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Leviticus 4:3

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“ ‘If the appointed priest sins so that he brings guilt on the people, then he must offer a young bull to the Lord, one that has nothing wrong with it, as a sin offering for the sin he has done.

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They brought seven bulls, seven male sheep, seven lambs, and seven male goats. These animals were an offering to remove the sin of the people and the kingdom of Judah and to make the Temple ready for service to God. King Hezekiah commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer these animals on the Lord’s altar.

Then the captives who returned made burnt offerings to the God of Israel. They sacrificed twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six male sheep, and seventy-seven lambs. For a sin offering there were twelve male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.

Take the bull’s meat, skin, and intestines, and burn them outside the camp. This is an offering to take away sin.

Take some of the blood from the altar, and mix it with the special oil used in appointing priests. Sprinkle this on Aaron and his clothes and on his sons and their clothes. This will show that Aaron and his sons and their clothes are given to my service.

Take the special olive oil and pour it on his head to make him a priest.

Once a year Aaron must make the altar ready for service to God by putting blood on its corners—the blood of the animal offered to remove sins. He is to do this once a year from now on. This altar belongs completely to the Lord’s service.”

There were two tables on each side of the porch, on which animals for burnt offerings, sin offerings, and penalty offerings were killed.

You must give a young bull as a sin offering to the priests, the Levites who are from the family of Zadok and who come near me to serve me, says the Lord God.

Then he may go into the inner courtyard to serve in the Temple, but he must offer a sin offering for himself, says the Lord God.

“ ‘If the burnt offering is a sheep or a goat from the flock, it must be a male that has nothing wrong with it.

“ ‘If the offering is a whole burnt offering from the herd, it must be a male that has nothing wrong with it. The person must take the animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent so that the Lord will accept the offering.

“Then Aaron will offer the bull as a sin offering for himself, to remove the sins from him and his family so they will belong to the Lord; he will kill the bull for the sin offering for himself.

“This is how Aaron may enter the Most Holy Place: Before he enters, he must offer a bull for a sin offering and a male sheep for a whole burnt offering.

“Aaron must take from the people of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one male sheep for a burnt offering.

Then he will offer the bull for the sin offering for himself to remove sins from him and his family so they will belong to the Lord.

When they learn about the sin they have done, they must offer a young bull as a sin offering and bring it before the Meeting Tent.

When he learns about his sin, he must bring a male goat that has nothing wrong with it as his offering.

When the person learns about his sin, he must bring a female goat that has nothing wrong with it as an offering for his sin.

Then the appointed priest must bring some of the bull’s blood into the Meeting Tent.

He must bring an offering to the Lord as a penalty for sin; it must be a female lamb or goat from the flock. The priest will perform the acts to remove that person’s sin so he will belong to the Lord.

Any male descendant of Aaron may eat it as his share of the offerings made to the Lord by fire, and this will continue from now on. Whatever touches these offerings shall become holy.’ ”

He poured some of the special oil on Aaron’s head to make Aaron holy for the Lord.

He said to Aaron, “Take a bull calf and a male sheep that have nothing wrong with them, and offer them to the Lord. The calf will be a sin offering, and the male sheep will be a whole burnt offering.

Tell the people of Israel, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering and a calf and a lamb for a whole burnt offering; each must be one year old, and it must have nothing wrong with it.

But Moses and Aaron bowed facedown and cried out, “God, you are the God over the spirits of all people. Please don’t be angry with this whole group. Only one man has really sinned.”

They must take a young bull and the grain offering of flour mixed with oil that goes with it. Then take a second young bull for a sin offering.

The law was without power, because the law was made weak by our sinful selves. But God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son to earth with the same human life that others use for sin. By sending his Son to be an offering for sin, God used a human life to destroy sin.

Christ had no sin, but God made him become sin so that in Christ we could become right with God.

Because he is weak, the high priest must offer sacrifices for his own sins and also for the sins of the people.

Christ entered the Most Holy Place only once—and for all time. He did not take with him the blood of goats and calves. His sacrifice was his own blood, and by it he set us free from sin forever.




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