What happensPermalink
Continued rules for priests handling offerings, including guilt offerings and peace offerings. Improper handling of sacrifices leads to either excommunication or death, severe punishments that match the holiness of the sacrifice.
Why it mattersPermalink
The mistreatment of the things of God is a serious matter. Sacrifices are devoted to God, and therefore their treatment must be exemplary. This principle can be naturally extended to all things, people, and places devoted to God.
Key versePermalink
This is the law of the burnt offering, of the grain offering, of the sin offering, of the guilt offering, of the ordination offering, and of the peace offering…