Topical Bible: Offerings: Different Kinds of Meat

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In the Old Testament, offerings were a central aspect of worship and covenantal relationship between God and His people. Among these offerings, those involving meat held significant ritual and symbolic importance. The various kinds of meat offerings were prescribed by the Mosaic Law and were integral to the sacrificial system established by God for the Israelites.

Burnt Offerings (Olah): The burnt offering was one of the most common sacrifices, symbolizing complete dedication and atonement. The entire animal, except for its hide, was consumed by fire on the altar. Leviticus 1:3-9 provides detailed instructions for this offering: "If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to offer an unblemished male. He must present it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, so that he may be accepted by the LORD" . The burnt offering could be a bull, sheep, goat, or bird, depending on the offerer's means.

Peace Offerings (Zebach Shelamim): These offerings, also known as fellowship offerings, were expressions of thanksgiving and communion with God. Unlike the burnt offering, only a portion of the peace offering was burned on the altar; the rest was shared between the priests and the offerer. Leviticus 3:1-5 describes the peace offering: "If his offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD" . The peace offering could include cattle, sheep, or goats.

Sin Offerings (Chatat): The sin offering was made to atone for unintentional sins and to purify the sanctuary from the defilement of sin. The type of animal offered depended on the status of the sinner, ranging from a bull for the high priest or the entire congregation to a female goat or lamb for an individual. Leviticus 4:27-31 outlines the procedure: "If one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD’s commands, he is guilty. When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring as his offering a female goat without blemish for the sin he has committed" .

Guilt Offerings (Asham): Also known as trespass offerings, these were required for specific transgressions, particularly those involving desecration of holy things or violations against others. The guilt offering was typically a ram without blemish, and it included restitution to the wronged party. Leviticus 5:15-16 states: "If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, according to your valuation in silver shekels, based on the sanctuary shekel. It is a guilt offering" .

Wave Offerings and Heave Offerings: These were specific portions of sacrifices, often part of peace offerings, that were waved or lifted before the LORD as a symbolic gesture of presentation. The wave offering typically included the breast of the sacrificed animal, while the heave offering included the right thigh. These portions were given to the priests as their share (Exodus 29:27-28).

The sacrificial system, with its various meat offerings, underscored the holiness of God, the seriousness of sin, and the need for atonement. Each offering type had specific regulations and purposes, reflecting different aspects of the covenant relationship between God and His people. Through these offerings, the Israelites were reminded of their dependence on God's grace and their call to live in obedience and fellowship with Him.

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Leviticus 2:1-16
And when any will offer a meat offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense thereon:
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Numbers 15:4
Then shall he that offers his offering to the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.
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Library

In Jerusalem when Herod Reigned
... came to pay vows, or bring offerings for purifying ... us to identify no fewer than 118
different articles of ... magazines, in which greengrocery and all kinds of meat ...
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Index of Subjects.
... Meat-offerings, 600. ... offerings, 598; burnt-offerings, 598; peace-offerings, 599;
sacrificial ... 579; their essential character, 580; different kinds of types ...
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The Morning-Meal in the Pharisee's House - Meals and Feasts among ...
... Suffice it that, as regarded the various kinds of grain ... Very different were the meals
of the poor. ... was to prevent the eating of sacred offerings in defilement ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xii the morning-meal in.htm

Miscellaneous Subjects.
... a sweet odor unto God must make such offerings a delight ... I may eat all kinds of meat
and be in the ... office work of the Holy Spirit, as being different from that ...
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The Miraculous Feeding of the Five Thousand
... puts it, while all other meat-offerings were of ... by salting, [3230] and names certain
kinds, specially designated ... [3243] The expression is different from that ...
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The Teaching of Matthew 13 Proves that no Era of Millennial ...
... the Lord tells us that the different kinds of ground on ... cast into the fire"a very
different picture that ... every one of the Levitical offerings which typified ...
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The Presentation of the Blessed virgin in the Temple
... There were all kinds of pillars, tables, and vessels there ... little girls, all in festal
dress but each different. ... the altar, and on these the offerings were laid ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/iii the presentation of the.htm

The Cavils of the Pharisees Concerning Purification, and the ...
... Pentateuch in the Temple defiled all kinds of meat ... eating - at least of sacrificial
offerings - to Solomon ... like these, which occur in different Rabbinic writings ...
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Be it So; Let it be Conceded that These Most Unfortunate Cattle ...
... the magmenta, [4886] augmina, and thousand other kinds of sausages ... is no trace elsewhere
of a different usage ... we know from the etymology that "offerings" to the ...
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The Journey of the Three Holy Kings to Bethlehem
... seemed to me to eat little but meat, and even the ... fire was lit, to burn the offerings
placed in ... where there were countless flocks and herds of different kinds. ...
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