Sacrifice
Definition
God-given means of drawing near: burnt (total consecration), grain (dedication of labor), peace (communion meal), sin (purification), guilt (reparation) — each revealing an aspect of Christ’s one sacrifice.
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Biblical References
- Exodus 24:5 — He sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls for peace offerings to the Lord.
- Leviticus 8:14-21 — Then he brought near the sin-offering bull, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the sin-offering bull, and he slaughtered it. Moses then took the blood and put it all around on the horns of the altar…
- Leviticus 9:22-24 — Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them and descended from making the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering. Moses and Aaron then entered into the Meeting Tent. When they…
- Leviticus 16:34; 23:27 — This is to be a perpetual statute for you to make atonement for the Israelites for all their sins once a year.” So he did just as the Lord had commanded Moses. “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of…
- Leviticus 17:1-9 — The Lord spoke to Moses, “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them, ‘This is the word that the Lord has commanded, “Blood guilt will be accounted to any man from the house of Israel who…
- Leviticus 21:16-24 — The Lord spoke to Moses: “Tell Aaron, ‘No man from your descendants throughout their generations who has a physical flaw is to approach to present the food of his God. Certainly no man who has a physical flaw is to…