"Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull. Then you shall kill the bull before the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and shall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar. And you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar. But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering. "Then you shall take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, and you shall kill the ram and shall take its blood and throw it against the sides of the altar. Then you shall cut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head, and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD. It is a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD. "You shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar. Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons' garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons' garments with him. "You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of ordination), and one loaf of bread and one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD. You shall put all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. Then you shall take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a pleasing aroma before the LORD. It is a food offering to the LORD.
Exodus 29:10-25
The sacrifices mentioned in 1-3 are now described in detail. They are three in number, and these should be compared with the fuller descriptions of the various offerings given in the opening chapters of Leviticus. The importance of these offerings for us is that they typify and illustrate different aspects of and insights into Christ's atoning sacrifice for sin. The sin offering (10-14) and the burnt offering (15-18) are to be carefully distinguished, the latter being a sweet-savour offering (Leviticus 1) while the former was a non-sweet savour offering (Leviticus 4). This is an important distinction underlining a deep truth in relation to Christ's atoning work. In the Atonement there is involved the twofold issue of the punishment of the offence of sin and the repair of the injury done by sin. Here, the sin offering speaks of Christ's death as the expiation of the guilt of man's sin - He was made sin for us that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him - hence the blood of expiation put on the horns of the altar and poured out there (12), the burning of the innards on the altar itself (13), and the burning of the flesh and skin without the camp. All this speaks of sin judged by the inflexible holiness of God. The offence of sin is punished. On the other hand, the burnt offering is a sweet savour to God (18); it speaks of the repair of the injury done to the divine majesty by human sin, and that injury is repaired by Christ's offering of Himself without spot unto God on our behalf. His offering was that of a life utterly well-pleasing to God, and it 'made up for' all that we, by our sin, had failed to offer to Him. The injury done by sin is repaired, and atonement thus made.