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Leviticus 1:1–2 – The Lord calls and sets offering terms

What happens: God calls to Moses from the tent of meeting and tells him how Israel must bring animal offerings. The people may bring offerings from the herd or flock.

What it means: God initiates worship and defines how to approach him. His holiness sets the terms, showing worship is by revelation, not human invention.

Leviticus 1:3–9 – Burnt offering from the herd

What happens: A man brings a male bull without blemish, lays his hand on its head, and slaughters it. The priests splash the blood, arrange the pieces on the altar, and burn it entirely as a pleasing aroma.

What it means: The unblemished animal shows God deserves the best and that sin requires a blameless substitute. Full burning pictures total devotion to God and atonement by blood, revealing his holiness and mercy.

Leviticus 1:10–13 – Burnt offering from the flock

What happens: If the offering is a sheep or goat, a male without blemish is slain on the north side of the altar. The priests handle the blood and burn all of it on the altar.

What it means: God makes a way for different means while keeping the same standard of holiness. Atonement is the same for rich or poor, showing God’s justice and equal access to his grace.

Leviticus 1:14–17 – Burnt offering of birds

What happens: If the offering is a turtledove or pigeon, the priest pinches off the head, drains the blood, removes the crop, and burns the bird on the altar. It rises as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

What it means: God welcomes worship from the least resourced without lowering holiness. He provides a path for all to draw near, highlighting mercy within his righteous requirements.

Application

  • Give God your best, not leftovers.
  • Approach God by his word, not by preference.
  • Treat atonement as costly and holy.
  • Build habits of whole-life devotion, not partial obedience.

Bible

1And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.

3If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.

4And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

5And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

6And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

7And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:

8And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

9But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

10And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.

11And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.

12And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

13But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

14And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.

15And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:

16And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:

17And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

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