TYPE OF SACRIFICE

OBJECT SACRIFICED

REASON FOR SACRIFICE

LEVITICUS PASSAGES

Sacrifices to please the Lord "whole burnt offerings"

Bull, male sheep or goat without blemish, or a dove or pigeon for the poor

To worship God, show devotion to God, and to ask for God's forgiveness; the entire object is burned

1.1-17; 6.8-13; 8.18-21; 16.23,24

Sacrifices to give thanks to the Lord "grain offerings"

A mixture of fine wheat flour, olive oil and incense; bread baked without yeast or honey in loaves or wafers or fried in flat wafers; salt is added sometimes; sometimes used along with burnt offerings or peace offerings

To worship God by giving thanks; to recognize that God is the giver of blessings and provider of good things

2.1-16; 6.14-23

Sacrifices to ask the Lord's blessing "peace offerings" or "well-being offerings"

Fat and certain inner organs from a bull, cow, sheep, or goat that has nothing wrong with it; various kinds of bread made without yeast

To worship God and ask for God's blessing; some of the meat is kept and eaten (7.28-35)

3.1-17; 7.11-36

Sacrifices to ask forgiveness "sin offerings"

- A young bull for the high priest and the whole nation
- A male goat for a tribal leader
- A female goat or lamb for ordinary people
- Two doves or pigeons for the poor
- Two pounds of fine flour for the very poor
- Two goats and a ram on the Great Day of Forgiveness (one goat carries the sins of the whole nation into the wilderness)

To ask for God's forgiveness; to make amends for specific unintentional sins; to become clean after becoming ritually unclean

4.1--5.13; 6.24-30; 8.14-17; 16.3-22

Sacrifices to make things right "guilt offerings"

A ram that has nothing wrong with it; or the price of the ram in addition to paying back what was stolen or destroyed, plus twenty percent

To make up for cheating the Lord or unintentionally destroying something that belonged to the Lord; to make up for robbing or cheating another person

5.14--6.7; 7.1-6