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Leviticus 6

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1 [a] The Lord spoke to Moses:
2 "When someone sins and offends the Lord by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit,[b] a security,[c] or a robbery; or defrauds his neighbor;
3 or finds something lost and lies about it; or swears falsely about any of the sinful things a person may do-
4 once he has sinned and acknowledged [his] guilt-he must return what he stole or defrauded, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost item he found,[d]
5 or anything else about which he swore falsely. He must make full restitution for it and add a fifth of its value to it. He is to pay it to its owner on the day he acknowledges [his] guilt.[e]
6 Then he must bring his restitution offering to the Lord: an unblemished ram from the flock, according to your valuation, as a restitution offering to the priest.
7 In this way the priest will make atonement on his behalf before the Lord, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt."[f]

The Burnt Offering

8 [g] The Lord spoke to Moses:
9 "Command Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the burnt offering; the burnt offering itself must remain on the altar's hearth all night until morning, while the fire of the altar is kept burning on it.[h]
10 The priest is to put on his linen robe and linen undergarments.[i] [j] He is to remove the ashes of the burnt offering the fire has consumed on the altar, and place them beside the altar.
11 Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and bring the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place.
12 The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest will burn wood on the fire. He is to arrange the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat portions from the fellowship offerings on it.
13 Fire must be kept burning[k] on the altar continually; it must not go out.

The Grain Offering

14 "Now this is the law of the grain offering:[l] Aaron's sons will present it before the Lord in front of the altar.
15 The priest is to remove a handful of fine flour and olive oil from the grain offering, with all the frankincense that is on the offering, and burn its memorial portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.[m]
16 Aaron and his sons may eat the rest of it. It is to be eaten as unleavened bread[n] in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.
17 It must not be baked with yeast; I have assigned it as their portion from My fire offerings. It is especially holy, like the sin offering and the restitution offering.
18 Any male among Aaron's descendants[o] may eat it. It is a permanent portion[p] throughout your generations from the fire offerings to the Lord.[q] Anything that touches the offerings will become[r] holy."[s]
19 The Lord spoke to Moses:
20 "This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the Lord on the day that he is anointed: two quarts[t] of fine flour as a regular[u] grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.[v]
21 It is to be prepared with oil on a griddle; you are to bring it well-kneaded. You must present it as a grain offering of baked pieces,[w] a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
22 The priest, who is of Aaron's sons and will be anointed to take his place, is to prepare it. It must be completely burned as a permanent portion for the Lord.
23 Every grain offering for a priest will be a whole burnt offering; it is not to be eaten."

The Sin Offering

24 The Lord spoke to Moses:
25 "Tell Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the sin offering.[x] The sin offering is most holy and must be slaughtered before the Lord at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.
26 The priest who offers it as a sin offering is to eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place,[y] in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.
27 Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of its blood spatters on a garment, then you must wash that garment[z] in a holy place.
28 A clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it must be scoured and rinsed with water.
29 Any male among the priests may eat it;[aa] it is especially holy.
30 But no sin offering may be eaten if its blood has been brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place; it must be burned up.
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Leviticus 6 Commentary

Chapter 6

Concerning trespasses against our neighbour. (1-7) Concerning the burnt-offering. (8-13) Concerning the meat-offering. (14-23) Concerning the sin-offering. (24-30)

Verses 1-7 Though all the instances relate to our neighbour, yet it is called a trespass against the Lord. Though the person injured be mean, and even despicable, yet the injury reflects upon that God who has made the command of loving our neighbour next to that of loving himself. Human laws make a difference as to punishments; but all methods of doing wrong to others, are alike violations of the Divine law, even keeping what is found, when the owner can be discovered. Frauds are generally accompanied with lies, often with false oaths. If the offender would escape the vengeance of God, he must make ample restitution, according to his power, and seek forgiveness by faith in that one Offering which taketh away the sin of the world. The trespasses here mentioned, still are trespasses against the law of Christ, which insists as much upon justice and truth, as the law of nature, or the law of Moses.

Verses 8-13 The daily sacrifice of a lamb is chiefly referred to. The priest must take care of the fire upon the altar. The first fire upon the altar came from heaven, ch. 9:24 ; by keeping that up continually, all their sacrifices might be said to be consumed with the fire from heaven, in token of God's acceptance. Thus should the fire of our holy affections, the exercise of our faith and love, of prayer and praise, be without ceasing.

Verses 14-23 The law of the burnt-offerings put upon the priests a great deal of care and work; the flesh was wholly burnt, and the priests had nothing but the skin. But most of the meat-offering was their own. It is God's will that his ministers should be provided with what is needful.

Verses 24-30 The blood of the sin-offering was to be washed out of the clothes on which it should happen to be sprinkled, which signified the regard we ought to have to the blood of Christ, not counting it a common thing. The vessel in which the flesh of the sin-offering was boiled must be broken, if it were an earthen one; but if a brazen one, well washed. This showed that the defilement was not wholly taken away by the offering; but the blood of Christ thoroughly cleanses from all sin. All these rules set forth the polluting nature of sin, and the removal of guilt from the sinner to the sacrifice. Behold and wonder at Christ's love, in that he was content to be made a sin-offering for us, and so to procure our pardon for continual sins and failings. He that knew no sin was made sin (that is, a ( 2 Corinthians. 5:21 ) only pardon, but power also, against sin, ( Romans 8:3 ) .

Taken from Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise)

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Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 6

This chapter treats of the trespass offering for sins committed knowingly and wilfully, Le 6:1-7 and of the law of the burnt offering, and of cleansing the altar of burnt offering, and keeping the fire burning on it continually, Le 6:8-13 and of the meat offering, which is repeated with some additional circumstances, Le 6:14-18 and of the offering at the consecration of the high priest, Le 6:19-23 and of the sin offering, and where to be killed and eaten, and by whom, Le 6:24-30.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Leviticus 6 Commentaries

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