Questions tagged [sacrifice]
Questions about the offerings commanded in the bible and performed in the temple. There were several types of offerings, some fully consumed on the altar and some not. In addition to certain animals, grain and incense were offered.
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In Romans 5:6 Did Jesus die for the Ungodly or for the Righteous (Godly) Sinners?
Romans 5:6 (ASV):
For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.
Did Jesus die on the cross to redeem the Righteous (Godly) Sinners, or to redeem all humanity, ...
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Is Jeremiah 2:3 an allusion to Leviticus 19:23?
Leviticus 19:23 NIV
23 “‘When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, regard its fruit as forbidden.[b] For three years you are to consider it forbidden[c]; it must not be eaten. 24 In ...
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Priests or Levites who collected Tithes?
According to the Mosaic Law in the book of Numbers it seems the Levites were the ones who were ordained to collect the Tithes.
Numbers 18:21 NIV
21 “I give to the Levites all the tithes in Israel ...
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Is there an Old Testament basis for Hebrews 10:3?
"But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year."- Hebrews 10:3.
Is there justification within the Old Testament that the blood sacrificial system instituted by Yahweh simply taught ...
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Did Samuel pitch in within seven days as promised in 1 Samuel 10:8?
Samuel promises to meet Saul within seven days at Gilgal
1 Samuel 10:8 NIV
8 “Go down ahead of me to Gilgal. I will surely come down to you to sacrifice burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, ...
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Did David sacrifice every six steps in 2 Samuel 6:13?
2 Samuel 6:13 NIV
13 When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.
In the above text David is said to have offered a sacrifice ...
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Why did David make a sacrifice after six steps in 2 Samuel 6:13?
When bringing the ark to the city David makes a sacrifice after the ark had only traveled about six steps
2 Samuel 6:13 NIV
13 When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps, ...
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Sin Sacrifices Before Sinai?
Is there any case prior to Sinai in which we can identify a sacrifice as being for sin? There are instances of sacrifices of dedication or thanksgiving, but I can't seem to find any I can confidently ...
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What was the significance of the daily decrease of the number of bulls offered during Tabernacles in Numbers 29:12-32?
During the feast of Tabernacles there seems to be a gradual decrease of the number of bulls offered from the first day to the last.What is of note is that only the bulls offered decrees in number ...
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How were the birds arranged in Abraham's sacrifice in Genesis 15:9-10?
Genesis 15:9-10 NKJV
9 So He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 Then he brought all these to ...
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Honey offerings accepted but not for burning - Leviticus 2:11
Repeatedly the phrase “land flowing with milk and honey” is referenced to the promised land, making honey a good and positive indicator of abundance, among other things.
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Leviticus & Numbers offerings as holistic and comparing to a typical Western world's meal
Would it be correct to compare sacrifices in the Bible books to Leviticus and Numbers to a typical meal( more specifically a meal in Western culture)?
For example, Let's analyze Numbers 28.
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Exegesis of Numbers 28 ( specifically Numbers 28:8 ) lamb offered at twilight and the grain offering and the drink offering
Numbers 28 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Laws for Offerings
1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the sons of Israel
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What is the significance of the waving of an offering before God?
“"You shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron's ordination and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord, and it shall be your portion.”
Exodus 29:26 ESV
Why the waving?
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In Genesis 8:20, why did Noah offer sacrifices after the Flood?
In Genesis 8:20, Noah creates an altar after getting off the Ark:
Gen 8:20 ASV - 20 And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-...
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Why does God tell Abram to bring THESE animals?
In Genesis 15:7-10, God gives instructions to Abram:
He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.” But Abram said, ...
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Differences between sin offering and guilt offering mentioned in the bible? (Guilt offering vs sin offering)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that there are 5 types of offerings in the bible:
1) Burnt offering
2) Grain offering
3) Peace offering
4) Sin offering
5) Guilt offering
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Leviticus 5 "..it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it.." exegesis
Leviticus 5 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
2 Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an
unclean beast or the carcass of unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean
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Does 1 Kings 8:35-36 and 46-50 teach that, under the Old Covenant, one was able to receive forgiveness without a sacrifice?
When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
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What does the"unclean and clean" refer to in Deutoronomy 12:15?
Deutoronomy 12:15 NASB
15 “However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, [g]whatever you desire, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you; the ...
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What difference between heave-offering and wave-offering?
"'This also is yours, the offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel; I have given them to you and to your sons and daughters with you as a perpetual allotment. Everyone ...
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At what three times were Israelites required to make a pilgrimage to the tabernacle?
If I understand the passages correctly, Exodus 23:14-17 lists the feast of unleavened bread, feast of firstfruits, and feast of ingathering (presumably booths). Exodus 34:22-24, however, lists the ...
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How to understand these pairs of lawful & unlawful sacrifices in Isaiah 66:3?
Isaia 66:3 NASB
3 “But he who kills an ox is like one who slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb is like the one who breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering is like one who offers ...
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Does Numbers 18:15-16 permit child sacrifice?
Num 18:15-16 ESV Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn of man you shall redeem, and the firstborn ...
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Ordinances of Divine Service
Hebrews 9:1 (KJV) Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
Giving citations from the scriptures, please explain your interpretation of the "...
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How are the two lambs offered on the Sabbath in Numbers 28:9?
Numbers 28:9 NASB
9 ‘Then on the sabbath day two male lambs one year old without defect, and two-tenths of an [d]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering:
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In Genesis 22:5 why did Abraham say "We shall return" before sacrificing Isaac?
I was reading the story of the binding of Isaac in Genesis 22 and something confused me. Abraham packs his donkey and brings with him his son and two servants to the hill God had designated.
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Does 1 Corinthians 15 & 2 Maccabees 12 reflect a belief in both the sacrificial nature of the Eucharist, as well as a belief in 'purgatory'? [closed]
Question: Since Christians went on to offer the Eucharist on for the dead,1 is it tenable, based on 1 Corinthians, namely the portion cited below, to see 1 Corinthians in particular as a reference to ...
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In Hebrews 9:26 how did the sacrifice of Jesus end the Levitic sin offerings?
Hebrews 9:26 (NIV):
Otherwise Christ would have had
to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has
appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with
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Why did God refer to Isaac as Abraham's "only son"? [duplicate]
In Genesis 22-2, God refers to Isaac as Abraham's "only son". I have heard explanations asserting that its because Ishmael was a born of a slave woman, but it still doesn't mean that God would ...
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Gen 4:3 Is this a specific time / day that Cain/Abel were to come and meet with YHWH? If so what time/day is it?
In Gen 4:3 it says that "in the course of time" (NASB) they brought an offering to YHVH. The 2 Hebrew words are typically translated "at the end of days" which seems to me to imply a specific end of ...
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What is the significance of Adonijah sacrificing calves in 1 Kings 1?
In the old testament it is obvious that there are multiple references to sacrificing calves. From my understanding this was generally performed by the high priests to take away the sins of the people. ...
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What could be the difference in the "sin offerings" in Leviticus 4?
Leviticus 4:13-18 NASB
[13]'Now if the whole congregation of Israel commits error and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly, and they commit any of the things which the Lord has commanded ...
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How did they manage to sacrifice all the animals in a day in Leviticus 23:18?
Leviticus 23:18 (KJV)
18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, ...
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Were the children of Israel permitted to perform their own sacrifices?
I've been studying in Leviticus recently, and have recently come across a passage that I have read before multiple times, but never really spent a lot of time thinking through. From Leviticus 17:3-5:
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Is "tor-im" translated to "turtles" in KJV correct? Turtles was not used that way in 1600
In Leviticus 5:7 "tor-im" is translated as "turtledove". And in Leviticus 12:8 "tor-im" is translated as "turtle". It seems confusing for translators to translate a word one way, and then translate it ...
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What is "a sprinkling of blood" in 1 Peter 1:2
κατὰ (according to) πρόγνωσιν (foreknowledge) Θεοῦ (of God) Πατρός (Father) ἐν (by) ἁγιασμῷ (a sanctification) Πνεύματος (of spirit) εἰς (into) ὑπακοὴν (obedience) καὶ (and) ῥαντισμὸν (a sprinkling) ...
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What is the significance of cooking the passover lamb by fire rather than boiling?
What is the significance of cooking the passover lamb by fire rather than boiling?
Exodus 12:8-9
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How much were sacrificial animals worth?
Leviticus 4-5 describes animal sacrifices. The chief priest had to bring a bull, while ordinary Israelites brought a female goat or lamb. Those who were too poor to afford a goat or sheep could offer ...
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Leviticus says animal sacrifice will cleanse you from your sins. Hebrews says it's impossible. What does "clean" mean?
Leviticus 16:
2The Lord said...6Aaron is to offer the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household...9 Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the Lord and ...
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In Numbers 16:46 how is atonement made for the people by Aaron burning incense?
In the tabernacle, the incense is offered as prayers before God. In Numbers 16:46,47 we see Moses telling Aaron to take his censer and run through the assembly to make atonement for them. I ...
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Is Isaiah 30:27-33 about the practice of child sacrifice?
This answer cites Mark S. Smith's "The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel" where the author states that Isaiah 30:27-33
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How do Hebrew sacrificial traditions compare with other cultures? [closed]
In the book of Leviticus, the people of Israel are given a number of instructions regarding when and how to perform sacrifices to God.
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Why must animals from the flock be slaughtered on the north side?
In Leviticus 1:11, the author of Leviticus states,
and [he] must slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, will splash its blood against the ...
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What does "Put the wood in order" mean in 1 Kings 18:33?
Several translation of 1 Kings 18:33 (ESV, RSV, KJV, etc.) say "And he put the wood in order..." What was the "order" spoken of here? Similarly, Genesis 22:9 also speaks of putting wood "in order" ...
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In Ephesians 2:15 exactly what part of the Law has been abolished?
St Paul, speaking in the context of Jew and Gentile being brought together, declares that the "law of commandments" were abolished.
"For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has ...
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In Hebrews 9:22, How Should "Almost" be Interpreted, and What does it Apply to?
1. Question Clarification of the Greek Syntax :
How should the word "Almost, [σχεδὸν]" be understood in Hebrews 9:22, and what does it apply to, in view of Greek Syntax, and especially in ...
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Why did God accept Abel's offering but reject Cain's?
Gen 4:3-7 details the account of Cain and Abel's offerings to God. Why did God accept Abel's Sacrifice but not Cain's? I have come up with the following possibilities but not sure which is right.
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In Job 1:5, does Job offer sacrifices to atone for the sins of others, i.e. his sons?
In Job 1:5, it is written,
5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according ...
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Why would Mary and Joseph offer "turtle doves" in Luke 2:24?
When Jesus was "presented" in Jerusalem by Mary and Joseph, the sacrifice made was "a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons":
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