Posts Tagged ‘offerings’
Simple Offerings
by Zeke Flores “Now when anyone presents a grain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it” (Leviticus 2:1). The grain offering was simple: no animal, no blood; just flour, oil, and frankincense. It was the everyday…
Read MoreWhy was the bread offered at Pentecost to be made with leaven?
Question: Hi Jeffrey, “You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the LORD” (Leviticus 23:17 NKJV) Here, God says the leaven is needed when Jews were baking the loaves of bread sacrificed…
Read MoreI don’t understand Leviticus 27
Question: Can you help me? I don’t understand this chapter on redemption and who is paying who. I understand voluntary vows made as persons, property, animals are consecrated to the Lord, but I am having trouble understanding why the valuations and who is paying who? Thanks. Answer: There are times people make promises to God…
Read MoreCould you explain why Leviticus 27:29 says a person set apart had to be put to death?
Question: I am doing a Bible study about Jephthah, and I really liked your article. I did have one question about the verses in Leviticus which spoke about redeeming or ransoming something devoted to destruction. In Leviticus 27:29, it says, “No one who may have been set apart among men shall be ransomed; he shall surely…
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