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THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XV. 



burnt. In oblations of first fruits, no portion was 

 consumed by fire. But when a meat offering o^ com 

 was presented, the grain was beaten out of full and 

 green ears, and dried by the fire ; and oil and frank- 

 incense being put upon it, part of the corn and oil, 

 with the whole of the the frankincense, were burnt 

 as a token or *' memorial" of the sacrifice. 



3. A peace offering * was from the herd, or from 

 the sheep or goats, and might be either a male or 

 female. It was killed in the same manner. In 

 the holocaust all the fat that was upon the in- 

 wards, and the kidneys with their fat, and the caul 

 above the liver, were burnt upon the altar ; and it 

 was particularly commanded that no one should eat 

 either of the fat or the blood of any animal. 



4. The sin offering t was intended for the ex- 

 piation of sin unintentionally committed. If the 

 priest who was anointed had offended, he was re- 

 quired to bring a young bullock ; and having placed 

 his hand, as usual, upon its head, to slay it, and to 

 sprinkle the blood seven times before the vail of the 

 sanctuary. He also put some of the blood on the 

 horns of the altar of sweet incense, which was in 

 the tabernacle of the congregation, and poured all 

 the remainder at the bottom of the altar of burnt 

 offering, which stood at the door of the tabernacle. 

 Then takingoff all the fat, with the caul and the kid- 

 neys, as in the peace offering, he burnt them upon 

 the altar of burnt offering ; and tlie skin, with the 

 flesh and the head, the legs, and all the remainder 



* Levit. iil. l.etscq. f Levit. iv. 1. et acq. 



