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Burnt Offering
The burnt offering is an Old Testament sacrifice in which the offering was burned whole on the altar and presented to God. Its procedure is set out in detail in Leviticus 1.
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- The Burnt Offering on Mount MoriahBible
The event recorded in Genesis 22 in which Abraham, at God's command, prepared to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah, until God stopped him and provided a ram in Isaac's place.
- Continual Burnt OfferingBible
The continual burnt offering was the regular burnt offering of Old Testament Israel in which the priest burned one young lamb every morning and another every evening. It is prescribed in Exodus 29 and Numbers 28.
- Thousand Burnt OfferingsChristian Life
The thousand burnt offerings are the sacrifices Solomon offered at Gibeon (1 Kings 3:4). In Korean Protestant churches, the expression also names a devotional practice of praying and giving offerings on a thousand occasions or over a thousand days.
- Altar of Burnt OfferingBible
The altar of burnt offering stood in the courtyard of the tabernacle and later of the Temple in Jerusalem. Burnt offerings and other animal sacrifices were burned on it. Because it was overlaid with bronze, it is also called the "bronze altar."
- Drink OfferingBible
The drink offering was an Old Testament offering in which a beverage such as wine was poured out to God, usually alongside the burnt offering or the peace offering. In the New Testament, Paul compared his own devotion and death to a drink offering.
- Old Testament SacrificesBible
The Old Testament sacrifices were the system, established by the Mosaic Law, through which Israel presented offerings to God at the tabernacle and the temple. The principal sacrifices are the burnt offering, grain offering, peace offering, sin offering, and trespass offering described in Leviticus 1–7.
- Peace OfferingBible
The peace offering is an Old Testament sacrifice prescribed in Leviticus 3 and 7. Its fat was burned on the altar, and its meat was shared between the priests and the worshiper. It was offered as an expression of thanksgiving, in fulfillment of a vow, or as a freewill offering.
- OfferingBible
An offering is a biblical term for something brought and presented to God, or for a gift sent to another person as a token of respect and goodwill. The concept extends from the sacrificial laws of the Old Testament to the New Testament understanding of devotion.
- 1 Kings 3Bible
1 Kings 3 recounts how Solomon offers a thousand burnt offerings at Gibeon, asks God for wisdom in a dream and receives it, and then wisely settles a dispute between two women over a single child.
- 2 Chronicles 1Bible
2 Chronicles 1 recounts how Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings before the tabernacle of the congregation at Gibeon. When God appeared to him by night, Solomon asked for wisdom and knowledge to judge the people and received, in addition, a promise of riches and honor. The chapter then describes his chariots and wealth.
- Exodus 38Bible
Exodus 38 records Bezalel's construction of the tabernacle's altar of burnt offering, the bronze laver, and the court, and it includes an inventory tallying the amounts of gold, silver, and bronze used in building the tabernacle.
- Leviticus 6Bible
Leviticus 6 contains regulations for the trespass offering that makes restitution for wrongs against a neighbor's property, together with the ordinances the priests were to observe when presenting the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the sin offering.
- Numbers 28Bible
Numbers 28 sets out the kinds and quantities of offerings to be presented as the daily continual burnt offering and on the Sabbath, the new moon, Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the Feast of Weeks. Together with chapter 29, it forms Israel's annual calendar of sacrifices.
- AltarBible
An altar is a structure built of earth, stone, or similar materials for offering sacrifices to God and for worship. The altars of the patriarchs lead to the altar of burnt offering in the tabernacle and the temple, and the New Testament reads the altar in connection with the sacrifice of Christ.
- Leviticus 8Bible
Leviticus 8 is the chapter in which Moses, as the LORD commanded, washes, clothes, and anoints Aaron and his sons, then offers a sin offering, a burnt offering, and the ordination offering to install them as priests.
- MoriahBible
Moriah is the name of the land to which Abraham went at God's command to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering. Second Chronicles calls the mountain in Jerusalem on which Solomon built the temple Mount Moriah.
- LaverBible
The laver was a bronze basin placed in the tabernacle between the tent of meeting and the altar of burnt offering. The priests washed their hands and feet in it before entering the tent of meeting or ministering at the altar.
- Hosea 6:6Bible Verses
A declaration that God desires steadfast love rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. Jesus quoted the verse twice in disputes with the Pharisees, and it is a key text on the relationship between worship and life, and between ritual and love.
- Genesis 22:2Bible Verses
Genesis 22:2 records God's command to Abraham to offer his beloved only son Isaac as a burnt offering in the land of Moriah. The verse is read as the height of faith and obedience, and it has long been debated for the ethical implications of God commanding the sacrifice of a human being.