Sacrifice

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain.

Jacob’s Journey to Egypt So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifice s to the God of his father Isaac.

Then they will heed your voice; and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him, ‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has met with us; and now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

So they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”

And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

But he said, “You are idle! Idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord .’

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Entreat the Lord that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the Lord .”

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God in the land.”

And Moses said, “It is not right to do so, for we would be sacrificing the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God. If we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, then will they not stone us?

We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as He will command us.”

So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Intercede for me.”

Then Moses said, “Indeed I am going out from you, and I will entreat the Lord , that the swarms of flies may depart tomorrow from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. But let Pharaoh not deal deceitfully anymore in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord .”

But Moses said, “You must also give us sacrifice s and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.

that you shall say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice of the Lord , who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’ ” So the people bowed their heads and worshiped.

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all males that open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and other sacrifice s to offer to God. And Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.

An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you.

“He who sacrifice s to any god, except to the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor shall the fat of My sacrifice remain until morning.”

Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrifice d peace offerings of oxen to the Lord .

It shall be from the children of Israel for Aaron and his sons by a statute forever. For it is a heave offering; it shall be a heave offering from the children of Israel from the sacrifice s of their peace offerings, that is, their heave offering to the Lord .

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrifice d to it, and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ”

lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot with their gods and make sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you and you eat of his sacrifice ,

“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leaven, nor shall the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover be left until morning.”

‘If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the Lord .

but he shall wash its entrails and its legs with water. And the priest shall burn all on the altar as a burnt sacrifice , an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord .

‘If his offering is of the flocks—of the sheep or of the goats—as a burnt sacrifice , he shall bring a male without blemish.

but he shall wash the entrails and the legs with water. Then the priest shall bring it all and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt sacrifice , an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord .

‘And if the burnt sacrifice of his offering to the Lord is of birds, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or young pigeons.

Then he shall split it at its wings, but shall not divide it completely; and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt sacrifice , an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord .

The Peace Offering ‘When his offering is a sacrifice of a peace offering, if he offers it of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord .

Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the Lord . The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,

and Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice , which is on the wood that is on the fire, as an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord .

‘If his offering as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord is of the flock, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

‘Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as an offering made by fire to the Lord , its fat and the whole fat tail which he shall remove close to the backbone. And the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,

as it was taken from the bull of the sacrifice of the peace offering; and the priest shall burn them on the altar of the burnt offering.

And he shall burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of the peace offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

He shall remove all its fat, as fat is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offering; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a sweet aroma to the Lord . So the priest shall make atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

He shall remove all its fat, as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offering. Then the priest shall burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire to the Lord . So the priest shall make atonement for his sin that he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

The Law of Peace Offerings ‘This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which he shall offer to the Lord :

If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer, with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil, or cakes of blended flour mixed with oil.

Besides the cakes, as his offering he shall offer leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offering.

‘The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day it is offered. He shall not leave any of it until morning.

But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offers his sacrifice ; but on the next day the remainder of it also may be eaten;

the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day must be burned with fire.

And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, nor shall it be imputed to him; it shall be an abomination to him who offers it, and the person who eats of it shall bear guilt.

But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord , while he is unclean, that person shall be cut off from his people.

Moreover the person who touches any unclean thing, such as human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any abominable unclean thing, and who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord , that person shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offering to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord from the sacrifice of his peace offering.

Also the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a heave offering from the sacrifice s of your peace offerings.

For the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering I have taken from the children of Israel, from the sacrifice s of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the children of Israel by a statute forever.’ ”

This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the trespass offering, the consecrations, and the sacrifice of the peace offering,

Then he washed the entrails and the legs in water. And Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord , as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar, on the burnt offering. They were consecration offerings for a sweet aroma. That was an offering made by fire to the Lord .

And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of consecration offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’

also a bull and a ram as peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord , and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today the Lord will appear to you.’ ”

And Moses said to Aaron, “Go to the altar, offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. Offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded.”

He also killed the bull and the ram as a sacrifice of peace offering, which was for the people. And Aaron’s sons presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled all around on the altar,

You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons’ due, of the sacrifice s made by fire to the Lord ; for so I have been commanded.

The breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering you shall eat in a clean place, you, your sons, and your daughters with you; for they are your due and your sons’ due, which are given from the sacrifice s of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifice s which they offer in the open field, that they may bring them to the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to the priest, and offer them as peace offerings to the Lord .

They shall no more offer their sacrifice s to demons, after whom they have played the harlot. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.” ’

“Also you shall say to them: ‘Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice ,

‘And if you offer a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord , you shall offer it of your own free will.

“Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, who offers his sacrifice for any of his vows or for any of his freewill offerings, which they offer to the Lord as a burnt offering—

And whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord , to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.

And when you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord , offer it of your own free will.

Then you shall sacrifice one kid of the goats as a sin offering, and two male lambs of the first year as a sacrifice of a peace offering.

‘These are the feasts of the Lord which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the Lord , a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day—

If it is an unclean animal which they do not offer as a sacrifice to the Lord , then he shall present the animal before the priest;

and he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord , with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall also offer its grain offering and its drink offering.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.

and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.

And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, and the lambs in their first year sixty. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.

Also in the day of your gladness, in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifice s of your peace offerings; and they shall be a memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.”

and you make an offering by fire to the Lord , a burnt offering or a sacrifice , to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering or in your appointed feasts, to make a sweet aroma to the Lord , from the herd or the flock,

and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering you shall prepare with the burnt offering or the sacrifice , for each lamb.

And when you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering, or as a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, or as a peace offering to the Lord ,

And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and he sent some to Balaam and to the princes who were with him.

Balaam’s First Prophecy Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”

And Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you.” So he went to a desolate height.

And God met Balaam, and he said to Him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.”

So he brought him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on every altar.

They invited the people to the sacrifice s of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

‘These you shall present to the Lord at your appointed feasts (besides your vowed offerings and your freewill offerings) as your burnt offerings and your grain offerings, as your drink offerings and your peace offerings.’ ”

There you shall take your burnt offerings, your sacrifice s, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, your vowed offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

then there will be the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. There you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifice s, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice offerings which you vow to the Lord .

And you shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of the Lord your God; and the blood of your sacrifice s shall be poured out on the altar of the Lord your God, and you shall eat the meat.

But if there is a defect in it, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.

Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God, from the flock and the herd, in the place where the Lord chooses to put His name.

And no leaven shall be seen among you in all your territory for seven days, nor shall any of the meat which you sacrifice the first day at twilight remain overnight until morning.

“You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you;

but at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at twilight, at the going down of the sun, at the time you came out of Egypt.

Various Instructions “You shall not sacrifice to the Lord your God a bull or sheep which has any blemish or defect, for that is an abomination to the Lord your God.

“And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice , whether it is bull or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach.

They sacrifice d to demons, not to God, To gods they did not know, To new gods, new arrivals That your fathers did not fear.

Who ate the fat of their sacrifice s, And drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise and help you, And be your refuge.