Leviticus 7: 1-8 summarizes the law of the trespass offering. From verse 1, it says that it is the most holy. The kill is made and from what I remember in previous chapters, the person guilty of the sin ends up holding down the head of the livestock. If the whole congregation was at fault, then the elders of the tribes will hold down the head. After removing all the fat around the entrails and organs inside the trunk the priest burns it and sprinkles the blood all around the altar to make atonement.
Verse 7 states that the priest who made the atonement gets to have it. I read from the last chapter, the animal with the blood that was used to make atonement must be left burning in the fire and not eaten. I'm not sure if God is allowing an exception here. Verse 6 does state that a burnt offering can be touched and eaten by all the male priests.
Verses 9-10 talk about how the grain offerings after a portion of it being sacrificed to God belongs to all of the priests.
Verses 11-20 then go on to talk about the peace offerings. This one is interesting in that I recall the story of how King David was able to eat cakes that were supposed to be for the priests. God did not hold David at fault for doing so which makes it seem like the peace offering could be the most lenient of all the sacrificial offerings.
My favorite offering would still be the grain offering because I'm a meat lover and I think the smell of oil and frankincense burning to make atonement for a sin might be nice! Verse 16 mentions that the peace offering can be done of a voluntary nature. I guess because of that, verse 13 states that the person can offer leavened bread for the sacrifice of thanksgiving with his peace offering.
Verse 14 also talks about the person having to make a heave offering by offering one more cake. I don't know what this is really about. It looks like it's a form of payment for the priest that sprinkled the blood of the peace offering.
Verse 15 gets very detailed in that the flesh of the sacrifice needs to eaten the same day after being burnt. The rest of it has to be discarded.
Verse 16 states that if a person sacrificed meat in excess by just making it voluntary then they can eat it the second day. Verse 17 says for the third day, all of the remainder would have to be burned with fire. Verse 18 prohibits anyone from eating the meat on the third day. I guess the meat starts rotting and gets pretty unsanitary by then. Imagine having no refrigerator and all that flesh lying around; that might actually be nasty considering I'm a fan of beef!
Verse 19 states that if the cut up meat makes contact with an unclean item then it can't be eaten. All of that good meat would then have to go to waste by being burned up in flames! Verse 20 talks about the concept of being clean and unclean for the priests. The priest can do some messy stuff and then be called unclean- if he is to eat clean meat while unclean then he gets cut off from the people.
Verse 24 allows the children of Israel to use fat of animals that died naturally or were torn by wild beasts. They just can't eat it. Verse 25 states anyone who gets caught eating the fat has to be cut off from the community. Verse 26-27 says the same consequence applies if the person eats blood of a bird or beast. I know how in the Philippines and in Africa, the inhabitants there have a common thing for drinking cow's blood. I haven't really tried it, but I heard it tastes pretty good. Well, this law of God did only apply to the children of Israel back then.
Verse 30-31 talks about the wave offering! I don't know what this is. All that is clear is that the person provides the fat of an animal.
Verse 32 says to offer the right thigh to the priest who makes the peace offering for a heave offering, which I don't understand either. I recall Jacob getting his thigh bone dislocated after wrestling with a man. In that chapter, the description says that Jacob had a fairly even match with God, until Jacob got popped right there.
Verse 38 describes how all of these commandments were given to Moses who was with God on Mount Sinai.
