| Show sacrifices OF THE MOSAIC LAW IN ALL ancient systems of religion sacrifices formed an essential part the tb ceremonial law of moses moms di directed dilecta rectA d the worship of the people and its essence consisted of directions as to what to offer and how in order that the sacrifices might be acceptable to the lord such stich directions are scattered all over the pentateuch it may be difficult to perceive the spiritual application of many of the ceremonies connected with this form of worship but the student should A always bearen mind that every ceremony was intended to convey a spiritual lesson lemon in regard to coming dispensa eions the importance of the subject no now under wunder consideration lies in ih the fact that these ceremonies are the first rudiments of theological knowledge without which many higher truths cannot can not be comprehended all religious ceremonies instituted by god those of our own dispensation bot excepted have this object in view to guide the worshipers to the right understand understanding I 1 dg of spiritual truths the sacrifices offered under the mor sale law were the following burnt offerings thank offerings sin offerings and meat and drink offerings the burnt offerings consisted in the immolation of male animals either sheep or goats or turtledoves turtle tu artle doves the animal was to be wi without bout blemish it was slain on the north side of the altar by the officiating priest who then deprived the victim of the skin and washed it well in clean water the altar was sprinkled with the blood the cut the animal to pieces and laid each piece on the fire until the whole was consumed th the altar was placed at the door of the tabernacle and the priests had bad a fire continually burning on the altar the design of this sacrifice was to typify the atonement lev i 1 4 it was offered daily in behalf of the whole people every morning and every evening and it constituted one of the great fettu features reg of the celebration of the day of atonement as well as of the three yearly festivals lesti vals lev xvi 3 private persons who had bad become unclean lev xii 68 6 8 xv 1 15 lepere Naz arites etc were to bring this symbol of the atonement before the lord and in later times according to josephus even the heathen presented them the thank offerings were materially different from the preceding they consisted of animals from either the herd or the idock flock the was to lay his hands bands upon the victim and kill it on the south side of the altar the blood was sprinkled round the altar the fat the kidneys and the caul were consumed in the fire the breast and shoulder were waved before the lord and given to the priests his representatives and the remainder was used for a sacrificial 11 caal feast a type of the lord lordis is supper 1 cor x 18 and no doubt also of the great marriage feast of the lamb these offerings were always presented ae an expression of gratitude or in fulfillment fulfilment of a vow numb vi 8 they are also called pece offerings and were intended to express that the eia enjoyed Joyed peace because he be was reconciled to god the sin offerings were presented as an atonement for any sin committed in ignorance they were of various kinds A priest who had sinned was to present a young bullock without blemish A male kid of the goats was the sacrifice prescribed for a 41 ruler 11 1 1 and a female kid for any of the common people A bullock was to be sacrificed for the ae whole people if they inadvertently sinned and repented the victim was brought to the door of the tabernacle and the sinner laid his bis hands bands upon the animals ani malas if to confer ble bis sin and its consequences upon this substitute when the sacrifice was brought for the whole people the elders laid their hands on the victim which was then killed the priest took the blood dipped ais is finger therein and sprinkled it seve levei times before the veil of the sanctuary sanctuary part of the 0 blood was then put on we corners comers of the altar of sweet which stood in the first compartment of the tabernacle the rest of the blood was poured out at the foot of the altar of burnt offering which was placed opposite the entrance of the tabernacle in the court all the fat of the animal and the kidneys and the caul were thrown on the fire on the altar of the burnt offering the rest krestof of the animal anima the head legs skin and everything was to be carried away outside the camp and consumed by fire lev iv 2630 2530 26 25 30 the ceremonies with which this sacrifice was offered on the great day of atonement must to the people of that day have been been exceedingly imp impressive dessive res sive they set forth the work of our lord in his atonement in a clear and comprehensive form the trespass offerings do not differ materially from sin gs go corn com menta tois seem to have had much difficulty in understanding the real nature of this kind of sacrifices it seems however that certain cases required both a burnt offering and a sin offering and that these two sacrifices when combined into one are called trespass offerings the passages are am lev vil vii 1 10 numb vi 12 1214 14 lev 19 Lev six 20 22 compare ezra x 19 when a man kaew of the commit tance of fin in others and be did not reveal it he was considered a partaker of the sin ain and hold held guilty A trespass offering was prescribed for this kind of offense ofie nse so also when anybody had become unclean by touching a dead body or something unclean in such cases he had to purify himself and then present a sacrifice this kind of offering was also required as an atonement ment for lying or for swearing falsely or for deceiving a man concerning anything that had bad been entrusted to ones anve care meat and drink offerings always ac companied companies compa nied the sacrifices bees and particularly the thank offerings they consisted of hour flour cakes parched corn frankincense oil and wine one tenth of an of flour baked with oil was offered at the consecration se of the priests these cakes caked were burnt not eaten on other occasions they were waved before the lard and afterwards eaten the sacrifice offered when a leper was purified is very peculiar when the officiating priest had ascertained that the sick person was healed from his leprosy he was to take two live birds and cedarwood scarlet and hyssop one of the bardl was killed in an earthen v vessel baver laver running water the it living vi ng edw and the wood the scarlet and we tae hyssop were dipped in the blood some of which was sprinkled upon the leper seven times the living bird be smeared with blood was then than set at liberty the leper performed various ceremonies relating to his bis purification such as an shaving his head bathing etc and on the eighth day he be was to present a trespass offer ing consisting of two ht hi lambs for burnt offering and one ewe lamb for a sin offering to these were added flour and oil for a meat offering all this together with the was presented before the lord at the door of the tabernacle where the animals were slain some of the blood of the sacrifices was then put on various parts of the dody of the leper on the ear the thumb and the great toe the oil was also similarly applied to the body thus he became purified and could join the people in their worship as well as mingle with them in their daily life lev xiv salt was to accompany every sacrifice no sacrifice was to be leftover left over or to be eaten on the third day after it hail had been slain no fat and no blood was to be eaten no unclean person could tat eat of a sacrifice human sacrificed flow were expressly forbidden fo violations of these rules were punished with death upon the violator |
