Exodus
29:38-41
Exodus 29:38 Now this is that
which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day
continually.
Exodus 29:39 The one lamb thou
shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
And with the one lamb a tenth
deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the
fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.
Exodus 29:40 And the other lamb
thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering
of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet
savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
Exodus 29:41 This shall be a
continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak
there unto thee.
a. This is referring to the morning
and evening sacrifice which was to be offered every day for ever. The instructions
for this offering were repeated in at least two other places.
1). Numbers 28:3-8 And thou shalt say
unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the
Lord; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual
burnt offering.
Leviticus 28:4 The one lamb shalt thou
offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;
Leviticus 28:5 And a tenth part of an
ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of
beaten oil.
Leviticus 28:6 It is a continual burnt
offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice
made by fire unto the Lord.
Leviticus 28:7 And the drink offering
thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place
shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the Lord for a drink
offering.
Leviticus 28:8 And the other lamb shalt
thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink
offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the Lord.
2). Leviticus 6:8-13 And the Lord said
to Moses,
Leviticus 6:9 Command Aaron and his
sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering shall
remain on the altar all night until morning; the fire shall be kept burning on
the altar.
Leviticus 6:10 And the priest shall put
on his linen garment and put his linen breeches on his body, and take up the
ashes of what the fire has consumed with the burnt offering on the altar and
put them beside the altar.
Leviticus 6:11 And he shall put off his
garments and put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a
clean place.
Leviticus 6:12 And the fire upon the
altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be allowed to go out. The
priest shall burn wood on it every morning and lay the burnt offering in order
upon it and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.
Leviticus 6:13 The fire shall be
burning continually upon the altar; it shall not go out.
b. In the first two passages referring
to the morning and evening sacrifice, which of course were burnt offerings
there is no mention of the responsibility of the priest regarding the maintenance of the fire, but the passage in
Leviticus 6 mentions it four times.
c. The original fire on the altar was
ignited by God. This occurred at the dedication of the Tabernacle after all the
instructions were given and carried out concerning the Tabernacle, the
furniture in the Tabernacle, the priestly garments, everything God instructed
Moses on had to be carried out and made before the dedication. Then at the
dedication, when the sacrifices had been laid on the altar the fire from the
LORD consumed the sacrifices.
1). Leviticus
9:23, 24 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and
came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all
the people.
And there came a fire out from before
the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which
when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
d. The evidence which disputes this are
the obvious times in Leviticus 9 where it clearly mentions fire being used in
the previous offerings.
1). Leviticus 9:10 But the fat, and the kidneys,
and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the Lord commanded Moses.
2). Leviticus 9:12-22 And he slew the
burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he
sprinkled round about upon the altar.
Leviticus 9:13 And they presented the
burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
Leviticus 9:14 And he did wash the
inwards and the legs, and burnt them
upon the burnt offering on the altar.
Leviticus 9:15 And he brought the
people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the
people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
Leviticus 9:16 And he brought the burnt
offering, and offered it according to the manner.
Leviticus 9:17 And he brought the meat
offering, and took an handful thereof, and
burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
Leviticus 9:18 He slew also the bullock
and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and
Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar
round about,
Leviticus 9:19 And the fat of the
bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the
kidneys, and the caul above the liver:
Leviticus 9:20 And they put the fat
upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat
upon the altar:
Leviticus 9:21And the breasts and the
right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord; as Moses
commanded.
Leviticus 9:22 And Aaron lifted up his
hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the
sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.
e. The following note is found in the
Chumash Jewish Commentary: “There was no permanent fire on the Altar until the
Heavenly fire came down (v. 24) and consumed the sacrificial parts. Thus, the
intent of the term in our verse [Leviticus 9:10] is that Aaron placed it on the
pyre, so that it would be ready to be burned when the Heavenly fire descended
upon the Altar (Rashburn to v. 13; Haamek Davar).
f. Instances in Scripture where the
fire of God manifested during the offerings.
1). Judges 6:21 Then the angel of the Lord
put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and
the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the
flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his
sight.
2). Judges 13:19, 20 So Manoah took a
kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord: and the
angel did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
Judges 13:20 For it came to pass, when
the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord
ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and
fell on their faces to the ground.
3). 1 Kings 18:38 Then the fire of the Lord
fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the
dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
4). 1 Chronicles 21:26-28 And David
built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings, and called upon the Lord; and he answered him from heaven by fire
upon the altar of burnt offering.
1 Chronicles 21:27 And the Lord commanded
the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
1 Chronicles 21:28 At that time when
David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the
Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
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