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From
Manners and Customs of the Bible
:
Leviticus 7:11
11
And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord. (Leviticus 7:11)
. This is the
law
of the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings.
Peace offerings were of
three
kinds: 1. Thank offerings; 2. Free-will offerings; 3. Offerings for
vows
(
Lev. 7:12,16
12
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. (Leviticus 7:12)
16
But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten: (Leviticus 7:16)
). The
peace
offering
might be either of the
herd
or of the
flock
, and either male or female (
Lev. 3:1,7,12
1
And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord. (Leviticus 3:1)
7
If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord. (Leviticus 3:7)
12
And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord. (Leviticus 3:12)
).
The offerings
were accompanied by the imposition of hands, and by the
sprinkling
of
blood
around the great
altar
, on which the
fat
and the parts accompanying were burnt (
Lev. 3:1-5
1
And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.
2
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
3
And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
4
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
5
And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord. (Leviticus 3:1‑5)
). When offered for a thanksgiving a
meat
offering was presented with it (
Lev. 7:12-13
12
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
13
Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. (Leviticus 7:12‑13)
). A peculiarity of the peace offering was, that the breast was waved and the
shoulder
heaved (
Lev. 7:34
34
For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel. (Leviticus 7:34)
). According to Jewish
tradition
this ceremony was performed by laying the parts on the hands of the offerer, the
priest
putting his hands again underneath, and then moving them in a horizontal direction for the waving, and in a vertical direction for the heaving. This is supposed to have been intended as a presentation of the parts to
God
as the supreme Ruler in
heaven
and on
earth
. The “wave-breast” and the “heave-shoulder” were the perquisites of the priests (
Lev. 7:31-34
31
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
32
And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
33
He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.
34
For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel. (Leviticus 7:31‑34)
). The remainder of the victim, excepting what was burnt, was consumed by the offerer and his family, under certain restrictions (
Lev. 7:19-21
19
And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
20
But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
21
Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. (Leviticus 7:19‑21)
). It has been suggested that this ceremony of
eating
the peace offerings by the offerer and his family may have given rise to the
custom
among the
heathen
of eating
flesh
offered to idols in an idol temple (
1 Cor. 8:10
10
For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; (1 Corinthians 8:10)
). See Brown’s
Antiq. Jews,
1, 376.
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By:
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By:
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From:
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From:
Notes on the Pentateuch: 3. Leviticus
By:
Charles Henry Mackintosh
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By:
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Ministry Nuggets:
•
Christ therefore is apprehended in the richest form of this fresh presentation of God's grace, where His enjoyment of the Savior's death in its positive excellency as the deepest ground of communion is set forth for the joy of faith.
(
“
Chapter 10. Peace Offering of the Herd: Leviticus 3:1-5
”
by
W. Kelly
)
•
The burnt offering, you are aware, typifies Christ offering Himself to God in death for a sweet savor, and in the very place where He was made sin for us bringing fullest glory to God. There surely we find the foundation for everything—for all our joys, all our communion, all our worship, and all our praise. The foundation of all is the burnt sacrifice.
(
“
Christ as Seen in the Offerings: Peace Offering
”
by
R.F. Kingscote
)
•
I think many of the Lord's people read this verse without thinking of what it refers to. It no doubt has reference to the peace offering; so then unless that offering is understood, we cannot understand 1 Cor. 10:18.
(
“
Christ as Seen in the Offerings: Peace Offering
”
by
R.F. Kingscote
)
•
"Sacrifice of prosperity," as it is translated in French, better expresses the thought. The peace offering typifies our communion, as saints of God, on the ground of the value of the work and precious blood of Christ before God—our communion with God Himself, our communion with the Lord Jesus, and our communion with one another as priests of God.
(
“
Christ as Seen in the Offerings: Peace Offering
”
by
R.F. Kingscote
)
•
It typifies communion, because all the persons concerned partook of the same sacrifice. God had His portion, the priest had his, Aaron and his sons had theirs, and the rest of the animal was eaten by the one that brought it, and by those with him.
(
“
Christ as Seen in the Offerings: Peace Offering
”
by
R.F. Kingscote
)
•
The aim was to express communion.
(
“
Chapter 9. Peace Offering - General Traits: Leviticus 3
”
by
W. Kelly
)
•
It is in the appendix of the same chapter (Lev. 7:28-34) that we find the distinctive communion that belonged to the peace offering. The offerer's own hands were to bring the first offering to Jehovah.
(
“
Chapter 9. Peace Offering - General Traits: Leviticus 3
”
by
W. Kelly
)
•
The Peace offering emphatically, and among the sacrifices distinctively, expressed fellowship.
(
“
Chapter 10. Peace Offering of the Herd: Leviticus 3:1-5
”
by
W. Kelly
)
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