Dictionary of Bible Themes » 7000 God's people » 7300 Institutions and culture of OT » 7322 burnt offering
Probably the earliest and most basic form of sacrifice. It is seen fundamentally as a gift to God, either in thanksgiving for his goodness or for atonement for sin.
Hebrew names for the burnt offering
Deuteronomy 33:10 The rarer Hebrew expression means something whole or complete ; Psalm 66:13 The commoner expression in Hebrew means that which “goes up” to God. See also 1 Samuel 7:9; Psalm 51:19
Early examples of burnt offerings
Genesis 8:20
Probably all these examples include an element of propitiation:
Genesis 22:2-8,13; Exodus 10:25; Exodus 18:12; Exodus 20:24; Exodus 24:5; Job 1:5
Regulations concerning the burnt offering
How the offering is to be made
Leviticus 1:1-17; Leviticus 6:8-13; Leviticus 7:8 the entitlement of the priest; Malachi 1:8
Occasions for making the offering
Numbers 28:9-10 It was an additional offering on the Sabbath.
As a daily offering:
Exodus 29:38-42; Ezra 3:3 Leviticus 8:18-21 at the ordination of priests
On the Day of Atonement:
Leviticus 16:3,24 Numbers 28:11-14 on the first of the month, the new moon
At Passover:
Numbers 28:19,23
At Firstfruits and the Feast of Weeks:
Leviticus 23:12,18; Numbers 28:27
At the beginning of the seventh month:
Numbers 29:2,6
At the Feast of Tabernacles:
Numbers 29:13 Luke 2:24 for purification after childbirth
Burnt offerings in idolatrous worship
Exodus 32:6; 2 Kings 10:25
Warnings about misplaced confidence in the burnt offering
1 Samuel 15:22 See also Isaiah 1:11-15; Jeremiah 7:21-22; Hosea 6:6; Amos 5:25; Micah 6:6-8
NT references to the burnt offering
Jesus Christ endorsed the prophets' teaching
Mark 12:33-34 See also Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7
The holy life of Jesus Christ is the perfect burnt offering
Hebrews 10:5-10 See also Hebrews 10:14
See also
7316 blood, OT sacrifices 7357 Feast of Firstfruits 7358 Feast of Tabernacles 7361 Feast of Weeks 7402 offerings 7406 Passover 7435 sacrifice, in OT
