to give Aaron and his sons the following regulations for burnt offerings. A burnt offering is to be left on the altar all night long, and the fire is to be kept burning.

Then he shall change his clothes and take the ashes outside the camp to a ritually clean place.

The fire must always be kept burning on the altar and never allowed to go out.

Next, Moses brought the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.

(SEE 8:20)

Noah built an altar to the LORD; he took one of each kind of ritually clean animal and bird, and burned them whole as a sacrifice on the altar.

"Take your son," God said, "your only son, Isaac, whom you love so much, and go to the land of Moriah. There on a mountain that I will show you, offer him as a sacrifice to me."

Abraham answered, "God himself will provide one." And the two of them walked on together.

Abraham looked around and saw a ram caught in a bush by its horns. He went and got it and offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

Then he sent young men, and they burned sacrifices to the LORD and sacrificed some cattle as fellowship offerings.

Burn the whole ram on the altar as a food offering. The odor of this offering pleases me.

For all time to come, this burnt offering is to be offered in my presence at the entrance of the Tent of my presence. That is where I will meet my people and speak to you.

Early the next morning they brought some animals to burn as sacrifices and others to eat as fellowship offerings. The people sat down to a feast, which turned into an orgy of drinking and sex.

For burning offerings, he made an altar out of acacia wood. It was square, 7 1/2 feet long and 7 1/2 feet wide, and it was 4 1/2 feet high.

Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering, while I go to see whether or not the LORD will meet me. I will tell you whatever he reveals to me." So he went alone to the top of a hill,

The descendants of Israel are like the dust--- There are too many of them to be counted. Let me end my days like one of God's people; Let me die in peace like the righteous."

Then Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, but all you have done is bless them."

God is not like people, who lie; He is not a human who changes his mind. Whatever he promises, he does; He speaks, and it is done.

There is no magic charm, no witchcraft, That can be used against the nation of Israel. Now people will say about Israel, 'Look what God has done!'

The nation of Israel is like a mighty lion: It doesn't rest until it has torn and devoured, Until it has drunk the blood of those it has killed."

Balak said, "Come with me, and I will take you to another place. Perhaps God will be willing to let you curse them for me from there."

Balak did as he was told, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Offer a burnt offering to the LORD, an odor pleasing to him: one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects.

and 2 pounds with each lamb.

He says, "Do you think I want all these sacrifices you keep offering to me? I have had more than enough of the sheep you burn as sacrifices and of the fat of your fine animals. I am tired of the blood of bulls and sheep and goats.

First he said, "You neither want nor are you pleased with sacrifices and offerings or with animals burned on the altar and the sacrifices to take away sins." He said this even though all these sacrifices are offered according to the Law.

Because Jesus Christ did what God wanted him to do, we are all purified from sin by the offering that he made of his own body once and for all.

When any of you offer one of your cattle as a fellowship offering, it is to be a bull or a cow without any defects.

then as soon as the sin is called to his attention, he shall bring as his offering a male goat without any defects.

To be accepted, it must be a male without any defects.

When anyone presents a fellowship offering to the LORD, whether as fulfillment of a vow or as a freewill offering, the animal must be without any defects if it is to be accepted.

As a freewill offering you may offer an animal that is stunted or not perfectly formed, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.

You may choose either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a one-year-old male without any defects.

But if there is anything wrong with the animals, if they are crippled or blind or have any other serious defect, you must not sacrifice them to the LORD your God.

The LORD Almighty says, "Wake up, sword, and attack the shepherd who works for me! Kill him, and the sheep will be scattered. I will attack my people

A curse on the cheater who sacrifices a worthless animal to me, when he has in his flock a good animal that he promised to give me! For I am a great king, and people of all nations fear me."

The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and God's power will rest upon you. For this reason the holy child will be called the Son of God.

when he saw Jesus walking by. "There is the Lamb of God!" he said.

in order to present the church to himself in all its beauty---pure and faultless, without spot or wrinkle or any other imperfection.

Jesus, then, is the High Priest that meets our needs. He is holy; he has no fault or sin in him; he has been set apart from sinners and raised above the heavens.

Since this is true, how much more is accomplished by the blood of Christ! Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will purify our consciences from useless rituals, so that we may serve the living God.

For you know what was paid to set you free from the worthless manner of life handed down by your ancestors. It was not something that can be destroyed, such as silver or gold;

it was the costly sacrifice of Christ, who was like a lamb without defect or flaw.

If you bring a fellowship offering as fulfillment of a vow or as your own freewill offering, not all of it has to be eaten on the day it is offered, but any that is left over may be eaten on the following day.

To be accepted, it must be a male without any defects.

When anyone presents a fellowship offering to the LORD, whether as fulfillment of a vow or as a freewill offering, the animal must be without any defects if it is to be accepted.

Make an offering to the LORD. Everyone who wishes to do so is to bring an offering of gold, silver, or bronze;

and everyone who wished to do so brought an offering to the LORD for making the Tent of the LORD's presence. They brought everything needed for use in worship and for making the priestly garments.

All the people of Israel who wanted to brought their offering to the LORD for the work which he had commanded Moses to do.

They received from him all the offerings which the Israelites had brought for constructing the sacred Tent. But the people of Israel continued to bring Moses their offerings every morning.

How I love to do your will, my God! I keep your teaching in my heart."

On the day you fight your enemies, your people will volunteer. Like the dew of early morning your young men will come to you on the sacred hills.

If you are eager to give, God will accept your gift on the basis of what you have to give, not on what you don't have.

You should each give, then, as you have decided, not with regret or out of a sense of duty; for God loves the one who gives gladly.

Then he shall take the two goats to the entrance of the Tent of the LORD's presence.

(SEE 17:3)

"Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of my presence, and have them take a ritual bath.

Out of the territory of all your tribes the LORD will choose the one place where the people are to come into his presence and worship him.

There you are to offer your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, the gifts that you promise to the LORD, your freewill offerings, and the first-born of your cattle and sheep.

You are not to offer your sacrifices wherever you choose;

you must offer them only in the one place that the LORD will choose in the territory of one of your tribes. Only there are you to offer your sacrifices that are to be burned and do all the other things that I have commanded you.

Offer there the sacrifices which are to be completely burned on the LORD's altar. Also offer those sacrifices in which you eat the meat and pour the blood out on the altar.

There in the land, on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, all you people of Israel will worship me. I will be pleased with you and will expect you to bring me your sacrifices, your best offerings, and your holy gifts.

So Jesus said again, "I am telling you the truth: I am the gate for the sheep.

I am the gate. Those who come in by me will be saved; they will come in and go out and find pasture.

It is through Christ that all of us, Jews and Gentiles, are able to come in the one Spirit into the presence of the Father.