Christian Churches of God
No. CB119
Introduction to the Sacrifices
and Offerings of Eloah
(Edition 1.0 20080118-20080118)
In the series on the Priesthood of Eloah, Tabernacle in the Wilderness and Temple Solomon
Built we made reference to the sacrifices and offerings. In this paper we will go into much
more detail of the way the sacrifices were originally structured.
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Introduction to the Sacrifices and Offerings of Eloah
Introduction to the Sacrifices and Offerings of Eloah
Eloah knows the end from the beginning. This
means that before He started creating God
knew that some of His creation would disobey
Him and rebel. Even though He would create
spirit beings and mankind perfect, some would
sin and thus hurt each other, themselves and the
planet.
God’s love, wisdom and mercy know no
bounds; they are endless. Therefore, before He
even started to create anything the Father set up
a plan that would restore all the creation back
to Him.
Revelation 13:8 speaks of the Lamb slain
before the foundation of the world. This is the
perfect acceptable sacrifice Eloah offered
through His only-begotten son, Joshua the
Messiah or Jesus the Christ.
God also has infinite, or endless patience. He
created spirit beings, the planets, and mankind
all at the correct time. Just as when babies are
born they go through various stages or changes,
so too with the creation and God’s Plan. For
more details on the plan of salvation see God's
Plan of Salvation (No. CB30).
We know that in the beginning, Adam and Eve
were created perfect and lived in peace under
God’s Laws. When they broke God’s Law, sin
entered into the physical creation and the land
was cursed (Gen. 3:14-20). The Jubilee system
began, and Adam and Eve were put out of the
Garden of Eden. As the result of their rebellion
and sin, death came upon all mankind (1Cor.
15:22; Rom. 5:12).
Sin is the breaking of God’s Law (1Jn. 3:4).
We know what sin is by the Law of God (Rom.
3:19). For more information on God’s Law see
The Law of God (No. CB25). All men have
sinned (Rom. 5:12). The consequence (or
wages) of sin is death (Rom. 6:23). Jesus Christ
came as the only-born god (Jn. 1:18) to pay the
death penalty for all mankind and the fallen
Host. Since Jesus was here as a man and led a
sinless life, his death paid the price for all of us.
His death became the perfect acceptable
sacrifice to bring all of us back to the Father
(Heb. 7:27,28; 9:12; 10:10-19; 1Pet. 3:18).
Psalm 32:1ff. is helpful in learning how God
sees our sin.
Psalm 32:1-2 Blessed is he whose transgression is
forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man
unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in
whose spirit there is no guile. (KJV)
Psalm 32 is the first of 13 “Maschil” Psalms
which are for instruction (see Comp. Bible fn.
to Ps. 32 and App. 65. XI). We also see the text
referenced in Romans 4:6-9.
In verse 8 of Psalm 32 we see:
Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you, teach you in the way
you should go: I will guide you with my eyes
Since God knew man would sin, He set up a
system, known as His sacrificial system, to
instruct people what to do if they broke God’s
Laws.
In this series we will look at 3 phases of the
sacrifices of God:
1. Creation through the coming of Messiah
– the physical sacrifices offered.
2. Messiah’s perfect sacrifice - spiritual
sacrifices offered.
3. The millennial sacrifices – physical and
spiritual sacrifices to be offered.
We will see that in the first phase of sacrifices
everything was physical; there were very few
people who actually received God’s Holy Spirit
and who could worship Him in spirit and truth.
Once Messiah came and offered himself as the
perfect acceptable sacrifice to reconcile or
restore the fallen Host and mankind back to the
Father, God’s Holy Spirit was poured out or
freely given from Pentecost 30 CE. At this
point in time, the sacrificial system was no
longer needed since we were to be offering
spiritual sacrifices. We will talk much more of
this in the paper Messiah the Perfect and
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Complete Sacrifice (No. CB120).
The following quote is also from Appendix 43:
We know that the Millennium begins in 2027;
this is referred to as the period of Just Rule (see
the paper The Eternal Kingdom of God (No.
144)). During this time, Satan and the fallen
Host are bound or put away. The planet will be
ruled by God’s Laws under the direction of
Messiah who returns to the Earth as King and
High Priest. Ezekiel gives a lot of detail of how
the Temple will be organized and administered.
We see that the physical sacrifices will again
occur. Yet, at this time, people will be offering
spiritual and physical sacrifices to Eloah for the
first time in history. We will go into much
more detail of this age in the paper The
Sacrifices and Offerings of Eloah during the
Millennium (No. CB121).
Before we begin looking at things through the
course of history, let us look at the meaning of
the words sacrifice and offering.
Though many people use the words sacrifices
and offerings interchangeably it is wise to look
at exactly what each word means.
Sacrifice (SHD 2077): a) sacrifices of
righteousness b) sacrifices of strife c) sacrifices
to dead things d) the covenant sacrifice e) the
Passover f) annual sacrifice g) thank offering.
The word is taken from SHD 2076: 1) to
slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice
a) (Qal) 1) to slaughter for sacrifice 2) to
slaughter for eating 3) to slaughter in divine
judgment b) (Piel) to sacrifice, offer sacrifice.
The word offering is SHD 5930: 1) whole burnt
offering 2) ascent, stairway, and steps.
In The Companion Bible at Appendix 43,
Bullinger makes the following comment about
the burnt offering:
'Olah = the burnt offering: so called from the Hiphil
of the verb 'alah, to cause to ascend [as the flame
and smoke ascend by burning]. In Greek holocausta,
which conveys its meaning as being wholly burnt.
It is interesting to note that the meaning of the
word means totally burnt or consumed and
going up.
There are some twenty-four Hebrew words, more or
less synonymous, which are translated "offer" and
"offering" in the Hebrew Old Testament. These
Hebrew words are also translated in other ways, so
that it is important for the truth-seeker to know, in
every
passage,
which
word
is
used.
The various words are noted in the margin, except
when they are clearly translated by their distinctive
meanings, such as burnt-offering, peace-offering,
heave-offering, etc.
In the paper Messiah the Perfect and Complete
Sacrifice (No. CB120) we will look at the
concept of offerings in more detail.
From paper The Sacraments of the Church (No.
150) and The Companion Bible we see the four
main sacrifices are as follows:
1. Burnt offering (Lev. 1:3-17)
2. Meal offering (Lev. 2:1-16)
3. Peace offering (Lev. 3:1-17)
4. Sin offering (Lev. 4:1-6:7)
The Law of the Offerings was placed in order:
1. Burnt Offering (Lev. 6:8-13)
2. Meal offering (Lev. 6:14-23)
3. Sin Offering (Lev. 6:24; 7:10)
4. Peace offering (Lev. 7:11-34)
We see from the structure above, the Peace
Offering comes before the Sin Offering, but the
Law of the Offerings has the Peace Offering
last. The distinction is made because it relates
to the communion of the offerer, and this
follows at the end of the process. Communion
is thus shown to represent the process which
flows from a full knowledge of all that which
the types foreshadow. Not until we have dealt
with our sin and ourselves can we delight in
Christ (see fn. to Lev. 7:11 in The Companion
Bible).
So let us start looking at some of the sacrifices
the patriarchs and prophets of old offered prior
to the Tabernacle in the wilderness.
Sacrifices and offerings prior to the
Tabernacle in the Wilderness
First recorded biblical sacrifices offered by
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Cain and Abel
and offerings listed in the Old Testament.
In Genesis 4:1ff. we find the story of Cain and
Abel. Here we see that some sacrifices are
acceptable to God and others are not. We also
see what the root of bitterness and hatred grows
into.
Let us look at some the facts and qualities of
sacrifices before we move into the concepts
associated with the Tabernacle in the
Wilderness.
Facts about Sacrifices:
The pastoral sacrifice of Abel was more
acceptable to God and it symbolised the
personal sacrifice of Christ. The rejection of
Cain’s sacrifice is similar to Satan being
rejected for his pride and greed and then
banished to the Earth. See the paper Cain and
Abel: Sons of Adam (No. CB7).
Even the names of the sons of Adam help to
convey what these men did. Cain is SHD 7014,
which means possession; Abel is SHD 1893,
which means breath.
The Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia makes the
following comments:
It is evident that the Bible does not record all that
was Communicated to man; however, the careful
student sees that sacrificial Worship was a Divine
revelation. The statements that Cain BROUGHT and
Abel BROUGHT their respective sacrifices, may
indicate that there was a Specific time and place
where offerings were presented to God (Genesis 4:14). In addition to this, we learn that Abel offered his
sacrifice by faith, (Hebrews 11:4), and that faith
comes by hearing the word of God (Romans 10:17);
that Cain sinned (Genesis 4:7; is the transgression of
the law (1 John 3:4).
Altars and sacrifices over time
Gen. 8:20
Gen. 22:2ff.
Noah offered burnt offerings
Abraham was to offer Issac and
offered a ram instead. For more
information see the paper
Abraham and Isaac: A Faithful
Sacrifice (No. CB11)
Gen. 31:54
Jacob offered sacrifice
Gen. 46:1
Israel offered sacrifice
Ex. 10:25
Moses requested to make
sacrifice and offering
Moses and Jethro offered burnt
offerings
Ex. 18:12
There are many other examples of sacrifices
Sacrifices are to be offered to God alone (Ex.
22:20; Jdg 13:16; 2Kgs. 17:36). When
sacrifices are offered they are offered to God as
an acknowledgement of His Being (2Kgs. 5:17;
Jn. 1:16). Sacrifices were always clean animals
(Gen 8:20); must be salted (Lev 2:13; Ezek.
43:24; Mk 9:49); and without leaven (yeast)
(Ex. 23:18; 34:25). The Pentecost loaves and
the thank offering must contain leaven (yeast)
(Lev. 7:13; Amos 4:5).
The offerings are to be perfect (Lev. 22:21); the
best of their kind (Mal 1:14); offered willingly
(Lev. 22:19) in righteousness (Mal. 3:3); in
love and charity (Mat. 5:23,24); brought in a
clean vessel (Isa. 66:20) to the place appointed
of God (Deut. 12:6; Psa 27:6; Heb. 9:9);
without delay (Ex. 22:29,30) at the appointed
time; laid before the altar (Mat. 5:23,24) and
presented by the priest (Heb. 5:1).
Guidelines for the sacrificial system
In the paper The Garments of the High Priest
(No. CB61) and the detailed lessons on each
piece of clothing in the papers CB63-67, we
saw the significance of the High Priest’s
garments and the duties the High Priest were
also discussed.
In the series on the Priesthood we reviewed
what tasks the priests are responsible for. In the
paper The Ordination of Aaron and His Sons
(No. CB43) we saw the process of the
ordination of a priest being reviewed.
In our study The Tabernacle in the Wilderness
(No. CB42) we reviewed in detail the physical
pieces of furniture and Tabernacle layout.
Offerings of the Tabernacle are found in
Leviticus 1:3; 3:2; 17:4,8,9.
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Numbers 28 and 29 have the laws for the
offerings for the Feast days listed in the text.
Leviticus 23:16-21 reflects on the Pentecost
offerings. The Atonement offering is found in
Leviticus 23:26-32 and Tabernacles’ offerings
are listed in Leviticus 23:34-38. The Last Great
Day offerings are listed in Leviticus 23:36 and
Numbers 29:35-38. See Appendix A for more
detailed information.
The offerings of the Temple can be found in
2Chronicles 7:12 and 1Kings 8:62; 12:27.
Scripture is clear on what type of animal was to
be offered when, with what type of drink or
meal offering and for what reason. See the
paper Messiah the Perfect and Complete
Sacrifice (No. CB120). We will go into much
more detail of the various kinds of sacrifices
and how Messiah fulfilled all components of
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the sacrificial system.
In closing…
Let us attempt to think about the meaning of
the sacrifices and strive to do what Psalms 32 is
referring to.
Psalm 32:1,21 Blessed is he whose transgression is
forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man
unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in
whose spirit there is no deceit. (NASV)
Let us all be about our Father’s business and
strive to be found without iniquity or sin and
with no guile or deceit in our spirit so we can
offer our bodies as a living and holy sacrifice,
acceptable to God, which is our spiritual
service of worship (Rom. 12:1).
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Appendix A
Comparison Tables of Sacrifices in the Old Testament and Ezekiel
Type of
Offering
Daily
Offerings
Sabbath
Offerings
Old Testament
Continual Burnt (Num. 28:3-8; Ex.
29:38-41)
One at 9.00 a.m. and one at 3:00 p.m.
2 lambs without defect at least one year
old.
1/10 of an ephah of fine flour per lamb
¼ hin beaten oil per lamb
¼ strong drink per lamb
Projected in Ezekiel
Continual Burnt (Ezek. 46:1315)
One at 9.00 a.m.
1 lamb without defect at least one
year old with: grain
1/6 ephah
1/3 hin of oil to moisten the fine
flour
Does not appear to be drink
offering
Does not appear to be sin
offering
Sabbath Sacrifices (Num. 28:9-10)
Sabbath Sacrifices (Ezek. 46:42 male lambs
5)
1/10 flour per lamb (total 2/10 of an 6 lambs without blemish
ephah of flour)
Grain as much as able go give
¼ hin beaten oil per lamb (total ½ hin And a hin of oil to an ephah
oil)
Ram without blemish
¼ strong drink per lamb (total ½ hin 1 ephah
drink offering)
Hin of oil
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New
Moons
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Continual Burnt
2 lambs
1/10 flour per lamb
¼ hin oil per lamb
¼ hin wine per lamb
New Moons (Num. 28:11-15)
2 x Bullocks
3/10 flour mingled with oil
½ hin wine
1 x Ram
2/10 flour
1/3 hin wine
7 x Lambs
1/10 ephah per lamb (total 7/10 ephah)
¼ hin oil per lamb (total 1 ¾ hins)
1 x goat offering for sin
Continual Burnt
2 x lambs
1/10 flour per lamb
¼ hin oil per lamb
¼ hin wine per lamb
Again appears no drink and no
sin;
continual burnt, yes
New Moon (Ezek. 46:6-7)
1 x Bullock
1 ephah
1 hin of oil to an ephah
1 Ram
1 ephah and 1 hin to an ephah
6 x lambs
Does not appear to be sin
offering or drink
Continual Burnt
1 x lamb
1/6 ephah
1/3 hin of oil
Does not appear to be a drink
offering
Sanctification of the Temple
In Ezekiel
The first day
Ezek. 43:19: one bull for a sin
offering.
On the second day
Ezek. 43:22: male goat for a sin
offering.
Finished cleansing present: a
bull, ram, salted then they are a
burnt offering for the Lord.
Ezek. 43:25ff.: for seven days a
goat for a sin offering, a bull and
a ram, to purify it, the altar, so
they can consecrate it. And on the
8th day onward they may offer
burnt offerings, peace offerings
and God will accept them.
First Day, first month (Ex.
45:18)
1 x bull and cleanse the sanctuary
Seventh Day of the first month
(Ezek. 45:20)
Passover
Feast offerings
(Ex. 12:18; Num. 28:16-25)
2 x Bulls without blemish daily (14
total)
3/10 flour per bull (total 14 x 3/10
flour)
¾ hin oil (total 14 x ¾ hins = 10½)
½ hin drink (total 14 x ½ = 7 hins)
(Ezek. 45:22-24)
7 x Bullocks daily for the 7 days
of the feast (49 total)
1 ephah for a bullock (7 total)
1 hin for an ephah (7 total)
7 x Rams without blemish (49
total)
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1 x Ram without blemish
2/10 ephah daily (total 7 x 2/10)
½ hin oil (total 7 x ½ hins = 3½)
1/3 hin drink (total 7 x 1/3 hins)
7 x lambs without blemish daily (= 49
lambs)
1/10th ephah per lamb daily (total 49 x
1/10)
¼ hin oil per lamb daily (total 49 x ¼
hins)
¼ hin drink per lamb daily (total 49 x ¼
hins)
Wave Sheaf
Pentecost
1 x goat offering for sin
Continual Burnt
2 lambs
1/10 flour per lamb
¼ hin oil per lamb
¼ hin wine per lamb
Wave Sheaf (Lev. 23:10-15)
Sheaf that priest waves the day after the
Sabbath
Male lamb one year old without
blemish for a burnt offering
2/10 ephah of flour
½ hin oil
¼ hin of wine
After offered can eat new grain
Pentecost (Lev. 23:16-21)
2 x loaves of bread for a wave offering
2/10 flour baked with leaven
7 x lambs 1 year old
1 x bull
2 x rams
Sin offering
Peace offering
2 x lambs
1 male goat for a sin offering
Pentecost (Num 28:26-31)
2 x young bulls
3/10 flour mixed with oil and its drink
offering
1 x ram
1/10 ephah flour with its drink
1 x male goat for a sin offering
Continual Burnt
2 x lambs
1/10 flour per lamb
¼ hin oil per lamb
¼ hin wine per lamb
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1 ephah for a ram (7 total)
1 hin for an ephah (7 total)
Goat daily for a sin offering?
Yes
{Simplified Daily
7 x bullocks
7 x Rams
98 ephahs of flour
98 hins wine
1 x goat daily for a sin offering}
Wave Sheaf
The common offerings were not
listed in Ezekiel. Only the major
feasts and variation were listed in
Ezekiel.
Pentecost
Remains as specified in the Law
and is completed at the First
Resurrection of the risen Church
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Trumpets
Trumpets (Lev. 23:24-25)
Trumpets
Trumpets is completed with the
Blowing of the trumpets
Second Advent of the Messiah.
Offering by fire
(Num. 29:1-6)
1 x bull
3/10 flour per bull
¾ hin oil
½ hin drink
1 ram
2/10 flour
½ hin oil
1/3 hin wine
7 Lambs
1/10 ephah per lamb daily (total 49 x
1/10)
¼ hin oil per lamb daily (total 49 x ¼
hins)
¼ hin drink per lamb daily (total 49 x ¼
hins)
Continual Burnt
2 x lambs
1/10 flour per lamb
¼ hin oil per lamb
¼ hin wine per lamb
Atonement
Atonement Lev. 23:26-32
Present an offering by fire
Numbers 29:7-11
1 x bull
3/10ths flour per bull
¾ hin oil
½ hin drink
1 x ram
2/10 flour
½ hin oil
1/3 hin wine
7 x Lambs
1/10 ephah per lamb daily (total 49 x
1/10)
¼ hin oil per lamb daily (total 49 x ¼
hins)
¼ hin drink per lamb daily (total 49 x ¼
hins)
Continual Burnt Offering
2 x lambs
1/10 flour per lamb
¼ hin oil per lamb
¼ hin wine per lamb
Lev. 16 text
2 goats of Atonement one sacrificed
Atonement
Completed in the Reconciliation
of the planet to God prior to the
Millennium.
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and one released into the wilderness
Tabernacles Tabernacles (Lev. 23:34-36)
Offering by fire
Num. 29:12-34
Starts with 13, and goes each day of the
Feast
13,12,11,10,9,8,7 =70
(70 x bulls total for the Feast)
3/10 fine flour per bull (70 x 3/10
ephahs total)
2 x rams daily (14 rams total)
2/10 deal fine flour (14 x 2/10 or 2 4/5
ephah)
14 x lambs daily (98 lambs total)
1/10 per lamb (98 x 1/10 ephah)
1 x male goat for a sin offering
Continual Burnt
2 x lambs
1/10 flour per lamb
¼ hin oil per lamb
¼ hin wine per lamb
Feast total:
70 x bulls
14 x rams
98 x lambs
7 x goats
189 or plus the continual burnt 203
Last Great
Day
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Tabernacles (Ezek. 45:22-25)
7 x bulls daily for the 7 days (49
total)
1 ephah for a bullock (7 ephahs
daily 49 ephahs for the Feast)
1 hin for an ephah, 7 hins daily
(49 for the Feast)
7 x Rams daily for the Feast (49
for the Feast), therefore increase
in 35 rams
1 ephah for a ram 7 ephahs daily
(49 ephahs for the Feast)
1 hin for an ephah, 7 hins daily
(49 for the Feast)
1 x goat for a sin offering (7
total)
{Simplified Daily
7 x bullocks
7 x Rams
98 x ephahs of flour
98 x hins wine
1 x goat daily for a sin offering}
Feast total:
49 x bulls
49 x rams
7 x goats
105 total plus continual burnt 112
Last Great Day
Last Great Day
(Lev. 23:36) present an offering by Stands as per the law.
fire
(Num. 29:35-38)
1 x bull
3/10 flour per bull
¾ hin oil
½ hin drink
1 x ram
2/10 flour
½ hin oil
1/3 hin wine
7 x Lambs
1/10 ephah per lamb daily (total 49 x
1/10)
¼ hin oil per lamb daily (total 49 x ¼
hins)
¼ hin drink per lamb daily (total 49 x ¼
hins)
1 x male goat for a sin offering
Continual burnt
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2 x lambs
1/10 flour per lamb
¼ hin oil per lamb
¼ hin wine per lamb