Leviticus 6:24-30 – Take our consecration seriously

Unlike the sin offering described in the earlier chapters of Leviticus, these six verses deal with sin offering which a priest himself would make to the Lord. Verse 25 said it was to be considered the “most holy.” In other words, this was totally set apart. This offering would be slain in the place where they usually slain the animal of the burnt offering. And the priest who had brought the offering would be the only one eating it in the Holy place inside the courtyard of the Tent of meeting or the Tabernacle.

Because this offering was considered a holy thing, everything that touched its flesh would become consecrated. If its blood had stained the garment of the priest, it had to be washed in the Holy place. The earthenware used to boil the flesh would be destroyed because what was being boiled in it could penetrate the earthen vessel. And if a bronze vessel was used to boil the flesh, it had to be scrubbed and rinsed in water. While all the priests could eat of the offering in the Holy place, verse 30 tells us that it could not be eaten by them, if the offering was brought into the Holy place by the priest presenting the sin offering for himself.

Like how this sin offering was to be regarded, the things that Christ had done to secure our redemption must also be seriously regarded. None of us should treat lightly all that Christ had done for us. The attitude as we come to Jesus cannot and should not be casually regarded, considering all that Jesus had gone through for us. Taking what Christ has accomplished for us in the right attitude must be the call of the day. None of us should take our consecration to the Lord lightly, casually or flippantly. Regard it with all weightiness and significance.