“But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.”
You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water, and the priest is to burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord. The washing of the internal organs and legs — the parts that contain the body's waste — is required before the animal is placed on the altar. Even the hidden, functional, least glamorous parts of the sacrifice must be clean. The completed offering — washed, arranged, and burning — is an aroma pleasing to the Lord, the same language used for Noah's sacrifice in Genesis 8:21 and for Christ's sacrifice in Ephesians 5:2. The fragrance of the burnt offering is the fragrance of complete, willing consecration.
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