Saks Fifth Avenue, Target, and Dollar Tree

First of all, I stand corrected (thank you, Dwight), yesterday I failed to mention the “provided lamb” that Abraham offered in Genesis 22.

Secondly, I realize I am not so much musing here, but saying, “Come join me as I try to get some clarity on this unclear stuff.”

Now let’s begin…

The difference between burnt offering A, B & C, is like the difference between Saks 5^th Avenue, Target, and Dollar Tree.

Burnt offering A (Lev 1.3) is an unblemished bull, the offeror puts his hand on the bull’s head, then kills the animal. Aaron’s sons sprinkle the blood “round about upon” [KJV] the altar, and the offeror skins the beast, and cuts it into pieces.

The “entrails” and the legs get washed and then the entire animal (skinless) gets completely burnt, no one gets to eat even a bite of it, it is a sweet aroma unto the Lord, and it counts as atonement for the offeror.

Burnt offering B (Lev 1.10) is from the flock, which means a sheep or goat, male and unblemished again. No laying on of hands, this one gets slaughtered at the north side of the altar (huh?), Aaron’s sons sprinkle blood, skin stays on, animal gets cut up and insides and legs washed, then burnt completely on the altar. Again, it’s a sweet aroma, but no mention of atonement.

Burnt offering C (Lev 1.14) is birds. They can be young pigeons or turtledoves. (No, turtledoves are not turtles, I remember the day I made that startling realization!) Male, female, it matters not. The offeror does not do the killing; the priest takes it to the altar and wrings off its head. The blood gets “drained” on the side of the altar. The priest removes its “crop,” drops that on the east side of the altar. Then he tears the bird open, burns it, and it is a sweet aroma to the Lord.

And that is chapter one of Leviticus.