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​ Harvest Offerings and Tithes “When you enter the land, that    the Lord, your God, is giving to you, as a special possession …and when you have conquered it …and have settled there, …put some of the first produce, from each crop that you harvest, into a basket …and bring it, to the designated place, of worship—the place, that the Lord, your God, chooses, for His name, to be honored. Go to the priest in charge, at that time …and say to him,  ‘With this gift, I acknowledge to the Lord, your God, that I have entered the land, which He swore to our ancestors, that He would give to us.’  The priest will then take the basket, from your hand …and set it before the altar, of the Lord your God.  “You must then say, in the presence of the Lord your God,  ‘My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean, who went to live, as a foreigner in Egypt.  His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt, they became a large and mighty nation.  When the Egyptians oppressed...

Offerings for the Fifth through the Eighth Days of the Festival of Shelters “On the fifth day of the festival, sacrifice nine young bulls, two rams, and fourteen, one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.  Each of these offerings, of bulls, rams, and lambs, must be accompanied by its prescribed grain offering and liquid offering.  You must also sacrifice a male goat, as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering, with its accompanying grain offering …and liquid offering.  “On the sixth day of the festival, sacrifice eight young bulls, two rams, and fourteen, one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.  Each of these offerings, of bulls, rams, and lambs, must be accompanied by its prescribed grain offering and liquid offering.  You must also sacrifice a male goat, as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering, with its accompanying grain offering … and liquid offering.  “On the seventh day of the festival, sacrifice seven ...

Offerings for the First through the Fourth Days of the Festival of Shelters “Five days  (after the Day of Atonement) , on the fifteenth day of the same month  (as the Festival of Trumpets) , you must call another holy assembly, of all the people, and you may do no ordinary work on that day.  It is the beginning of the Festival of Shelters, a seven-day festival to the Lord.  On the first day of the festival, you must present a burnt offering, as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.  It will consist of thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen, one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.  Each, of these offerings, must be accompanied by a grain offering, of choice flour, moistened with olive oil—six quarts for each of the thirteen bulls, four quarts for each of the two rams, and two quarts for each of the fourteen lambs.  You must also sacrifice a male goat, as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering, with its accompanying...

​ Offerings for the Festival of Trumpets ; and Offerings for the Day of Atonement “Celebrate the Festival of Trumpets, each year, on the first day of the appointed month, in early autumn.  You must call an official day for holy assembly, and you may do no ordinary work.  On that day, you must present a burnt offering, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.  It will consist of one young bull, one ram, and seven, one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.  These must be accompanied, by grain offerings, of choice flour, moistened with olive oil—six quarts with the bull, four quarts with the ram, …and two quarts with each, of the seven lambs.  In addition, you must sacrifice a male goat, as a sin offering, to purify yourselves …and make yourselves right with the Lord.  These special sacrifices are in addition, to your regular, monthly, and daily, burnt offerings, …and they must be given, with their prescribed grain offerings …and liquid offerings.  These offe...

​ Offerings for the Passover; and Offerings for the Festival of Harvest “On the fourteenth day, of the first month, you must celebrate the Lord’s Passover.  On the following day—the fifteenth day of the month—a joyous, seven-day festival will begin, but no bread, made with yeast, may be eaten.  The first day, of the festival, will be an official day for holy assembly, and no ordinary work may be done on that day.  As a special gift, you must present a burnt offering to the Lord—two young bulls, one ram, and seven, one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.  These will be accompanied by grain offerings, of choice flour, moistened with olive oil—six quarts with each bull, four quarts with the ram, and two quarts …with each, of the seven lambs.  You must also offer a male goat, as a sin offering, to purify yourselves and make yourselves right with the Lord.  Present these offerings, in addition …to your regular, morning burnt offering.  On each, of the...

The Daily Offerings; the Sabbath Offerings; and the Monthly Offerings The Lord said to Moses,  “Give these instructions to the people of Israel:  The offerings you present, as special gifts, are a pleasing aroma to Me; they are my food.  See to it that they are brought, at the appointed times …and offered according to my instructions.  “Say to the people:  This is the special gift, which you must present to the Lord, as your daily burnt offering.  You must offer two, one-year-old, male lambs, with no defects.  Sacrifice one lamb, in the morning …and the other, in the evening.  With each lamb, you must offer a grain offering, of two quarts, of choice flour …mixed with one quart, of pure oil, of  pressed  olives.  This is the regular burnt offering, instituted at Mount Sinai, as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.  Along with it, you must present the proper liquid offering, of one quart of alcoholic drink, with each lam...

Offerings in the Promised Land The Lord said to Moses,  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.  “When you arrive in the land, where I am taking you, and you eat the crops that grow there, you must set  some  aside, as a sacred offering to the Lord.  Present a cake, from the first of the flour you grind, and set it aside, as a sacred offering, as you do with the first grain, from the threshing floor.  Throughout the generations to come, you are to present a sacred offering, to the Lord, each year, from the first of your ground flour.  “But suppose you, unintentionally, fail to carry out all these commands, that the Lord has given you, through Moses.  And suppose your descendants, in the future, fail to do everything, that the Lord has commanded, through Moses.  If the mistake was made unintentionally, and the community was unaware of it, the whole community must present a young bull, for a burnt offering, as a pleasing aroma...

​ Laws Concerning Offerings The Lord told Moses,  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.  “When you finally settle in the land I am giving you, you will offer special gifts as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.  These gifts may take the form of a burnt offering, a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, a voluntary offering, or an offering at any of your annual festivals, and they may be taken from your herds of cattle or your flocks of sheep and goats.  When you present these offerings, you must also give the Lord a grain offering of two quarts of choice flour mixed with one quart of olive oil.  For each lamb offered as a burnt offering or a special sacrifice, you must also present one quart of wine as a liquid offering.  “If the sacrifice is a ram, give a grain offering of four quarts of choice flour mixed with a third of a gallon of olive oil, and give a third of a gallon of wine as a liquid offering.  This will be a pleasing aroma to the Lor...

The Total of the Dedication Offerings  So, this was the total, of the dedication offering, brought by the leaders of Israel, at the time the sanctuary altar was anointed:  Twelve silver platters, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold incense containers.  Each silver platter weighed 3¼ pounds, and each silver basin weighed 1¾ pounds.  The total weight of the silver was 60 pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel).  Each of the twelve gold containers, that was filled with incense, weighed four ounces (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel).  The total weight of the gold was three pounds.  Twelve young bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one-year-old male lambs were donated for the burnt offerings, along with their prescribed grain offerings.  Twelve male goats were brought, for the sin offerings.  Twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty one-year-old male lambs were donated, for the peace offerings....

The Eleventh and Twelfth    Days for the Offerings of Dedication On the eleventh day, Pagiel, son of Ocran, leader of the tribe of Asher, presented his offering.  His offering consisted of a silver platter, weighing 3¼ pounds, and a silver basin, weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel).  These were both filled with grain offerings, of choice flour, moistened with olive oil.  He also brought a gold container, weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.  He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb, for a burnt offering, and a male goat, for a sin offering.  For a peace offering, he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs.  This was the offering brought, by Pagiel, son of Ocran.  On the twelfth day, Ahira, son of Enan, leader of the tribe of Naphtali, presented his offering.  His offering consisted of a silver platter, weighing 3¼ pounds, and a ...

The Ninth and Tenth Days for the Offerings of Dedication On the ninth day, Abidan, son of Gideoni, leader of the tribe of Benjamin, presented his offering.  His offering consisted of a silver platter, weighing 3¼ pounds, and a silver basin, weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel).  These were both filled with grain offerings, of choice flour, moistened with olive oil.  He also brought a gold container, weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.  He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb, for a burnt offering, and a male goat, for a sin offering.  For a peace offering, he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs.  This was the offering brought, by Abidan, son of Gideoni.  On the tenth day, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai, leader of the tribe of Dan, presented his offering.  His offering consisted of a silver platter, weighing 3¼ pounds, and a silver basin...

​ The Seventh and Eighth     Days for the Offerings of Dedication On the seventh day, Elishama, son of Ammihud, leader of the tribe of Ephraim, presented his offering.  His offering consisted of a silver platter, weighing 3¼ pounds, and a silver basin, weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel).  These were both filled with grain offerings, of choice flour, moistened with olive oil.  He also brought a gold container, weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.  He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb, for a burnt offering, and a male goat, for a sin offering.  For a peace offering, he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs.  This was the offering brought, by Elishama, son of Ammihud.  On the eighth day, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur, leader of the tribe of Manasseh, presented his offering.  His offering consisted of a silver platter, weighing 3...