the sweet smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. (Selah)
Adonai is God, and he gives us light. Join in the pilgrim festival with branches all the way to the horns of the altar.
yet it pleased Adonai to crush him with illness, to see if he would present himself as a guilt offering. If he does, he will see his offspring; and he will prolong his days; and at his hand Adonai’s desire will be accomplished.
For I didn’t speak to your ancestors or give them orders concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices when I brought them out of the land of Egypt.Rather, what I did order them was this: ‘Pay attention to what I say. Then I will be your God, and you will be my people. In everything, live according to the way that I order you, so that things will go well for you.’
and also to offer a sacrifice of a pair of doves or two young pigeons, as required by the Torah of Adonai.
“With what can I come before Adonai to bow down before God on high? Should I come before him with burnt offerings? with calves in their first year?Would Adonai take delight in thousands of rams with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Could I give my firstborn to pay for my crimes, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”Human being, you have already been told what is good, what Adonai demands of you — no more than to act justly, love grace and walk in purity with your God.
Indeed, even if my lifeblood is poured out as a drink offering over the sacrifice and service of your faith, I will still be glad and rejoice with you all.
As for you, go and learn what this means: ‘I want compassion rather than animal-sacrifices.’ For I didn’t come to call the ‘righteous,’ but sinners!”
If you knew what ‘I want compassion rather than animal-sacrifice’ meant, you would not condemn the innocent.
When the Messiah was executed on the stake as a criminal, I was too; so that my proud ego no longer lives. But the Messiah lives in me, and the life I now live in my body I live by the same trusting faithfulness that the Son of God had, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
and that loving him with all one’s heart, understanding and strength, and loving one’s neighbor as oneself, mean more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
The next day, Yochanan saw Yeshua coming toward him and said, “Look! God’s lamb! The one who is taking away the sin of the world!
I exhort you, therefore, brothers, in view of God’s mercies, to offer yourselves as a sacrifice, living and set apart for God. This will please him; it is the logical “Temple worship” for you.
and live a life of love, just as also the Messiah loved us, indeed, on our behalf gave himself up as an offering, as a slaughtered sacrifice to God with a pleasing fragrance.
for then he would have had to suffer death many times — from the founding of the universe on. But as it is, he has appeared once at the end of the ages in order to do away with sin through the sacrifice of himself.
I have been more than paid in full: I have been filled, since I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent — they are a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, one that pleases God well.
So if you are offering your gift at the Temple altar and you remember there that your brother has something against you,leave your gift where it is by the altar, and go, make peace with your brother. Then come back and offer your gift.
he entered the Holiest Place once and for all. And he entered not by means of the blood of goats and calves, but by means of his own blood, thus setting people free forever.
then how much more the blood of the Messiah, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself to God as a sacrifice without blemish, will purify our conscience from works that lead to death, so that we can serve the living God!
But this one, after he had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, sat down at the right hand of God,
Through him, therefore, let us offer God a sacrifice of praise continually. For this is the natural product of lips that acknowledge his name.But don’t forget doing good and sharing with others, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
You should be aware that the ransom paid to free you from the worthless way of life which your fathers passed on to you did not consist of anything perishable like silver or gold;on the contrary, it was the costly bloody sacrificial death of the Messiah, as of a lamb without defect or spot.
you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be cohanim set apart for God to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to him through Yeshua the Messiah.
Also, he is the kapparah for our sins — and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.
and they sang a new song, “You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals; because you were slaughtered; at the cost of blood you ransomed for God persons from every tribe, language, people and nation.
Another angel came and stood at the altar with a gold incense-bowl, and he was given a large quantity of incense to add to the prayers of all God’s peopleon the gold altar in front of the throne. The smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of God’s people from the hand of the angel before God.