Episode 37: Animal sacrifice

(Exodus 29:22 - 30:10)

Wave, heave, and sin offerings

29 God continued his instructions to Moses, saying,

^22-23 Take the rump, fat, caul, kidneys, and right shoulder of the ram and add a loaf of bread or two, and a wafer of unleavened bread.

²⁴ Put it in the hands of Aaron and his sons to wave in front of me.

This is a wave offering.

²⁵ After Aaron and his sons are done with the wave offering, burn the remains on the altar for a burnt offering - a sweet savor to me.

²⁶ Take the ram's breast and wave it for a wave offering in front of me.

²⁷ Sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the shoulder of the heave offering.

²⁸ The heave offering is a statute forever from me.

³¹ Take the ram and seethe its flesh in the holy place.

³² Aaron and his sons will eat the flesh of the ram and the bread in the basket by the door of the tabernacle.

³³ Don't allow any strangers to eat any of your animal sacrifices, because they are holy.

³⁴ Burn the leftovers. (Don't eat them, because they are holy.)

Daily animal sacrifices

³⁶ Kill a bullock every day for a sin offering.

³⁸ Every day offer two lambs, continually. One in the morning and one in the evening.

⁴⁰ When you sacrfice the lamb, include some flour and oil, and a quarter hin of wine for a drink offering.

⁴¹ Sacrifice the other lamb in the evening for a sweet savor to me.

⁴² This will be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations.

⁴³ When you do these sacrifices, I will meet and speak to you.

And you will be sanctified by my glory.

Make an altar, burn incense, and sacrifice animals

30 ¹ God continues his instructions to Moses, saying,

Make an altar out of shittim wood to burn incense.

² The altar shall be square, one cubit on a side, and three cubits high.

³ Overlay the top, sides, and horns with gold, with a crown of gold round about.

⁶ Put the incense altar in front of the veil by the ark in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.

⁷ Burn sweet incense every morning and evening, perpetually throughout your generations.

⁹ Don't offer any strange incense or burnt, meat, or drink offerings on the incense altar.

¹⁰ Once a year make a sacrifice on the altar's horns. This shall be done throughout your generations. It is most holy to me.