Leviticus 6:2 " "If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;"

The word "neighbor" spoken of here is refers to anyone that has any dealing with you. So this is talking about when another person commits something of value for you to keep, or he confides in you some problem that he is facing, and you violate that trust that he has placed in you, then that is the sin of committing this trespass against the Lord. The two other conditions that this is talking about, would be taking something by force, and by deception from your neighbor, anyone that you are dealing with. This law then deals with a breach of trust. It could be involved in a land dispute, by moving of land markers, of taking the land by force. When this is done, it requires atonement for those sins.

Leviticus 6:3 "Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:"

To swear falsely, is to swear by his own lie. This sin gets into selfishness and greed, for if you find something, or your horse runs away and you find it, you think that it should be yours. God doesn't look at it that way. Our laws of precedence many times go against this type of sin.

Leviticus 6:4 "Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or that lost thing which he found."

"To restore" means to return ill gotten gains back to its rightful owner.

Leviticus 6:5 "Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering."

Everything that was taken by false or deceiving means must be restored to the principle amount, and twenty percent [20%] shall be added to that amount. This returning of the goods must be done the same day that the person appears before the priest with his trespass offering.

Leviticus 6:6 "And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:"

The person that was involved in taking the item or violating the rights of another person by deceit or violence must not only give back the amount that he took, or caused damage, but he also must present a ram without blemish out of his flock to priest at that tabernacle. This ram will be sacrificed on the altar as a trespass offering, the Asam offering as we read of in fifth chapter of Leviticus. This could cast the person committing this sin a lot of money.

Leviticus 6:7 "And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein."

This ends the trespass offering, but we will also see some repeating in the burnt offerings. As we move from this trespass offering, the subject is now directed to Aaron and his sons.

Leviticus 6:8 "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,"

Leviticus 6:9 " "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, `This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it."

The burnt offering from Chapter one is called the Olah, because the sacrifice is burnt on the altar, and the smoke from the fire ascends to our Heavenly Father. There is both a morning and an evening offering, and the burning fire from the evening offering burns all night and well into the morning. It was kept burning continually and the other burnt offerings are to be placed on this fire on the altar.

In that we are now getting into the law that governs these offerings, it becomes important to know exactly what Jesus taught concerning the Law and His Commandments. Jesus spoke of this in His sermon on the mound, in Matthew 5:17.

Matthew 5:17 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill."

This is our Lord Jesus Christ teaching here; Jesus stated here that he came to live this life in the flesh so that he could fulfill all of these ritual blood ordinances and sacrifices that were required under the law. To "destroy" as given here is # 2747 in Strong's Greek dictionary; "Kataluo; from 2596 and 3089; to loosen down (disintegrate), to demolish, to dissolve." Jesus is telling us that He did not come to overthrow or dissolve the law or the commandments in any manner. Jesus came to make the law complete and fulfill its requirements.

Matthew 5:18 "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."

The word "jot" is the Greek word "iota", and it is the smallest Greek letter " (`) = Y"; This is the tenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet and the ninth letter in the Greek alphabet. "Tittle" the merest ornament. It deals with the shape that the letter appears in the Greek alphabet. Not even the slightest of the Law that God gave Moses will be changed, until all of the law and the prophecies of the entire scriptures are fulfilled and have come to pass.

It is obvious that we are not there now, and there are many more prophecies yet to come, those dealing with these end times, those dealing with Satan's time on earth as the Antichrist, the Millennium age of Ezekiel 44, and the prophecies telling how Satan will be released at the end of the Millennium age to go out and deceive people before the great white throng judgment. This age of flesh man has to end first and that time that Paul spoke of in I Corinthians 15:50 - 54; when all souls are changed instantly from their flesh bodies, into their incorruptible bodies that see no aging and pain, has not happened yet. No Jesus has not changed one part of the Law or commandments, but he has fulfilled that part dealing with the blood statutes and ordinances of animals.

Matthew 5:19 "Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

Every one that shall "Break", as used here "change", one of these least commandments, or teach others to do so, shall be the least in the kingdom of heaven. To be called great in the kingdom of heaven means that you are living there and have status before God. This is a serious warning to those that like to teach God's Word and mix in some of the traditional thought that is being taught today, that goes against God's Word. Today men like to be creative in their teaching and come up with something new. King Solomon warned us that there is nothing new under the sun. The Scriptures don't change, only men do, and God doesn't like it when any person messes around with His holy Word. We are not to judge them and their motives, but God knows the intent of their heart, and will judge them.

Matthew 5:20 "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."

God has given us the law and the commandments to govern our lives by while we are living here in this age of flesh man. He expects us to know this law and the commandments that we have, and ignorance is no excuse in God's eyes. The fact that you are ignorant of those laws and commandments and that you don't follow them, doesn't eliminate the fact that you are sinning by them. For any sin, an atonement is required by God. So when you do feel guilty over a matter, that guilt requires atonement. In the days of Moses and the time of the Old Testament, these offering sacrifices were the way to atone for the sins committed, however there is way in this New Covenant [testament] time, and it happens to be the only way for atonement for any sin, And that is by accepting Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. Then by your faith in Christ, and believing on him and repenting of those sins in Jesus Name; Jesus blood becomes our atonement for our sins.

When you repent of your sins in Jesus Name, He becomes your mediatory in heaven at the right hand of the Father, YHVH, and your sins are laid upon Him. Jesus become the mediatory, just as the High priest was the mediator during the sacrifice offerings at the altar of animal sacrifice. The priest brought the blood of animals to the altar of sacrifice, as he follow the instruction that God gave Moses, that we are reading of here in Leviticus. At Christ's death, that need for animal sacrifice ended. Jesus became our resurrection of Life, as He told Martha in John 11:25, 26 "Jesus said unto her, "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?"

Jesus know each and every person that comes to Him in repentance, for he can read the intent of your mind as you are thinking. He laid His life down for you at the cross individually, why? because He loves you. He is the good Shepherd, our High Priest and He tells us in John 10:13 - 15: "The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine. As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down My life for the sheep."

Jesus became our Mediator the moment that He "laid down His life for the sheep". At that moment in time when the vail was rent in two at the holy of holies in the temple, we moved from the Old Covenant into the New Covenant [or New Testament times]. Now we get rid of our sins by confessing of them and repenting to the Father in Jesus name. We do have our freedom in Christ, freedom from the load of guilt that those sins place on our minds and lives.

Leviticus 6:10 "And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar."

Again, we are now discussing the law as it was given directly to the priest, Aaron and his sons to follow in giving the sacrifice offerings. The linen garment symbolically were the sign of purity, and we read in Revelation 19:8 is granted to those that have placed their sins under the blood of Christ. they have made themselves read for the marriage supper of the Lamb and put on their fine linen robes.

Revelation 19:8 "And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints."

When we repent of our sins to God, in Jesus name, his blood takes away our sins, and we take on the righteousness of Christ. We are presented at the marriage supper with the linen that God gave us to wear, for we didn't earn that right, Jesus earned it at the cross, and you accepted the right to wear it by your faith, and believe, and acceptance through your repentance in Jesus name. When we leave this physical body at death, the only thing that we can take with us are our righteous acts. Those good works that we do in Jesus name are the thing that is woven together to make up the garment we will wear in heaven when we are in our spiritual body.

These garments that the priests shall wear are to be worn at the altar of burnt offering, and the altar of incense.

Leviticus 6:11 "And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place."

We learned in Leviticus 1:16 that these garment were kept on the east side of the altar of the burnt offerings when they were not worn. When the priest was to clean the place of the altar, these linen garments were taken off, and other garments worn to take the ashes outside the camp area, and when they were in the area where the People were.

In the Millennium age when Jesus is here on earth with us, and we are in our incorruptible bodies, the Zadok will also wear these white linen garments. Ezekiel 44 tells us that when the Zadok would leave the temple for any reason to go out where his family were, they would also take of their white garments and wear other garments. When they returned there would be a seven day cleansing waiting period before the Zadok could put that robe on and go into the presence of our Lord.

Ezekiel 44:19 "And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the People, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the People with their garments."

The reason for this taking off of the garments were that these garments were holy to God. These clothes were to be worn in the presence of God, and made common to everybody.

Leviticus 6:12 "And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings."

The fire on the altar of burnt offerings was to burn continually, and be refreshed with new wood every morning and every evening. So when these ashes are being removed to be taken out of the camp, part of the fire is used to light the new wood, so that the fire of the altar would be continued. So we see here another requirement of the priest, for there were two times that these offering were to be made, morning and evening. Then after these burnt offerings were made, the peace offerings would follow the burnt offerings.

Leviticus 6:13 "The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out."

The fire that consumed the burnt offerings had to be from this continuing fire that is kept on the altar. Leviticus 10:1 starts with the fact that Aaron's two oldest sons, Nadab and Abihu, did let the fire burn out, then tried to start the fire again with strange common fire from their home, and God took their lives because of it. We will see from Leviticus 9:24 that the fire originated in heaven that was to be kept burning continually.

We now move into the area concerning the priest, and the law governing the Meat or meal offerings.

Leviticus 6:14 "And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar."

This "Meat offering" was called the "Minchah" in Chapter two.

Leviticus 6:15 "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."

One of the sons of Aaron, the priest, shall take a hand full of the flour of the meat offering, representing Christ, the bread of life; the oil representing the Holy Spirit; and the frankincense, the symbol of the prayers going up to the Father, and burn it on the altar to God. The smoke from the fire are for a sweet sovour or remembrance of it unto God.

Leviticus 6:16 "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."

So here are the additional instructions to the priesthood itself. The flour, oil and frankincense is given by someone other than on of the priesthood. However that part of the offering that is not burnt, is to be eaten by the priests in the court of the tabernacle. If the priests were making this peace offering on their own behalf, they would not eat the flour, oil and frankincense of this offering, for it would all have to be burnt on the altar of burnt offerings.

Leviticus 6:17 "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."

No leaven was allowed to be burnt with any of these sacrifices. There are three holy things, and four most holy things, and the peace offering is one of the most holy things. The Sin and Trespass offering; Peace offering; Incense offering; and the shewbread offerings are the four considered by God to be the Most holy of the offerings.

Leviticus 6:18 "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.' "

So it is not just Aaron and his sons, but all the males of the sons of Aaron shall eat of this offering. In the phrase, "it shall be holy", in the Hebrew text says, anyone that touches this sacrifice that is holy, becomes holy themselves. They would then take on the ability of not being defiled; in other words, it would be very difficult for an ordinary man that touched this sacrifice to go about his ordinary everyday duties. Why? Because he would not have to worry about becoming defiled by touching something that was holy.

Leviticus 6:19 "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,"

This starts another new law, the offering of Aaron and the priests offering, themselves.

Leviticus 6:20 " ("This is 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."

The priests would be consecrated for seven days, and then on the eighth day they would be anointed. So after the priests were anointed into the priesthood, this meat offering was to be perpetual, something that would continue from then on. So along with the burnt offerings every morning and evening this meat offering with the fine flour was to be taken twice a day.

Leviticus 6:21 "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."

This offering was to be a offering of satisfaction to God twice a day.

Leviticus 6:22 "And the priest of the sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the Lord; it shall be wholly burnt."

The reason that the priests could not eat his own offering was because it was a Minchah offering, it was offered for himself, and thus the entire thing had to be burnt. Even though it was the high priest that was to make this offering in the morning and evening, provision was made that one of his sons could make this offering in his place.

Leviticus 6:23 "For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten."

This is what has been stated in the verses above, that the priest could not eat of the offering that was offered on behalf of a priest.

Leviticus 6:24 "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,"

This is now entering into the law of the sin offering.

Leviticus 6:25 " "Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, `This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord: it is most holy."

This law pertains only to those not in the priesthood, and deals with the sin offering. It is talking about the sins of the lay people, those not serving at the altar of God. That place where the sin offering is killed is on the north side, as we read in Leviticus 1:11, which is the side that is towards the holy of holies. that place where God resides with man.

Leviticus 6:26 "The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation."

The sin offering that the priest did not eat, in those sacrifices the blood was not taken into the tabernacle. But where the blood is taken into the inner courts of the tabernacle of the congregation, that burnt offering is to be eaten by the priest. When the blood enters into the tabernacle it becomes holy by God. This is the place where the ark of the covenant, table of shewbread and so on are located. This is not a choice that is left of to the priest, but a requirement by God put on the priests.

Leviticus 6:27 "Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place."

Because the sacrifice of the burnt offering is holy, then anything that comes in contact with that sacrifice also becomes holy before God. It also takes on the requirement of the sacrifice, as well as the ease of becoming defiled. The blood of the sacrifice was even more holy than the sacrifice that was to be eaten, so if the blood was sprinkled accidentally on the garment it was to be washed and made clean. The blood was the medium whereby the sanctification was to take place, and if the blood got on the garment, it would not be proper to allow that blood to be outside the inner part of the sanctuary, the holy place.

Leviticus 6:28 "But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rensed in water."

This is saying that the brasen pot container where the meat offering was boiled, had to be scrubbed out completely, and rinsed with water after the the offering was made. It was a pot that prepared the meal for the priest to eat, and it was not to be contaminated. But if the meal offering was prepared in a earthen vessel, then it had to be broken and disposed of. The meat of the offering was holy, and in the use of the earthen vessel, some of the fat of the offering would have been absorbed into the clay of the vessel, and that made it a requirement to destroy the vessel. If this earthen vessel would have been used in the next offering, it would have defiled that offering sacrifice. The Brasen pot was made of copper or brass, and thus could be cleansed and made clean from all impurities of fat.

Leviticus 6:29 "All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy."

Leviticus 6:30 "And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire."

This scripture explains Hebrews 13:10 - 11; "We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which served the tabernacle. For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp."

Our altar is the cross of Christ. Our altar is on the hill at Golgotha where Jesus our Lord was crucified, and not in some temple in Jerusalem, Rome, Salt Lake City, London, or any place elsewhere. Our only altar is the cross that claimed the blood of Jesus Christ at Calvary hill. that altar is not in a temple structure but outside the temple were Jesus' sacrifice took place.

Even in the ancient sacrifices for sin, the beast's or sacrificial lambs and offerings were slain outside the camp, and away from the temple. When Christ was slain on the altar of the cross, Jesus was to carry that altar out of the city, through the gates of the city, and up on the hill overlooking the city, and there away from the temple, our Lord was crucified, and His blood shed for the remission of your sins. His blood was shed so that any person of any race could seek forgiveness through that blood of Christ in repentance, and come to God for the forgiveness of their sins.

This last set of instructions to the priest made it a requirement to them to eat this sin offering in the tabernacle. When we get to Leviticus 10:17, and 18, we will see that after the two sons of Aaron were killed by God for bringing strange fire to the altar, the priests were required to burn a sin offering for themselves, right along with the burnt offering for the people. Moses became very angry with the priests for not following instruction and doing what they were suppose to be doing.