1Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying, 2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.
3If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to offer an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD. 4He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
Leviticus picks up where Exodus left off, they are at the base of Mount Sinai and will remain there through the book of Leviticus.
“He is to lay his hand on the head”...
“For our immediate objective there was no need to have taken our present text, for there are many others of the same effect. Look at Leviticus 3:2, “And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offer- ing, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle.” Glance at the eighth verse, “And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle.” Turn to chapter four, verse four, the second clause of the verse, “He shall lay his hand upon the bullock’s head, and kill the bullock before the Lord.” As also at the fifteenth verse, “And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord.” To the same effect is the twenty-fourth verse, “And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering.” All through the book of Leviticus, the laying on of the hand and the killing of the victim are mentioned in immediate connection. These are each of them so important, and so full of meaning, that we must have a sermon upon each of them.” (Spurgeon)
A song about Christ:
“My faith does lay her hand On that dear head of Yours. While like a penitent I stand, And there confess my sin.”
Have you confessed you sin?
Blessings, David
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