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| 1 And Jehovah called to Moses and spoke to him out of the tent of meeting, saying, |
And spake unto him – Moses thus attributes the origin of the Mosaic Law to God, not to himself. A53
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| 2 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When any man of you presenteth an offering to Jehovah, ye shall present your offering of the cattle, of the herd and of the flock. |
If any man of you – Typifying mankind in the Millennial age. T96
Bring an offering – An individual offering following the general offering of the great Day of Atonement. T93
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| 3 If his offering be a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall present it a male without blemish: at the entrance of the tent of meeting shall he present it, for his acceptance before Jehovah. |
Burnt sacrifice – The value of Christ's work in the Father's estimation. R84:1*
Without blemish – Only the sacrifices of those justified are acceptable to God. R1186:6, R1585:4
A sacrifice of things to which we have a right by Christ. R1187:1
Voluntary will – The sacrifice must be of the free will and desire of the offerer. T96
There was peace between God and the sacrificer, so that the offering was not made for his own sins. R4389:3
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| 4 And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. |
Shall be accepted – A burnt-offering shows divine acceptance. R4389:3
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| 5 And he shall slaughter the bullock before Jehovah; and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood round about on the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. |
Kill the bullock – By the close of the Millennium there will be no longer any poor in the sense of inability to offer a "bullock"--mental, moral and physical perfection. T96
Bullocks represent our Lord Jesus. R4389:3
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| 6 And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it up into its pieces. |
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| 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay wood in order on the fire; |
Upon the altar – The same altar used by the priests in the Atonement Day sacrifices, showing that the offerings of the world during the Millennial age will be acceptable because of the sacrifices offered during the Gospel age. T97
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| 8 and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat, in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar; |
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| 9 but its inwards and its legs shall he wash in water; and the priest shall burn all on the altar, a burnt-offering, an offering by fire to Jehovah of a sweet odour. |
A sweet savour – Typifying a thankful prayer to Jehovah and acknowledgment of his wisdom, mercy and love as manifested in the broken body of Christ, their ransom. T97
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| 10 And if his offering be of the flock, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt-offering, he shall present it a male without blemish. |
The goats – Goats represent the Church, the under-priesthood. R4389:3
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| 11 And he shall slaughter it on the side of the altar northward before Jehovah; and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood on the altar round about. |
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| 12 And he shall cut it into its pieces, and its head, and its fat; and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar; |
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| 13 but the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water; and the priest shall present it all, and burn it on the altar: it is a burnt-offering, an offering by fire to Jehovah of a sweet odour. |
Bring It all – The offering was made to God and accepted by God as a whole. R4389:3
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| 14 And if his offering to Jehovah be a burnt-offering of fowls, then he shall present his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons. |
Be of fowls – Representing the morally poor and degraded. T95
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| 15 And the priest shall bring it near to the altar and pinch off its head and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be pressed out at the side of the altar. |
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| 16 And he shall remove its crop with its feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east, into the place of the ashes; |
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| 17 and he shall split it open at its wings, but shall not divide it asunder; and the priest shall burn it on the altar on the wood that is on the fire: it is a burnt-offering, an offering by fire to Jehovah of a sweet odour. |
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