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​ Procedures for the Grain Offering “When you present grain as an offering to the Lord, the offering must consist of  choice  flour.  You are to pour olive oil on it, sprinkle it with frankincense, and bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests.  The priest will scoop out a handful of the flour, moistened with oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this representative portion on the altar.  It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.  The rest of the grain offering will then be given to Aaron and his sons.  This offering will be considered a most holy part of the special gifts presented to the Lord.  “If your offering is a grain offering, baked in an oven, it must be made of choice flour, but  without  any yeast.  It may be presented in the form of thin cakes, mixed with olive oil, or wafers, spread with olive oil.  If your grain offering is cooked on a griddle, it must be made of choice flour, mixed with olive oi...

​ Procedures for the Burnt Offering The Lord called to Moses from the Tabernacle and said to him,  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.  When you present an animal, as an offering to the Lord, you may take it from your herd of cattle or your flock of sheep and goats.  “If the animal you present, as a burnt offering, is from the herd, it must be a male, with no defects.  Bring it to the entrance of the Tabernacle, so you may be accepted by the Lord.  Lay your hand on the animal’s head, and the Lord will accept its death, in your place, to purify you, making you right with Him.  Then slaughter the young bull in the Lord’s presence, and Aaron’s sons, the priests, will present the animal’s blood, by splattering it against all sides of the altar that stands at the entrance to the Tabernacle.  Then skin the animal and cut it into pieces.  The sons of Aaron, the priest, will build a wood fire on the altar.  They will arrange the...

The Book of Leviticus  Throughout the Book of Leviticus, Israel remains encamped at Mount Sinai, while God appears in the Tent of Meeting, detailing to Moses His specifications regarding the ceremonial laws, which His people are to follow.  In Leviticus, God tells the Israelites and their priests, the Levites, how to make offerings in the Tabernacle and how to conduct themselves while camped around the holy tent sanctuary. The key phrase in the Book of Leviticus simplifies the entire complexity of the Law into one simple statement... The Lord says to the Israelites: “Shema!” Hear/Listen, oh Israel! “You shall be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, …that you should be Mine.” [Leviticus 20:26 This is why 2,000 years later, the Apostle Peter calls us (believers) to Holy living… In his first letter to the believers, Peter says: “God’s chosen people,  (those of you)  who are living as foreigners, in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia,...