Leviticus 1–7: offering index and identification practice
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Original Bibleward reading worksheet. All descriptions below are paraphrases, not Scripture quotations. References follow BSB numbering. Use an open Bible; no ritual enactment is requested.
A. Five-offering lookup card
| Category; alternate label | Read first → priest-focused return | Offerer / people represented | Materials | Offerer and priest: observable actions | Reason or situation the text states |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnt | 1:1–17 → 6:8–13; 7:8 | An Israelite bringing an offering (1:2) | Unblemished male from herd/flock; or turtledove/young pigeon | Herd case: offerer presents, lays hand, slaughters; priests present blood and arrange/burn portions. Bird case assigns different handling to priest. Do not combine the cases. | Acceptance and atonement (1:3–4); pleasing aroma (1:9). |
| Grain | 2:1–16 → 6:14–23; 7:9–10 | A person bringing grain; separate priestly provision | Fine flour with oil/frankincense; specified baked or cooked forms; firstfruits grain | Offerer brings prepared material; priest burns memorial portion; priests receive remainder. Priest’s own grain offering is wholly burned (6:23). | A memorial portion and pleasing aroma (2:2); covenant salt (2:13). Chapter 2 does not explicitly label every instance thanksgiving. |
| Peace / fellowship | 3:1–17 → 7:11–21, 28–36 | Offerer of herd/flock animal | Unblemished male or female cattle, sheep, or goat; accompanying bread in thanksgiving case | Offerer presents, lays hand, slaughters; priests handle blood and burn designated fat. Chapter 7 adds eating rules and priestly breast/thigh portions. | Thanksgiving, vow, or freewill cases (7:12, 16). |
| Sin / purification | 4:1–5:13 → 6:24–30 | Anointed priest; congregation represented by elders; leader; ordinary person; specific chapter 5 cases | Bull, male goat, female goat/lamb according to case; poverty alternatives in 5:7–13 | Offerer/elders lay hands in chapter 4 cases; priest handles blood and fat. Whole-congregation and priest cases differ from leader/ordinary-person cases. Some remains are burned outside camp; 6:30 forbids eating offerings whose blood enters the Tent for atonement. | Unintentional wrongdoing in chapter 4; specified cases, confession, means-sensitive alternatives in 5:1–13; atonement and forgiveness. |
| Guilt / reparation | 5:14–6:7 → 7:1–7 | Person responsible in described holy-things, unknown-wrongdoing, or neighbor-property case | Unblemished ram of proper value; restitution in specified cases | Offerer brings ram and makes specified restitution; priest makes atonement. Chapter 7 adds blood/fat handling and priestly eating. | Holy things harmed (5:15–16); wrongdoing in ignorance (5:17–19); deception/property offenses (6:1–7). A fifth is added where restitution is specified, not indiscriminately to every case. |
B. Translation and boundary card
| If you encounter… | Keep this distinction |
|---|---|
| Peace / fellowship | Alternate labels for the chapter 3 category; inspect the edition’s actual word. |
| Sin / purification | Alternate labels for the chapter 4 category; the purification label is also used for the cases in 5:1–13 by NABRE. |
| Guilt / reparation | Alternate labels for the ram-offering category beginning at 5:14. |
| BSB 5:6 using “guilt offering” and “sin offering” | Read through 5:13. Do not let one English phrase erase the explicit sin-offering labels in the alternatives. |
| BSB 6:1–7 versus NABRE 5:20–26 | These numbers locate the same neighbor-restitution paragraph. |
Read the passage and compare the NABRE text/notes. These terms support navigation; they do not resolve all Hebrew translation questions.
C. Identify five short descriptions
Each description is an original paraphrase. Name the category and one decisive reference. Try before looking at the key.
At 1:3–9, a person presents a bull; the priest burns the prepared portions on the altar. Category: ______ Evidence: ______
At 2:1–3, flour comes with oil and frankincense; a memorial portion is burned and the rest belongs to priests. Category: ______ Evidence: ______
At 7:11–16, the discussion distinguishes thanksgiving from a vow or freewill case and specifies when meat is eaten. Category: ______ Evidence: ______
At 5:11–13, someone unable to afford birds brings flour without oil or frankincense. Category: ______ Evidence: ______
At 6:1–7, deceiving a neighbor about property leads to restitution plus a fifth and an unblemished ram. Category: ______ Evidence: ______
D. Answer key with checks
Burnt offering. The category is named at 1:3; 1:9 describes burning. The material alone would not distinguish every offering.
Grain offering. Named at 2:1; division of memorial/remainder appears at 2:2–3.
Peace/fellowship offering. Named at 7:11; the cases are distinguished at 7:12 and 7:16. Chapter 3 alone omits these details.
Sin/purification offering. Named repeatedly at 5:11–12. The poverty condition and lack of oil/frankincense distinguish it from the chapter 2 grain offering.
Guilt/reparation offering. Restitution at 6:4–5 and ram at 6:6; NABRE locates this paragraph at 5:20–26.
E. One-passage reading slip
Passage and translation: ______ Offering category: ______ Person represented: ______
One action stated in the text: ______ Its verse: ______
One detail I found only in the later instructions: ______ Its verse: ______
My interpretation or question (keep separate from the observation): ______
AI-assisted original educational worksheet. The chart condenses multiple cases; follow each full passage for exceptions. Checked against BSB v5.9, Leviticus 1–7.