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| 1 And this is the law of the trespass-offering: it is most holy. |
Trespass offering – By the world of mankind in the Millennial age; typifying repentance, recognition of imperfection and restitution of wrongs. T99
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| 2 In the place where they kill the burnt-offering shall they kill the trespass-offering; and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle upon the altar round about. |
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| 3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof: the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, |
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| 4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away; |
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| 5 and the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: it is a trespass-offering. |
Shall burn them – A portion of the offering. T99
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
Unto the LORD – As a recognition that the whole plan of redemption as executed during the Gospel age was the Heavenly Father's. T99
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| 6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy. |
Shall eat thereof – Typifying acceptance by the Royal Priesthood during the Millennial age of the gifts and consecrations of wrong-doers and their forgiveness. "Whose soever sins ye remit they are remitted unto them, and whose soever sins ye retain, to them they are retained." (John 20:23) Even now, when we see the conditions fulfilled, we may say, "Thy sins be forgiven thee." (Mark 2:5,9) T100
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| 7 As is the sin-offering, so is the trespass-offering; there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith, he shall have it. |
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| 8 And the priest that offereth any man’s burnt-offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt-offering which he hath offered. |
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| 9 And every meal-offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying-pan, and on the baking-pan, shall be the priest’s that offereth it. |
The meat offering – Representing offerings of praise and worship by mankind during the Millennial age. T98
Be the priest's – Showing that the praise and worship will be offered to Jehovah through The Christ. T98
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| 10 And every meal-offering, mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another. |
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| 11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which one shall offer unto Jehovah. |
Of peace offerings – Representing vows of consecration to the Lord made by the world of mankind during the Millennial age. T98
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| 12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour soaked. |
Unleavened cakes – Representing the offerer's faith in Christ's character, which he will copy. T98
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| 13 With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his oblation with the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving. |
Leavened bread – Indicating his acknowledgment of his own imperfection at the time of consecration, leaven being a type of sin. T98
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| 14 And of it he shall offer one out of each oblation for a heave-offering unto Jehovah; it shall be the priest’s that sprinkleth the blood of the peace-offerings. |
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| 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his oblation; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. |
Shall be eaten – By the offerer; showing that in the Millennium all must eat or fulfill a covenant of consecration to God or be cut off in the Second Death. T98
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| 16 But if the sacrifice of his oblation be a vow, or a freewill-offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offereth his sacrifice; and on the morrow that which remaineth of it shall be eaten: |
Be a vow – Consecration, as the result of a vow. T98
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| 17 but that which remaineth of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. |
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| 18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings be eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. |
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| 19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean shall eat thereof: |
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| 20 but the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, that pertain unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people. |
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| 21 And when a soul shall touch any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any unclean abomination, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain unto Jehovah, that soul shall be cut off from his people. |
Shall be cut off – In death, typifying the Second Death. T98
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| 22 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, |
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| 23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat. |
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| 24 And the fat of that which dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of beasts, may be used for any other service; but ye shall in no wise eat of it. |
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| 25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. |
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| 26 And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings. |
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| 27 Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people. |
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| 28 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, |
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| 29 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace-offerings unto Jehovah shall bring his oblation unto Jehovah out of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings: |
Peace offerings – Typifying covenants of consecration to the Lord made by the world of mankind during the Millennial age. T98
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| 30 his own hands shall bring the offerings of Jehovah made by fire; the fat with the breast shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave-offering before Jehovah. |
His own hands – The consecration must be a personal matter. T98
For a wave offering – Representing that consecration is not for a moment, or a day, or a year, but forever. T45
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| 31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons. |
Shall burn the fat – Symbol of loving zeal. T57
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
Shall be Aaron's – Showing that the consecration will be offered to Jehovah through The Christ. T98
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| 32 And the right thigh shall ye give unto the priest for a heave-offering out of the sacrifices of your peace-offerings. |
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| 33 He among the sons of Aaron that offereth the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion. |
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| 34 For the wave-breast and the heave-thigh have I taken of the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons as their portion for ever from the children of Israel. |
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| 35 This is the anointing-portion of Aaron, and the anointing-portion of his sons, out of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto Jehovah in the priest’s office; |
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| 36 which Jehovah commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is their portion for ever throughout their generations. |
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| 37 This is the law of the burnt-offering, of the meal-offering, and of the sin-offering, and of the trespass-offering, and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace-offerings; |
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| 38 which Jehovah commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai. |
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