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offering

an oblation, dedicated to God

Thus Cain consecrated to God of the first-fruits of the earth, and Abel of the firstlings of the flock (Gen. 4:3-4).

Under the Levitical system different kinds of offerings are specified, and laws laid down as to their presentation. These are described under their distinctive names.

Named offerings

burnt offering
drink offering
flour offering
frankincense
free-will offering
heaven offering
jealousy offering
meat offering
peace offering
sin offering
trespass offering
vintage offerings
wave offering
wood offering
leaven (forbidden from offerings)
pigeon
sparrow
calf
goat
cake
oil
wafers
wine

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sacrifice
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altar
censer
coffer
cup of blessing
feast
horn
fire
incense
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atonement
Leviticus
intercession of Christ
Pentecost
abomination
law of Moses
tabernacle
temple
Solomon's temple
The second temple
Herod's temple
high place
high priest
Abel
Cain
Aaron (two of his sons struck dead for offering unholy fire on the altar of incense)
Athens (pagan sacrifices)
Azazel
Ezra's offerings
Jephthah's vow
Jeroboam's pagan offerings
Mesha (sacrificed his eldest son as a burnt-offering)
Nadab (perished for the sin of offering strange fire on the altar of burnt-offering)
Zacharias and offering of incense