Rules for Levitical Priests
“They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.” Eze 44:29
They shall eat... This is an explanation in detail of where their food came from. The meat offering was actually bread, symbolizing the Lord Jesus, the Bread of life.
The sin offering... For a High Priest or an entire community, the sacrifice was to be of a young bullock; for a king or a prince the offering had to be a young male goat; for other individuals the offering had to be either a young female goat, or a female lamb; for poor individuals unable to afford these, a turtle dove sufficed. Like the other types of sacrifice, the sacrificial animal had to be completely unblemished.
The trespass offering... This may be rendered “guilt offering,” and it symbolized satisfaction or restitution. It may be regarded as a particular kind of sin offering, or even as an offering for a particular kind of sin. I related to invading or disregarding the property rights of another person. In every case and for all people, the offering was in the form of a ram.
The burnt offering is omitted, because it was all burned up. The skin was the only thing saved. This symbolizes the robe of righteousness that Jesus clothes all the believers in.
God will take care of those who minister before Him (cf. Deut. 18:1-5), by having them live off the sacrifices the people will bring to the temple.
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