Read Leviticus 6 at Bible Gateway.
Leviticus 6:8-13 contains the Law of the Perpetual Whole Burnt Offering. The Hebrew for ‘whole burnt offering’ is olah. Some offerings were to be slain, then only the blood and some of the animal were offered on the altar, and the meat given to the priests, and to the one who brought the offering, to consume. But the olah was consumed entire on the altar. It’s a voluntary offering brought by a man in right relationship with God. Its Chiastic Structure highlights that its fire was never to go out:
Why This Matters: Paul calls us the “living olah;”
I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Rom 12:1
Sacrifice in Greek is θυσία / thysía, the LXX equivalent to the Hebrew olah.
Living whole burnt offerings.
Whole, because we are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength (Mar 12:30);
Burnt, because Yeshua baptizes us with the Holy Spirit and with fire (Luk 3:11), so that we burn with a perpetual burning which never goers out;
And Offering, because we are crucified with Messiah, and no longer live for ourselves, but for Him who loved us and gave Himself for us (Gal 2:20)!
The Hebrew paragraphs for this chapter:
6:1-7 {p} The law of the ram of the trespass offering (asham) when restitution is due a neighbor
6:8-13 {s} The law of the perpetual whole burnt offering (olah)
6:14-18 {p} The law of the grain offering (minchah) that must be eaten
6:19-23 {p} The law of the perpetual grain offering (minchah) that must not be eaten (brought by the priests)
6:24-30 {p} The priests’ portion of the sin offering (chattath)
If there are questions, these are good resources:
Leviticus 1, The living olah – Christine Miller
Leviticus 6:8-13, The perpetual whole burnt offering – Christine Miller
The Perpetual Commandments of Torah – Christine Miller
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