Offerings

[Natt]

I've started reading Leviticus and there are a lot of offerings mentioned.

Burnt Offerings

Fellowship Offerings

Sin Offerings

What were the offerings for. I understand sin offering was offered as a sacrifice to pay for sin but what was the purpose of burnt and fellowship offerings?

[Guest Ger_Tzedek]

I've started reading Leviticus and there are a lot of offerings mentioned.

Burnt Offerings

Fellowship Offerings

Sin Offerings

What were the offerings for. I understand sin offering was offered as a sacrifice to pay for sin but what was the purpose of burnt and fellowship offerings?

Shalom, Nat. It's good that you are reading Torah for the original source of the information. However, if you want a good and quick summary, try http://www.jewfaq.org/qorbanot.htm Judaism 101 : "Qorbanot: Sacrifices and Offerings" I will quote a small section of the page:

Olah: Burnt Offering

Perhaps the best-known class of offerings is the burnt offering. It was the oldest and commonest sacrifice, and represented submission to G-d's will. The Hebrew word for burnt offering is olah, from the root Ayin-Lamed-Hei, meaning ascension. It is the same root as the word aliyah, which is used to describe moving to Israel or ascending to the podium to say a blessing over the Torah. An olah is completely burnt on the outer altar; no part of it is eaten by anyone. Because the offering represents complete submission to G-d's will, the entire offering is given to G-d (i.e., it cannot be used after it is burnt). It expresses a desire to commune with G-d, and expiates sins incidentally in the process (because how can you commune with G-d if you are tainted with sins?). An olah could be made from cattle, sheep, goats, or even birds, depending on the offerer's means.

Zebach Sh'lamim: Peace Offering [Also known as Fellowship Offering]

A peace offering is an offering expressing thanks or gratitude to G-d for His bounties and mercies. The Hebrew term for this type of offering is zebach sh'lamim (or sometimes just sh'lamim), which is related to the word shalom, meaning "peace" or "whole." A representative portion of the offering is burnt on the altar, a portion is given to the kohanim, and the rest is eaten by the offerer and his family; thus, everyone gets a part of this offering. This category of offerings includes thanksgiving-offerings (in Hebrew, Todah, which was obligatory for survivors of life-threatening crises), free will-offerings, and offerings made after fulfillment of a vow. Note that this class of offerings has nothing to do with sin; in fact, the Talmud states that in the age of the messiah (when there is no more sin), this will be the only class of offering that is brought to the Temple.

[Natt]

I've started reading Leviticus and there are a lot of offerings mentioned.

Burnt Offerings

Fellowship Offerings

Sin Offerings

What were the offerings for. I understand sin offering was offered as a sacrifice to pay for sin but what was the purpose of burnt and fellowship offerings?

Shalom, Nat. It's good that you are reading Torah for the original source of the information. However, if you want a good and quick summary, try http://www.jewfaq.org/qorbanot.htm Judaism 101 : "Qorbanot: Sacrifices and Offerings" I will quote a small section of the page:

Olah: Burnt Offering

Perhaps the best-known class of offerings is the burnt offering. It was the oldest and commonest sacrifice, and represented submission to G-d's will. The Hebrew word for burnt offering is olah, from the root Ayin-Lamed-Hei, meaning ascension. It is the same root as the word aliyah, which is used to describe moving to Israel or ascending to the podium to say a blessing over the Torah. An olah is completely burnt on the outer altar; no part of it is eaten by anyone. Because the offering represents complete submission to G-d's will, the entire offering is given to G-d (i.e., it cannot be used after it is burnt). It expresses a desire to commune with G-d, and expiates sins incidentally in the process (because how can you commune with G-d if you are tainted with sins?). An olah could be made from cattle, sheep, goats, or even birds, depending on the offerer's means.

Zebach Sh'lamim: Peace Offering [Also known as Fellowship Offering]

A peace offering is an offering expressing thanks or gratitude to G-d for His bounties and mercies. The Hebrew term for this type of offering is zebach sh'lamim (or sometimes just sh'lamim), which is related to the word shalom, meaning "peace" or "whole." A representative portion of the offering is burnt on the altar, a portion is given to the kohanim, and the rest is eaten by the offerer and his family; thus, everyone gets a part of this offering. This category of offerings includes thanksgiving-offerings (in Hebrew, Todah, which was obligatory for survivors of life-threatening crises), free will-offerings, and offerings made after fulfillment of a vow. Note that this class of offerings has nothing to do with sin; in fact, the Talmud states that in the age of the messiah (when there is no more sin), this will be the only class of offering that is brought to the Temple.

Thanks Ger_Tzedek

[Retrobyter]

I've started reading Leviticus and there are a lot of offerings mentioned.

Burnt Offerings

Fellowship Offerings

Sin Offerings

What were the offerings for. I understand sin offering was offered as a sacrifice to pay for sin but what was the purpose of burnt and fellowship offerings?

Shalom, Nat. It's good that you are reading Torah for the original source of the information. However, if you want a good and quick summary, try http://www.jewfaq.org/qorbanot.htm Judaism 101 : "Qorbanot: Sacrifices and Offerings" I will quote a small section of the page:

Olah: Burnt Offering

Perhaps the best-known class of offerings is the burnt offering. It was the oldest and commonest sacrifice, and represented submission to G-d's will. The Hebrew word for burnt offering is olah, from the root Ayin-Lamed-Hei, meaning ascension. It is the same root as the word aliyah, which is used to describe moving to Israel or ascending to the podium to say a blessing over the Torah. An olah is completely burnt on the outer altar; no part of it is eaten by anyone. Because the offering represents complete submission to G-d's will, the entire offering is given to G-d (i.e., it cannot be used after it is burnt). It expresses a desire to commune with G-d, and expiates sins incidentally in the process (because how can you commune with G-d if you are tainted with sins?). An olah could be made from cattle, sheep, goats, or even birds, depending on the offerer's means.

Zebach Sh'lamim: Peace Offering [Also known as Fellowship Offering]

A peace offering is an offering expressing thanks or gratitude to G-d for His bounties and mercies. The Hebrew term for this type of offering is zebach sh'lamim (or sometimes just sh'lamim), which is related to the word shalom, meaning "peace" or "whole." A representative portion of the offering is burnt on the altar, a portion is given to the kohanim, and the rest is eaten by the offerer and his family; thus, everyone gets a part of this offering. This category of offerings includes thanksgiving-offerings (in Hebrew, Todah, which was obligatory for survivors of life-threatening crises), free will-offerings, and offerings made after fulfillment of a vow. Note that this class of offerings has nothing to do with sin; in fact, the Talmud states that in the age of the messiah (when there is no more sin), this will be the only class of offering that is brought to the Temple.

Yes! Thank you, Ger_Tzedek!

This is a great post and a great site you pointed out! Do you know how many times I've been asked in other threads why there needs to be a third Temple and sacrifices?! The phrase above, "in the age of the messiah (when there is no more sin), this will be the only class of offering that is brought to the Temple" gives them the reason! Usually, the Preterists, those who believe all of the Olivet Discourse of our Master (Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21) were fulfilled in 70 A.D., are the ones most likely to bring up the fact that Yeshua`s death settled the sin-question for as the Suffering Messiah, He was our "Pesach keves" and He is our Cohen haGadol after the order of Malkiy-Tzedeq. Their next question is invariably, "Then why do we even NEED a third Temple or animal sacrifices?" I REALLY appreciate your input! I'm a Messianic goy, but have not been for very long, and I, too, needed to know that information.

Todah v'shalom,

Retrobyter

[Fraught]

i understand what you're saying about offerings for fellowship and peace and have been studying ezekiel's description of the third temple. the question i have is how to reconcile all that with isaiah's account of God's fervent statement: 'nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain".

any thoughts?

[Openly Curious]

I've started reading Leviticus and there are a lot of offerings mentioned.

Burnt Offerings

Fellowship Offerings

Sin Offerings

What were the offerings for. I understand sin offering was offered as a sacrifice to pay for sin but what was the purpose of burnt and fellowship offerings?

Hi Natt,

I am sure the others have described it better than I am going to try to but I will try to answer your questions as well. The book of Leviticus is really a rich book to study and explore it's meaning.

The purpose of the "burnt offering" had two purposes the first was to propitiate for sin in general Leviticus 1:4 the second reason for it was to signify or show one's complete dedication and consecration to God; which is the very reason that it is called the "whole burnt offering"

The ''burnt offering" in the hebrew was called the "Olah" and it was to be a "sweet aroma" and it also had to be a "voluntary offering" The scriptures in the book of Leviticus that tell about this offering are found in the verses below in the scriptures.

Leviticus 1:3-17; 6:8-13

These "these burnt offerings" that were to be offered up was to be according to a person's "wealth" as some were able to offer more than others who had less to offer up for this type offering to God. But it had to be a "bull" without blemish or defects of any kind Lev.1:3-9 or it could be a "male sheep" or a "goat" without any defects. Lev. 1:10-13 And the last one that could be offered up could be "turtledoves" or it could be "young pigeons" according to scriptures in Lev. 1:14-17 So one can see that by the types of offerings mentioned how that it was according to ones wealth as to what one brought to offer up in the "whole" burnt offering.

God was to also get a "portion" of these offerings when they was offered up according to Lev. 1:9; 7:8 as the "entirety" was to be burnt on the altar of the "burnt offering" which was God's portion all except for the "skin" As the "skin" of these burnt offerings was to go to the "priests" as their portion as said in Lev. 7:8

And of course this "whole burnt offering" was a type and shadow that pointed us to the significance of it prophetically which it had two purposes that it was pointing us two as believers in Christ. The first one was that it showed one's complete dedication of one's life given over to the Lord God. As on the part of "Christ" you can go back and read these scriptures to see it lived and played out in his life here on earth very insightful scripture as he gave his "whole" self as a "willing sacrifice" for the sins of mankind. Matt.26:39-44; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42; Phil. 2:5-11

The second thing that the whole burnt offering showed us in the prophetic sense was that it was on the "part of the believer" that it was offered up willingly. Read in Romans 12:1-2; Hebrews 13:15

I will try a little later today to get to the fellowship offering as my personal notes are a little jumbled and have to straiten them out a bit as I love to study these kind of things they hold so much truth in looking ahead to what Christ did for us.

May God bless your study

OC

[Johni]

i understand what you're saying about offerings for fellowship and peace and have been studying ezekiel's description of the third temple. the question i have is how to reconcile all that with isaiah's account of God's fervent statement: 'nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain".

any thoughts?

I've wondered about this too. One thought I have had is that in the MK there will still be death altho most natural peoples will live long lifespans. Apparently still animal deaths continue though the animal kingdom will be changed in some ways and it may be at this time that the lion will eat straw like the ox, not sure about that. Scripture does indicate that sacrifices of some types will continue (as discussed here by others).

Certainly at the end of the MK with Satans last rebellion put down and the new heavens and new earth come (earth renovated) then death is totally done away with (my understanding) and that would apply to the animal kingdom too as far as I know. Since the very creation is groaning for this redemption it seems that the entire creation will be affected when death is destroyed.

I would like to hear some others opinion on this as well.

[Openly Curious]

I've started reading Leviticus and there are a lot of offerings mentioned.

Burnt Offerings

Fellowship Offerings

Sin Offerings

What were the offerings for. I understand sin offering was offered as a sacrifice to pay for sin but what was the purpose of burnt and fellowship offerings?

Hi Natt,

Now for the fellowship offering the "peace offering" had been most of the time generally expressed as both the "peace" and "fellowship" offerings that was between the offerer and God and because of this it was heightend in a communal meal or fellowship meal eaten out in the court yard. They was three different kinds or types of the fellowship or peace offerings. The first one was a "thank offering" which was to show or express thanksgiving and gratitude to God for an "unexpected blessing or a deliverance from God on their behalf" The second kind or type of offering that could be offered up was a "votive" offering which was to just express and show to God their gratitude for a blessing they recieved or a deliverance that was granted to them personally when a "vow" has mean made along with the person "petition" made before God. The third and last type of these offerings was the "freewill offering" which was given to show one's "gratitude" without any regards to any "specific" deliverances or blessings they had recieved from God.

The "peace" or "fellowship" offerings was in the Hebrew called "Shelem" and was both a "voluntary" offering that was done by one and also it was to be a "sweet aroma" The scriptural text that all this comes from is found in scriptures I listed below in Leviticus

Leviticus 3:1-17; 7:11-21; 28-34

This here offering was also given according to a persons wealth in which they were able to give as they was three different types that one could offer up in the fellowship offering. The first was either a male of female from their "herd" that was without any defects in it. Lev.3:1-5 The second type was that it could be from their "flock" either a male or female without any defect in it. Lev. 3:6-11 The third type was that it could be from their "goats" Lev. 3:12-17

Now according to Lev. 22:23 I would tend to believe that these offerings could have just minor imperfections in them and was permitted by God if the "peace" or "fellowship" offerings were free offerings that came from their "herd" or their "flock" which was either a "bull" or a "lamb" if they were freely offered up just because you loved the Lord and for no other reason.

Now the portion that God required for Himself of these type offerings was the fatty portions which had to be burned on the altar of "burnt" offeringLev. 3:3-5 The "priests" was also required by God to get a portion from the fellowship offerings and that was to be the "breast" which was also to be used as the "wave" offering to God and then also they was to recieve the "right thigh" of these offering to be used as the "heave" offerings according to Lev. 7:30-34.

It is interesting that this paticular offering was the only offering in which the one offering it up to God actually got a portion of the offering themselves and it was to be "shared" by them. As after "God" and the "priests" got their portions the "remainder" was to be "eaten" out in the "court yard" by the one who offered the offering "he" and "his" family This offering had to be ate on the very "same day" it was offered up with his family. Lev. 7:15 If this offering was given for a "votive" and "freewill" then one and his family had to eat it on the first and second dayLev. 7:16-18

And summing all this up the "fellowship" offering was also a type and shadow to us that showed us the believers "peace" through "Jesus Christ" that we have been given and the "fellowship" in which we also share with our "Lord Jesus Christ" see Romans 5:1; Colossians 1:20

Again hope your studies are going well

OC

[Openly Curious]

i understand what you're saying about offerings for fellowship and peace and have been studying ezekiel's description of the third temple. the question i have is how to reconcile all that with isaiah's account of God's fervent statement: 'nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain".

any thoughts?

Hi Fraught,

Nothing shall hurt or destroy because His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom and will not be like this world of sin where there is pain and suffering to contend with.

Revelation 22:3-5--"And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it and his servants shall seve him: And they shall see his face and his name shall be in their foreheads. And their shall be no night there and they need no candle, neither light of the sun for the Lord God giveth them light and they shall reign for ever and ever."

See also Revelation 21:22-27

OC