Main Reading: Leviticus 1–7
Theme: Drawing Near to God Through Sacrifice
Messianic Focus: Yeshua as the Perfect Offering Who Opens the Way to God

🌿 Overview

After God gives Israel the Mishkan (מִשְׁכָּן) — His dwelling place — the very next question is:

How does a sinful people draw near to a holy God?

The answer is found in the korbanot (קָרְבָּנוֹת) — the offerings.

קָרְבָּן — Korban

• Pronounced: kor-BAHN
• Meaning: “Offering,” but literally “that which draws near.”
• Root: קָרַב — karav — “to approach, come close.”

The korbanot are not empty rituals.
They are God’s gracious gift that makes relationship and worship possible.

This portion teaches five major offerings, each with its own purpose and meaning.

🌿 Key Scriptures

🌿 Supporting Readings

• Prophets / Writings: Psalm 40:6–8; Hosea 6:6
• Messianic Writings: Hebrews 9–10; Romans 12:1; Ephesians 5:2

🌿 Hebrew Notes (Integrated)

1. Korban — קָרְבָּן — “Offering / draw near”

Every offering is an invitation to come close to God.

2. Olah — עֹלָה — “Burnt offering”

• Pronounced: oh-LAH
• Meaning: “What ascends”
  Symbol of full devotion and surrender.

3. Minchah — מִנְחָה — “Grain/gift offering”

• Pronounced: MIN-khah
  Thanksgiving and dedication of daily life.

4. Shelamim — שְׁלָמִים — “Peace/fellowship offering”

• Pronounced: sheh-lah-MEEM
  From shalom (שָׁלוֹם) — wholeness, peace.

5. Chatat — חַטָּאת — “Sin offering”

• Pronounced: khah-TAHT
  Cleansing from unintentional sin.

6. Asham — אָשָׁם — “Guilt offering”

• Pronounced: ah-SHAHM
  Restitution + forgiveness = restored relationship.

🌿 Messianic Connection

The New Testament does not replace the offerings —
It reveals their meaning in Messiah.

Yeshua is the fulfillment of every korban:

• Olah (Burnt Offering):
  His total obedience and self-surrender to the Father (Phil. 2:8).
• Minchah (Grain Offering):
  His perfect, sinless life offered as a pleasing aroma.
• Shelamim (Peace Offering):
  He is our peace, reconciling us to God (Eph. 2:14).
• Chatat (Sin Offering):
  “He became sin for us” (2 Cor. 5:21).
• Asham (Guilt Offering):
  Isaiah 53:10 — Messiah is the asham, the guilt offering.

Through Messiah:

• We draw near with confidence
• We are forgiven and cleansed
• We live in continual fellowship with God
• We become living offerings (Romans 12:1)

🌿 Moral and Spiritual Application

This portion teaches that:

• God provides a way to draw near — we don’t invent our own way.
• Worship involves sacrifice, gratitude, obedience, and love.
• Sin breaks relationship; sacrifice restores it.
• Peace with God leads to fellowship and joy.
• Messiah’s sacrifice calls us to live sacrificially toward God and others.

We are invited into a life of continual surrender and grateful worship.

🕎 7-Day Devotional (gentle Hebrew integrated)

🌿 Discussion Questions

1. What does it mean to “draw near” to God?
2. Which offering speaks most to your own walk with God right now?
3. How does Messiah fulfill each type of offering?
4. How does understanding the korbanot enrich your worship today?
5. What area of your life is God inviting you to surrender as an “olah” (burnt offering)?

🌿 Prayer Focus

Thank God for providing the korban — the way to come close.
Ask Him to help you live a life of worship, gratitude, and purity, walking in the peace and atonement Messiah gives.

🌿 Memory Verse

Leviticus 1:9 — “It is a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.”