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THE FIRST OFFERING


Leviticus 1:3-6

1:3 “‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without defect. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.
4 He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
5 He shall kill the bull before Yahweh. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
6 He shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
Romans 1:2-3

1:2 which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,
3 concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh,

The burnt offering is formally introduced here within the tabernacle system of the Torah. However, the practice itself predates the tabernacle, having already been observed by Noah (Genesis 8:20), Abraham (Genesis 22:13), and the people of Israel in Exodus 10:25.
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Before Leviticus Ch. 1, burnt offerings were offered by Noah and Abraham in Genesis 8:20, 22:13. Paul sees this burnt offering as a promise of its later fullness in Christ (echo 1).
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The burnt offering is to be a male without defect, echoing God’s Son, who was likewise a male without defect (echo 2).
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“Sons” echoes offspring (echo 3).
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"Skin” echoes flesh (echo 4).