Leviticus 7: Group Study Handout

How to use: read Leviticus 7 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.

Overview

Yahweh introduces the law of the trespass offering, requiring it to be killed where the burnt offering is killed and its blood sprinkled on the altar (vv. 1-2). All the fat must be offered, and the priests may eat it in a holy place (vv.

Key verse

“The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.”
Leviticus 7:31 (WEB)

Outline

Leviticus 7:1–7 Law of the Trespass Offering
Leviticus 7:8–10 Priestly Portions
Leviticus 7:11–21 Law of Peace Offerings
Leviticus 7:22–27 Prohibitions on Fat and Blood
Leviticus 7:28–38 Waving and Heaving Offerings

Discussion questions

In v6, what does the priest do with the trespass offering?
What is the 'law' mentioned in v11 regarding the sacrifice of peace offerings?
In v18, what does it mean that eating the meat on the third day makes it an 'abomination'?
In v25, why is eating the fat of the offering described as being 'cut off from his people'?
When have you felt the need to adhere to specific rules like the 'law' in v11 in your worship?

Go deeper

Passages that echo Leviticus 7: Leviticus 3, Exodus 29, Numbers 18.

Before next time: read Leviticus 8.