Dr. Pothana's Teaching

1. Chapters 1-7
Dr. Pothana

2. “Leviticus does
not articulate a
theory of sacrifice
but simply
describes a
variety of
sacrifices.”
 Bellinger, Jr.

3. • The Principle of a Gift
• The Principle of a Death
• The Principle of a Substitute
• The Principle of a Healed
Relationship

4. Chapters 1-3
Various Offerings
– Burnt Offerings
– Grain Offerings
– Peace Offerings
– Sin Offerings
– Guilt Offerings
Chapters 4-5 Chapters 6-7
Focus on the
priest’s
actions in the
offering ritual
and mentions
the disposal
of the offering
after it has
been offered
Offered in
worship
Offered
because of
sin or guilt

5. Why are there five different
sacrifices if they all represent
Jesus?

6. • Did not originate here in Leviticus.
– Noah offered burnt offerings after the
flood (Genesis 8:20).
– The offering of Isaac was to be a burnt
offering (Genesis 22:2).
– The worship of the golden calf involved
burnt offerings and peace offerings
(Exodus 32:6)

7. • Did not originate here in Leviticus.
• It was the basic offering.
–The morning and evening offerings
–Offerings at various feast days

8. • Did not originate here in Leviticus.
• It was the basic offering.
• It was to be completely consumed by
the fire.
• Various types of animals allowed.
–Bull
–Sheep or goat
–Birds

9. Leviticus 1:1
Then the LORD called to Moses
and spoke to him from the tent of
meeting…

11. Leviticus 1:1-2
Then the LORD called to Moses
and spoke to him from the tent of
meeting, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons
of Israel and say to them, ‘When any
man of you brings an offering to the
LORD, you shall bring your offering of
animals from the herd or the flock.’”

12. Leviticus 1:3
“If his offering is a burnt offering
from the herd, he shall offer it, a male
without defect; he shall offer it at the
doorway of the tent of meeting, that
he may be accepted before the
LORD.”

13. Leviticus 1:3
“If his offering is a burnt offering
from the herd, he shall offer it, a male
without defect; he shall offer it at the
doorway of the tent of meeting, that
he may be accepted before the
LORD.”
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14. Leviticus 1:4
“He shall lay his hand on the
head of the burnt offering, that it may
be accepted for him to make
atonement on his behalf.”

15. Leviticus 1:5
He shall slay the young bull
before the LORD; and Aaron’s sons
the priests shall offer up the blood
and sprinkle the blood around on the
altar that is at the doorway of the tent
of meeting.

16. Leviticus 1:7
The sons of Aaron the priest
shall put fire on the altar and arrange
wood on the fire.

17. Leviticus 1:8
Then Aaron's sons the priests
shall arrange the pieces, the head
and the suet over the wood which is
on the fire that is on the altar.

18. Leviticus 1:9
Its entrails, however, and its
legs he shall wash with water. And
the priest shall offer up in smoke all of
it on the altar for a burnt offering, an
offering by fire of a soothing aroma to
the LORD.

19. Leviticus 1:9
Its entrails, however, and its
legs he shall wash with water. And
the priest shall offer up in smoke all of
it on the altar for a burnt offering, an
offering by fire of a soothing aroma to
the LORD.
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20. Therefore be
imitators of God, as
beloved children; 2
and walk in love, just
as Christ also loved
you and gave
Himself up for us, an
offering and a
sacrifice to God as a
fragrant aroma.
(Ephesians 5:1-2)

21. 1:1-2
When any man brings an
offering…
1:3-9 Instructions
for the
offering
of…
A bull from the herd
1:10-13
A sheep or goat
from the flock
1:14-17
A bird: Turtledove
or young pigeon
Chapter 1

22. • It was the foundational offering that
allowed men to come into the presence of
the Lord.
…he shall offer it at the doorway
of the tent of meeting, that he
may be accepted before the
LORD. (Leviticus 1:3).

23. • It was the foundational offering that
allowed men to come into the presence of
the Lord.
He shall lay his hand on the head
of the burnt offering, that it may
be accepted for him to make
atonement on his behalf
(Leviticus 1:4).

24. • It was the foundational offering that
allowed men to come into the presence of
the Lord.
• A life was offered upon the altar.
• It was to be completely burnt upon the
altar.
• Depending upon the financial status of the
one making the offering, it could be a bull,
a lamb, or a dove.

25. “Physical contact with
the animal shows that
there was no worship
by proxy or at a safe
distance. The
worshiper personally
carried out over half
the ritual steps, more
than the priest did”
(2008:23).

26. Offerings and Sacrifices
• Why were the sacrifices
important (necessary)?
• What were they meant to
achieve?
• Why do Christians no longer
make sacrifices (or do they)?
• How is worship a sacrifice?
• What NT connections can be
drawn to the sacrificial system?

27. Burnt
Offering
Lev. 1 Atonement
Bull, sheep,
goat, bird
Grain
Offering
Lev. 2 Celebration
Flour, oil,
incense

28. Leviticus 2:1
Now when anyone presents a
grain offering as an offering to the
LORD, his offering shall be of fine
flour, and he shall pour oil on it and
put frankincense on it.
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gift.
Used in Genesis 4 of both Cain
and Abel’s offerings

29. • It was an unbloody
offering.
• It describes the king’s
tribute.
• Connected to the idea of
hospitality.
• It was to be made without
leaven or honey.

30. • Part went to the Lord, the
rest went to Aaron and his
sons.
• It was to be seasoned with
salt as a “salt covenant.”
• Jesus as the Bread of Life.

31. Burnt
Offering
Lev. 1 Atonement
Bull, sheep,
goat, bird
Grain
Offering
Lev. 2 Celebration
Flour, oil,
incense
Peace
Offering
Lev. 3 Rejoicing
Male or female
cattle or sheep

32. Leviticus 3:1
Now if his offering is a sacrifice
of peace offerings, if he is going to
offer out of the herd, whether male or
female, he shall offer it without defect
before the LORD.
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33. Leviticus 3:2
He shall lay his hand on the
head of his offering and slay it at the
doorway of the tent of meeting, and
Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle
the blood around on the altar.

34. • It could be from the herd of
cattle or the flock of sheep
or goats.
• It could be male or female.
• The fat of the animal as
well as the entrails were to
go to the Lord.

35. • The flesh went to the
priests and to the one
making the offering.
• Everyone ate a portion of
this offering, signifying
communion with God.
• Jesus is our shalom.

36. • The Peace Offering was
generally accompanied by
a libation of wine.

37. Burnt
Offering
Lev. 1 Atonement
Bull, sheep,
goat, bird
Grain
Offering
Lev. 2 Celebration
Flour, oil,
incense
Peace
Offering
Lev. 3 Rejoicing
Male or female
cattle or sheep
Sin
Offering
Lev. 4:1
– 5:13
Unintentional
Sin
Bull, goat (male
or female)

38. Leviticus 4:1-3
Then the LORD spoke to
Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons
of Israel, saying, ‘If a person sins
unintentionally in any of the things
which the LORD has commanded not
to be done, and commits any of them,
3 if the anointed priest sins so as to
bring guilt on the people, then let him
offer to the LORD a bull without
defect as a sin offering for the sin he
has committed.’”

39. If the
anointed
priest
sins
4:1-12
If the
people
sin
4:13-21
If the
leader
sins
4:22-26
If one of
the
common
people
sins
4:27 - 5:13

40. Leviticus 4:4
He shall bring the bull to the
doorway of the tent of meeting before
the LORD, and he shall lay his hand
on the head of the bull and slay the
bull before the LORD.

41. Leviticus 4:5-6
Then the anointed priest is to
take some of the blood of the bull and
bring it to the tent of meeting, 6 and
the priest shall dip his finger in the
blood and sprinkle some of the blood
seven times before the LORD, in front
of the veil of the sanctuary.
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42. Leviticus 4:7
The priest shall also
put some of the blood on
the horns of the altar of
fragrant incense which is
before the LORD in the tent
of meeting; and all the
blood of the bull he shall
pour out at the base of the
altar of burnt offering which
is at the doorway of the tent
of meeting.

43. Leviticus 4:11-12
But the hide of the bull and all
its flesh with its head and its legs and
its entrails and its refuse, 12 that is, all
the rest of the bull, he is to bring out
to a clean place outside the camp
where the ashes are poured out, and
burn it on wood with fire; where the
ashes are poured out it shall be
burned.

44. For the bodies of those
animals whose blood is
brought into the holy place by
the high priest as an offering
for sin, are burned outside the
camp. 12 Therefore Jesus also,
that He might sanctify the
people through His own blood,
suffered outside the gate. 13
So, let us go out to Him
outside the camp, bearing His
reproach. (Hebrews 13:11-13).

45. • The first three offerings were offered as
acts of worship; this offering is made for
atonement for sin.
• The first three offerings were burnt upon
the altar in the compound of the
Tabernacle. This offering is burnt on the
bare earth outside the camp.

46. • Teaches us the great cost of sin.
• Teaches us that sin can be ignorant or
willful.
• Teaches us that sin can be active or
passive.
• Teaches us that the only solution to sin
is the death of an innocent substitute.

47. Burnt
Offering
Lev. 1 Atonement
Bull, sheep,
goat, bird
Grain
Offering
Lev. 2 Celebration
Flour, oil,
incense
Peace
Offering
Lev. 3 Rejoicing
Male or female
cattle or sheep
Sin
Offering
Lev. 4:1
– 5:13
Unintentional
Sin
Bull, goat (male
or female)
Guilt
Offering
Lev. 5:14
– 6:7
Atonement
Ram or
equivalent sum

48. • This offering is the only one not
described as a soothing aroma.
• Includes the mandate of a financial
recompense to the party that was
wronged (6:5).
• Both sin offerings and guilt offerings
are for unintentional offenses.

49. Leviticus 6:1-3
Then the LORD spoke to Moses,
saying, 2 “When a person sins and
acts unfaithfully against the LORD,
and deceives his companion in
regard to a deposit or a security
entrusted to him, or through robbery,
or if he has extorted from his
companion, 3 or has found what was
lost and lied about it and sworn
falsely, so that he sins in regard to
any one of the things a man may do;”

50. Leviticus 6:4-5
4 then it shall be, when he sins and
becomes guilty, that he shall restore
what he took by robbery or what he
got by extortion, or the deposit which
was entrusted to him or the lost thing
which he found, 5 or anything about
which he swore falsely; he shall make
restitution for it in full and add to it
one-fifth more. He shall give it to the
one to whom it belongs on the day he
presents his guilt offering.

51. Chapters 1-3
Various Offerings
– Burnt Offerings
– Grain Offerings
– Peace Offerings
– Sin Offerings
– Guilt Offerings
Chapters 4-5 Chapters 6-7
Focus on the
priest’s
actions in the
offering ritual
and mentions
the disposal
of the offering
after it has
been offered
Offered in
worship
Offered
because of
sin or guilt

52. Leviticus 6:8-9
Then the LORD spoke to Moses,
saying, 9 “Command Aaron and his
sons, saying, 'This is the law for the
burnt offering: the burnt offering itself
shall remain on the hearth on the
altar all night until the morning, and
the fire on the altar is to be kept
burning on it.”

53. Leviticus 6:10-11
The priest is to put on his
linen robe, and he shall put on
undergarments next to his flesh;
and he shall take up the ashes to
which the fire reduces the burnt
offering on the altar and place
them beside the altar. 11 Then he
shall take off his garments and
put on other garments, and carry
the ashes outside the camp to a
clean place.

54. 6:8-13
Law for
Burnt
Offering
6:14-18
Law for
Grain
Offering
Grain
offering
at
anointing
of Aaron
(6:19-23)
6:24-30
Law for
Sin
Offering
Ashes
carried
out by
priest to
a clean
place
Blood
must be
drained
or
burned
with fire
7:1-10
Law for
Guilt
Offering
Blood
applied
around
altar
7:11-21
Law for
Peace
Offering
To be
eaten on
the day
of the
offering

55. Leviticus 7:37-38
This is the law of the burnt
offering, the grain offering and the sin
offering and the guilt offering and the
ordination offering and the sacrifice of
peace offerings, 38 which the LORD
commanded Moses at Mount Sinai in
the day that He commanded the sons
of Israel to present their offerings to
the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai.