5 Levitical Offerings
...d placed on the altar. Grain offerings were also given in addition to animal sacrifices. Leviticus 2 mentions different ways to cook the grain: one could offer the dough from wheat flour baked, cooked on a griddle, fried in a pan, or roasted to make bread. All offerings were made with oil and salt, but no honey or leaven was added. It was always offered accompanied with frankincense. The priests took the offering to the altar, and put some in the fire, but left a portion to eat. The purpose of this offering was show a person had a generous life. Peace offerings were meals shared with the Lord, priests, and sometimes common Israelites. It was required to make this offering when vowing one’s life to God, but many people did it out of free will. The worshipper either offers a male or female oxen, sheep, or goat. It is almost like the burnt offering, because blood is poured on altar, the fat lives, and kidneys are completely burned, while the rest of the body is eaten. Priests ate the breast and the right thigh, and common people could join the meal if it was an offering of free will. The sin offering absolved worshippers of weaknesses and failures before God. Each class had a different offering. If a priest sinned he had to offer an unblemished bull at the entrance of the tent, sprinkle its blood 7 times on the altar with his finger, burn the fat and kidneys on the altar, and burn the rest of the bull outside. If the community sinned, the priest performed the same ritual on behalf of the whole community. If a prince/leader sinned, he had to offer a male goat. Its blood was put on the horns and base of the altar. The fat is burned on the altar while the pries...