1. For Offerings of the Flocks (verses 10-13)
1. Of sheep or goats (verse 10)
2. A male without blemish (verse 10)
3. Killed on the side of the altar (verse 11)
1. Northward – in the sides of the north (Psalm 48:2Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
   See All...; Isaiah 14:13For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
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2. Before the Lord
4. Blood sprinkled around about (verse 11)
1. By the priests
2. On the altar
5. Cut into his pieces (verse 12)
1. With his head
2. With his fat
6. Pieces laid on the altar (verse 12)
1. In order
2. On the wood
3. On the fire
7. Wash the inwards and legs with water (verse 13)
8. Bring it all (verse 13; Romans 6:13Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
   See All...; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 [19] What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? [20] For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
   See All...; 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 [14] For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: [15] And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
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9. Burn it on the altar (verse 13)
1. As a burnt sacrifice – the complete sacrifice
2. As an offering made by fire – consumed in the fire (Malachi 3:3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
   See All...; 1 Peter 1:7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
   See All...; 2 Corinthians 4:10-12 [10] Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. [11] For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. [12] So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
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3. As a sweet savor to the Lord (Ephesians 5:1-2 [1] Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; [2] And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
   See All...; 2 Corinthians 2:15For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
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2. For Offerings of Fowls (verses 14-17)
1. Of turtledoves or young pigeons (verse 14)
1. Completes the five acceptable animals for sacrifice (Genesis 15:9And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
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2. The offering of the poor (Leviticus 12:6-8 [6] And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: [7] Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female. [8] And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
   See All...; Luke 2:22-24 [22] And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; [23] (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) [24] And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
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3. No one unable to give unto the Lord
2. Brought to the altar (verse 15)
3. Head to be wrung off (verse 15)
4. Blood wrung out at the side of the altar (verse 15)
5. Feathers to be plucked off (verse 16)
1. Cast on the east side of the altar – away from the temple and the presence of the Lord.
2. By the place of the ashes – reserved until carried to a place outside the camp (Leviticus 6:9-11 [9] Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. [10] And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. [11] And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
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3. That which is unclean is kept from the presence of the Lord and removed
6. Cutting of the bird (verse 17)
1. He shall cleave it
1. Cleave has two meanings in the English and in the Bible: to cut and to cling to. Context easily identifies which is which. Here, to cleave is certainly to cut (Deuteronomy 14:6And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
   See All...; Psalm 141:7Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
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2. The bird was to be cut
2. He shall not divide it asunder; but the bird was not to be cut into (Genesis 15:10And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
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3. Application: in a similar manner, the word of God is to be rightly divided (2 Timothy 2:15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
   See All...). Divisions need to be made and understood. However, the Bible is not to be cut up in separate pieces that no longer have any connection.
4. Second application: we are to be separate from the world (“not of the world” – John 17:14I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
   See All..., 16; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 [14] Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? [15] And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? [16] And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. [17] Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. [18] And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
   See All...) but we are not to be totally divided from the world (“in the world” – John 17:11And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
   See All..., 15; 1 Corinthians 5:9-10 [9] I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: [10] Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
   See All...). If we continue like the world, we cannot be a testimony to the world. If we are totally isolated from the world, we cannot tell them about our Saviour.
7. Burnt on the altar (verse 17)

Conclusion: The burnt offering was a complete sacrifice. In all the other offerings, others (usually only the priests) were allowed to eat certain portions of the offered animal. However, in the burnt offering, nothing was to be eaten by man. It was all to be consumed on the altar as a gift to God. We need to look at our sacrifice to God in the same way. We need to give ourselves entirely to Him. This is, after all, only our reasonable sacrifice (Romans 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
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