Tag: animal sacrifices

  • Biblical Principle #223: Israel’s Guilt Offerings

    Biblical Principles List Principle Under the Law of Moses, GOD gave specific instructions regarding guilt restitution payments for their sin. Explanation Under the Law of Moses, when an Israelite sinned, there were precise instructions for receiving forgiveness for that sin. Because blood (life) is the price of guilt due to sin, animals were sacrificed under…

  • Biblical Principle #222: Israel’s Sin Offerings

    Biblical Principles List Principle Under the Law of Moses, GOD gave specific instructions regarding sacrifices to be performed upon the realization that one had sinned either without knowing or failed to do certain things. Explanation Here are the instructions GOD gave to Israel through Moses in the Law about sin offerings involving unintentional transgressions and…

  • April 27 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 9)

    Reading Psalm 40; 49; 50; 73 Devotional Psalm 40 GOD hears our cry. He lifts us out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire and sets our feet upon a rock. He gives us songs to sing so that people will see and fear and trust in Him. Psalm 49 This psalm…

  • January 30 – Animal Sacrifices

    Reading Ex. 29:1-31:11, 18 Devotional As part of the covenant with Israel, GOD told Moses to have the priests offer numerous animals as sacrifices unto Him. In order for the children of Israel to have a covenant relationship with GOD they had to continuously kill animals and offer them as sacrifices before GOD. This was…

  • February 20 – Making Atonement

    Reading Ex. 23:14-17 Deut. 16:16-17 Ex. 34:24 Deut. 16:1-7 Num. 9:13-14 Lev. 23:4-8 Num. 28:18-25 Deut. 16:9-12 Lev. 23:9-21 Num. 28:26-31; 29:1-6 Lev. 16:1-34; 23:26-32 Num. 29:7-11 Lev. 23:33-36, 39-43 Num. 29:12-38 Deut. 16:13-15 Lev. 23:37-38, 44 Devotional Under the old covenant the Israelites had to kill animals as sacrifices in order for GOD to…