Sacrifices in Leviticus

This morning at CBC we're continuing our teaching series 'From Sinai to the Promised Land', and we're looking at Priests and Sacrifices. I will come back and add a bit more to this post later, but here is a table that details each of the five main offerings in Leviticus and how each is to be offered and what it is for.

1. All offerings were to be ‘without defect’ in the case of animals, and the ‘finest’ in terms of flour etc. Only the best is acceptable.
2. The person bringing the sacrifice was to slaughter it just outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting - that is, in the Courtyard of the Tabernacle.
3. The altar was the Altar of Burnt Offerings mentioned in Exodus 27. Mention of the Alter above always refers to the Altar of Burnt Offerings. When the Altar of Incense is intended this is mentioned in full. There was a horn on each corner of the altar. This altar was in the courtyard of the Tabernacle. (Not to be confused with the Altar of Incense which was inside the Holy Place (not to be confused with the Holy of Holies.)) 
4. Slaughtering, skinning, cutting up were usually roles for the individual bringing the sacrifice.
5. Arranging meat on the altar, handling the blood and burning was the role of the priest.
6. This was the curtain that separated the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies.
7. Regulations about the who, where, what and when of the Fellowship Meal are given in Leviticus 7

Offering	Read	Sacrifice	Ritual	Elements	Instructions	Purpose/additional notes
Burnt Offering	Lev. 1:1-17; 6:8-13; 8:18-21; 16:24	Bull or ram (a)	Present at entrance to Tent of Meeting (b)  Lay hands on head and slaughter (d) Ram - slaughtered at N side of altar. Skin & cut into pieces. Wash internal organs and legs	Blood	Priest: Splash against sides of altar (c)	Voluntary offering; atonement for sin.
				Skin	Kept by priest
				Head, fat, meat	Burn on the altar (e)
				Washed organs, legs	Burn on the altar
		Dove, pigeon (for the poor)	P: Bring to altar and wring off the head	Blood	Drain on side of altar
			Remove crop and feathers	Crop and feathers	Throw with the ashes, E of altar
			Tear open		Burn on the altar
Grain Offering	Lev. 2:1-16; 6:14-23	Finest flour, olive oil, incense. Without yeast or honey. Always add salt.	P: Take handful of flour, oil and all incense		Burn on the altar	Voluntary offering
				Rest	Belongs to the priests. Eat without yeast in the sanctuary area
Fellowship Offering	Lev. 3:1-17; 7:11-36	Male or female cow, sheep, goat	Lay hands on head and slaughter at entrance to Tent of Meeting.	Blood	P: Splash against sides of altar	Voluntary offering; thanksgiving; communal meal
				Internal organs with fat, kidneys, liver. (Lamb’s tail)	Burn on the altar
				Breast, right thigh	Priest’s share
				Rest of the meat	Eaten by the people (ceremonially clean) as fellowship meal (g)
Sin Offering Lev. 4:1-5:13; 6:24-30; 8:14-17; 16:3-22	Priest	Young bull	Lay hands on head and slaughter at entrance to Tent of Meeting.	Blood	Dip finger and sprinkle seven times in front of curtain of sanctuary (f)	Mandatory atonement for unintentional sin
					Put some on horns of Altar of Incense
					Pour rest at base of Altar of Burnt Offering
				Fat, kidney, liver	Burn on the altar
				Skin, flesh, head, legs, organs, intestines	Burn outside camp in ceremonially clean place
	Whole Community	Young bull	Elders lay hands on head and slaughter	Priest performs as above
	Leader	Male goat	Lay hands on head and slaughter	Blood	Priest - put on horns of altar, rest poured out as above
				Fat	Burn on altar
				Meat	Eaten by priests, in sanctuary area
	Individual	Female goat/lamb	Lay hands on head and slaughter	Priest performs as for leader
		2 doves/pigeons (for the poor)	First bird (sin offering): P: Wring its neck	Blood	Splash on side of altar
					Drained at base of altar
			Second bird: burnt offering
		Finest flour, no oil or incense (for the very poor)	As grain offering
Guilt Offering	Lev. 5:14-6:7; 7:1-10	Ram		Blood	Splashed against sid of altar	Mandatory atonement for unintentional sin requiring restitution. Make restitution + 1/5 and give to priest. Make atonement.
				Fat, kidney, liver	Burn on altar
				Meat	Eaten by priests, in sanctuary area