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| 1 And Jehovah calleth unto Moses, and speaketh 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 sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Any man of you when he doth bring near an offering to Jehovah, out of the cattle out of the herd, or out of the flock ye do bring near your offering. |
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 [is] a burnt-offering out of the herd a male, a perfect one, he doth bring near, unto the opening of the tent of meeting he doth bring it near, at his pleasure, 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 hath laid his hand on the head of the burnt-offering, and it hath been 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 hath slaughtered the son of the herd before Jehovah; and sons of Aaron, the priests, have brought the blood near, and sprinkled the blood on the altar round about, which [is] at the opening 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 hath stripped the burnt-offering, and hath cut it into its pieces; |
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| 7 and the sons of Aaron the priest have put fire on the altar, and arranged wood 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 sons of Aaron, the priests, have arranged the pieces, with the head and the fat, on the wood, which [is] on the fire, which [is] on the altar; |
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| 9 and its inwards and its legs he doth wash with water; and the priest hath made perfume with the whole on the altar, a burnt-offering, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to 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 offering [is] out of the flock out of the sheep or out of the goats for a burnt-offering, a male, a perfect one, he doth bring near, |
The goats – Goats represent the Church, the under-priesthood. R4389:3
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| 11 and he hath slaughtered it by the side of the altar northward, before Jehovah; and sons of Aaron, the priests, have sprinkled its blood on the altar round about; |
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| 12 and he hath cut it into its pieces, and its head and its fat, and the priest hath arranged them on the wood, which [is] on the fire, which [is] on the altar; |
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| 13 and the inwards and the legs he doth wash with water, and the priest hath brought the whole near, and hath made perfume on the altar; it [is] a burnt-offering, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to 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 offering [is] a burnt-offering out of the fowl to Jehovah, than he hath brought near his offering out of the turtle-doves or out of the young pigeons, |
Be of fowls – Representing the morally poor and degraded. T95
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| 15 and the priest hath brought it near unto the altar, and hath wrung off its head, and hath made perfume on the altar, and its blood hath been wrung out by the side of the altar; |
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| 16 and he hath turned aside its crop with its feathers, and hath cast it near the altar, eastward, unto the place of ashes; |
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| 17 and he hath cleaved it with its wings (he doth not separate [it]), and the priest hath made it a perfume on the altar, on the wood, which [is] on the fire; it [is] a burnt-offering, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah. |
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