Time & Place
- Time: 1491 BC
- Location:
- Wilderness of Sinai (Exod 19:1–2)
- Tabernacle (Lev 5:1)
Where Are We in the Text?
- Leviticus 5 addresses additional cases requiring sin offerings and introduces the trespass offering for offenses involving holy things and restitution (Lev 5:1–19).
- Leviticus 6 provides priestly regulations for the trespass, burnt, meat (grain), and sin offerings, including continual altar fire and restitution procedures (Lev 6:1–30).
- Leviticus 7 completes the laws of the offerings, detailing priestly portions, peace offerings, and summarizing the sacrificial statutes given at Sinai (Lev 7:1–38).
Where Are We in Time?
- These chapters continue the sacrificial instruction given after the tabernacle is erected and the covenant is in force (Exod 40:34–38; Exod 19–24).
- Israel remains encamped at Sinai, receiving regulated worship instruction through Moses.
Where Are We on the Map?
- Wilderness of Sinai: Location of Israel’s encampment during continued covenant instruction (Exod 19:1–2).
- Tabernacle: Place where the LORD speaks and where sacrificial law is administered (Lev 5:1; 6:9; 7:1).
Where Are We in God’s Program? (Dispensational)
- Israel continues under the Mosaic Covenant with the sacrificial system fully articulated and administered.
- Priestly responsibility, restitution, and worship order are defined within the theocratic system.
Why This Matters
- These chapters complete and regulate the laws of the offerings, establishing accountability, priestly provision, and orderly worship.
How This Reading Relates to What Follows
- The focus will move from sacrificial law to the consecration and installation of the priesthood (Lev 8–10).
Summary Orientation
- Additional sin and trespass cases are addressed (Lev 5).
- Priestly handling and continual worship regulations are established (Lev 6).
- The laws of the offerings are completed and summarized at Sinai (Lev 7).