Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-14

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great features Of the celebration NJ Thu
day of atonemcut ne well as of ID,
three yearly festivals. (Lev. xvi. ~
Private persons who hai become
unclean I,ev. xii. G.s; XIV. i.i5l ,iepers
Nazarites, etc, were 10 bring this sym
Dol OF The ntonemcnt beforc the Lord
andin later tinies, according 10 Jose
phus, even The heather pfesenieC
them.
The thank-onerlngs were materially
different from the preceding. rhey
consisted Of animals from either III,
herd or the flock. The olercr was ..
lay his hands upon the victim aud MI
u ON tho south side Of the altar. IN,
hloo'.was spfiniied roundth altar. tn,
iai' Tho kidneys and the caul wef,
consumed IN tlio fire. The breast aud
shoulder were "wnvedr before the
Lord aud given 10 the priests, ~.
representatives, aud the remainder
was used fora sacrificial feast, a type Of
the Lord's supper q Cor. <. is), and
no doubt also " the great "niarriage
least OF the Lamb" These offerings
werc always presented as m expression
ofgta,itudc or IN mlnlmuni Of vow
tNumb. Vi. ~. They ate also called
peace-oiicfingb and were Intended to
express that the oiicrer enjoyed peace
because he was rcconcilcd &, dod.
Ih, sin offerings were presented rs
an atoncment forany SIN committed In
Ignorance. They were OF various klnds.
a priest who bad -innci was to pres.
cnt young bullock without blcmish.
A male hid of tho goats was the aavri.
ice prescribed for "rulor," and a
female hid, for any OF the common PEG
pie. = bullock was 10 he sacrificed for
the whole people II they inadvertently
sinnod aud rcpcnird.
Tho victim was brought 10 lho door
OF the tabernacle and tue sinner laid
his hands upon the ANNA, "a. II 20 con.
Ter his sin and H. consequences upon
this substitute. When the sacrifice
was brought for the whole people, the
Elders laid their hands ON the victim
which was then Allied. The priest took
tho blood, dipped his finger therein
and sprinklod It seven timoa before the
Veil OF the sanctuary. Part Of the
blood was then put ON the corners Of
the altar VI sweet insensc which stood
la tho iirst compartment OF the taber.
naele. The ryst Of the blood was
poured out nj tho foot OF the altar OF
burnt-oticring, which was placed OF
posito the entrance Of the tabernacle
In the court. All the tat u the animal
and the kidneys aud the caul were
thrown on the flrc On the altar OF the
burnt Offering. The rostof huaninal.
tho head, legs, skin AMI every ihing
was to 10 carried away outside the
camp and consumed by fire (Lrv. Nv.
25-3ol. The ceremonies with which
this sacrifice was offered on the great
dry of a,oncinvnt must, 10 tho people
Of that day, have been exceedingly
impressive. They fct forth tho work
Of cur Lord In His atonement Ia
clear and comprehensive foum.
The trcspa1-olerings do not differ,
materially from sin.ollcrlngs. Com.
mcntatois seem 10 have had much
difficulty In understanding the real
nature OF this Kind OF sacrifices. IL
seems, however, that certain csscs re-
qaircd both n bunt.oiitriug and sln-
Offering, and that these two sacrifices
whom combined into one are called
trespass'oflorings. The pasihges are
Lev. vii lilo; Numb. vi -, II; Low.
xiv IL, 10; Low. xix e).22. Compare
Ezra \. Nv.
When man knew Of tho commit |
tancc Of sln Ia Others anu he did not |
reveal Il, he was considered a parlaker /
u the sih aud held guilty. a trcspass |
Offering was prescribed Tor this Kind OF |
oilouse. So also when anybody had /
become unclean by touching u dead I
body or nomuthing unclean. In such |
cases, he had 10 purify himself aud |
then present q sacrifice. This klud OF /
Offering was also required ~ an atone. /
ment for lying or for swearing falsely,
or for deccivinga man concerning any. /
thug that had been entrusted 10 ones
care.
Meat and drlnk.ohhrlngs always &C.
companlod the sacrifices aud partlcu.
larry tho lhank.oiitrings. They con.
sisted OF Hour, cakes, parched corn,
frsnklncensc, oil aud wine.
Onetenlh Of an ephah Of flour
baked with oil was offered at the con.
secfet.on Of the priests. These cake
were burnt, not eaten. ON other oc-
casion- they were waved before the
Lord and afterwar ~ eaten.
The sacrifice offered when n lopor
was purified Is very peculiar. When
the officiating priest had asecr-
hined that the siok person
was healed from hts lepro.y, no
was TO take two live birds
aud cedarwood, scarlet and hySop.
One u the birds was Killed Ia an
enr,hrn vessel, over running winter
The living blrd and the wood, the
scarlet anu the hyssop were Dipped ia
The blood some of which was sprinkled
upon the lepor soyon times. The liy.
Ing bird, btsmoared with blood, was
then set at liberty. The lepcr per. I
lormed various ceremonies relating TO
bis purliicalion, such as shaving his
head blthlng, etc, aud on tho eighth
lay ho was 10 present trespass- offer. {
ing consisting Of two ht.lnmbs Tor
burnt Offering and one ewe.lamb for
,in-ptirring, 70 these were added
iQur aud oh for = meat offering, An