Leviticus 1:10-17 - An aroma pleasing to the Lord

1:10-13

Having dealt with bulls, we now come to “offerings from the flock”, sheep or goats. These would be the more common sacrifices. It is not clear why it had to be sacrificed on the north side of the altar. Like the cattle, it had to be male and without defect. The instructions are very similar to those for cattle, and it ends with “an aroma pleasing to the Lord”.

1:14-17

We now come to birds, these were the offerings that would be made by the poorest people. But note that the section ends with “an aroma pleasing to the Lord”. Everyone had responsibility, and everyone was pleasing to the Lord if they did what they could. There is then also the point that none of these were the true sacrifice. There is one true sacrifice, the sacrifice of the Son of God. There are practical differences in the way the offering was to be made, these being due to the much smaller size of the offering.