Leviticus 6: 14-23, “And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar. And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD. And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, This the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD. And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt. For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.”
This offering was offered by the people or by priests when they were consecrated. This offering wasn’t to be completely burnt but only a token, that is, a handful of the offering was burnt and the rest was to be eaten by the priests. Even though there are many today who think that serving the Lord is a good way of becoming very rich, it is important to remember that people who are serving the Lord on behalf of other people need to be supported. They need to eat as do their families. However, this kind of offering was to be holy and the people who were to eat it were set apart to serve the Lord. However, when a priest made this kind of offering it was to be completely burnt because the priest gave it to the Lord from his earnings and it was not proper for him to keep some part of it for himself.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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