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| 1 And Jehovah called unto Moses, and spake unto 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 offereth an oblation unto Jehovah, ye shall offer your oblation of the cattle, even 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 oblation be a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish: he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted 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 upon 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 kill the bullock before Jehovah: and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is at the door 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 into its pieces. |
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| 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and shall lay wood in order upon 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 upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: |
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| 9 but its inwards and its legs shall he wash with water. And the priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. |
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 oblation be of the flock, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt-offering; he shall offer it a male without blemish. |
The goats – Goats represent the Church, the under-priesthood. R4389:3
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| 11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before Jehovah: and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about. |
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| 12 And he shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat; and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: |
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| 13 but the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water. And the priest shall offer the whole, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. |
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 oblation to Jehovah be a burnt-offering of birds, then he shall offer his oblation 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 unto the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on the side of the altar |
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| 16 and he shall take away its crop with the filth thereof, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes: |
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| 17 and he shall rend it by the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder. And the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. |
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