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In the chattat procedure (Lev 4:1-5:13), what is the precise function of blood application at each stage -- sprinkling before the veil, applying to altar horns, pouring at the base -- and what does the graduated procedure reveal about how defilement penetrates the sanctuary?

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BLOOD

  • Is the life: GEN 9:4; LEV 17:11,14; 19:16; DEU 12:23; MAT 27:4,24
  • Forbidden to be used as food: GEN 9:4; LEV 3:17; 7:26,27; 17:10-14; 19:26; DEU 12:16,23; 15:23
  • OF SIN OFFERING:
  • Sprinkled seven times before the curtain: LEV 4:5,6,17
  • On the horns of altar of sweet incense, and at bottom of altar of burnt offering: EXO 30:10; LEV 4:7,18,25,30; 5:9; 9:9,12
  • Of the bullock of sin offering, put on the horns of the altar: EXO 29:12; LEV 8:15
  • Poured at the bottom of the altar: EXO 29:12; LEV 8:15
  • OF TRESPASS OFFERING: Sprinkled on the altar: LEV 7:2
  • OF BURNT OFFERING: Sprinkled all around, and upon the altar: EXO 29:16; LEV 1:5,11,15; 8:19; DEU 12:27
  • OF PEACE OFFERING: Sprinkled about the altar: LEV 3:2,8,13; 9:18
  • Blood of ram of consecration put on tip of right ear, thumb, and big toe: EXO 29:2,21; LEV 8:23,24,30
  • OF ATONEMENT: Sprinkled on the mercy seat: LEV 16:14,15,18,19,27; 17:11
  • OF CHRIST: MAT 26:28; HEB 9:6-28; 9:12-14; 10:19,20,29; 12:24; 13:12,20; ROM 3:24,25; 5:9; 1PE 1:2,18,19; 1JN 1:7; REV 1:5,6; 5:9; 7:14; 12:11
  • Without shedding of, no remission: HEB 9:22

ALTAR

  • OF BURNT OFFERINGS (Tabernacle):
  • Pattern: EXO 27:1-8; Constructed: EXO 38:1-7
  • Location: EXO 40:6,29
  • Horns of: EXO 27:2; Uses of horns: PSA 118:27
  • How sanctified: EXO 29:36,37,44; 30:26-28; 40:10; LEV 8:10,11; NUM 7
  • Sanctified everything that touched it: EXO 29:37; 30:29; MAT 23:18,19
  • A place of refuge: EXO 21:14; 1KI 1:50; 2:28
  • OF INCENSE:
  • Called the GOLDEN ALTAR: EXO 39:38; NUM 4:11
  • Called ALTAR OF SWEET INCENSE: LEV 4:7
  • Called ALTAR BEFORE THE LORD: LEV 16:18
  • Pattern: EXO 30:1-5; Constructed: EXO 37:25-28
  • Location: EXO 30:6; 40:5,26
  • Uses: EXO 30:7-10,26,27; 40:27; LEV 4:7,18; 8:15; 9:9; 16:12,18
  • Ezekiel's vision: EZK 43:13-27

DEFILEMENT

  • Laws relating to: LEV 7:18-21; 11:43; 22:2-7
  • Caused by: Leprosy (LEV 13-14); Discharges (LEV 15); Childbirth (LEV 12); Touching the dead (NUM 19:11-22); Touching carcass of unclean thing (LEV 5:2-13; 11:8,24-28,31-38)
  • Of priests: LEV 16:26,28; NUM 19:7-10; EZK 44:25,26

PURIFICATION

  • By blood: EXO 24:5-8; LEV 14:6,7; HEB 9:12-14,19-22
  • Penalty for non-observance: LEV 7:20,21; NUM 19:13,20
  • Water of purification: NUM 19:17-21; 31:23
  • Figurative: PSA 26:6; 51:7; EZK 36:25; HEB 10:22

OFFERINGS (SIN)

  • Ordinances: EXO 29:10-14 (with HEB 13:11-13); LEV 4; 5; 6:1-7,26-30; 9:1-21; 12:6-8; 14:19,22,31; 15:30; 23:19; NUM 6:10,11,14,16; 8:8,12; 15:27; 28:15,22-24,30; 29:5,6,11,16-38
  • Temporary: DAN 11:31; HEB 9; 10
  • Animal sacrifices a type of Christ: PSA 40:6-8 with HEB 10:1-14; ISA 53:11,12 with LEV 16:21; JHN 1:29; 1CO 5:7; HEB 9:19-28; 13:11-13; REV 5:6

HOLINESS

  • LEV 10:8-10; 11:44,45,47; 19:2; 20:7,26
  • EXO 19:6; 22:31; 28:36; 39:30

SANCTUARY

  • Divine dwelling place: EXO 25:8
  • Reverence for: LEV 19:30; 26:2
  • Figurative: EZK 11:16; HEB 8:2,5; 9:2
  • RECONCILIATION: LEV 8:15; EZK 45:15; DAN 9:24; ROM 5:1,10; HEB 2:17
  • GOLDEN ALTAR: EXO 39:38; NUM 4:11; LEV 4:7
  • CONSECRATION: EXO 29:36,37; LEV 8:10,11