GRAIN OFERING

“Thus the cohen will make atonement for him before Adonai, and he will be forgiven in regard to whatever it was he did that made him guilty.”
Leviticus 5:26

For the guilt offering, the previous allowances were a goat or lamb, and pigeons. However, even if pigeons were unable to be brought as the offering, Adonai allowed an additional choice in the allowing of flour. Obviously there was no blood being poured out in this offering, so the cohen had different orders in which to follow. First they would take a handful and see this as the reminder portion. This portion went on the fire and up in smoke as the fragrant offering making the atonement. The rest of the floor belonged to the cohanium, finishing up the offering for sin via grain.
The different offenses carried with them the sacrifice of different animals. For the remainder of the portions this week, we see an offering for those who acted improperly ad inadvertently, sinning in regards to the holy things of Adonai. We also read of the offering for the one who did something against any mitzvot of Adonai. Lastly in this portion the addressing of the one who acted perversely against Adonai by dealing falsely with the neighbor, specifically for one who stole, rules are laid down. It is the final verse for today’s portion that I find myself pondering. This is not the only time in Leviticus that we hear of this truth, so I think it deserves some credit. The reader performed these offerings not as a way to walk in financial freedom, but as a way of making atonement. We may not be able to know all the ins and outs of the sacrifices and offerings, but we do know it was made to bring out redemption. Remember, the enemy wants us to live in our sin, but it is Adonai’s desire for atonement.

Leviticus 5:11-26