Peace offering

A Peace offering

The Peace offering symbolized the spiritual state in conformity to the Law of nature which is Divine will. It was said to be one of the earliest of the sacrificial offerings but had to do more with the character of intent than the sacrifice itself. Any worshipper meaning those who desired to serve God did so by freely offering this "peace offering".

Any ordinary Israelite, could bring a bullock, a lamb or a goat, male or female and the ritual that followed was like unto a sin offering (Leviticus 3:1-17). Of course again the "bullock, a lamb or a goat" are symbols of things you want to give up to bless your fellowman in the practice of Pure Religion.

We are told if the worshiper was a priest the fatty portions of the animal were removed and burned on the altar of God. but of course we should understand the burning, as with all burnt offerings, is a metaphor for letting go of the control. So the fat being burned up for a priest meant that he personally was not to profit from the sacrifice. Even the "blood sprinkled at the base of the sacrificial altar" is symbolic.

To understand a peace offering we need to understand the difference between the Corban of the pharisees and the Corban of Christ. The Pharisees had altered the way of the LORD with the help of Herod and now they were making the word of God to none effect. John the Baptist called them to repent.

ShinLamedMem

The word for peace offering consists of the three letters ShinLamedMem שֶׁלֶם shelem. ‎We find the same letters in numerous other words like שָׁלַם‎ shalam meaning make peace.

There is the word that means to finish or complete also spelled ShinLamedMem שְׁלַם‎ shëlam.

There is the term for welfare שְׁלָם‎ shëlam which is said to be from the word שָׁלוֹם‎ shalowm that is said to mean welfare, safe, health.

We see it used in Psalms 69:22 when David writes, "Let their table <07979> become a snare <06341> before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare((שָׁלוֹם)‎ shalowm), [let it become] a trap <04170>. Paul will quote David in Romans on this same subject:

"(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway." Romans 11:8-10

In Deuteronomy 25:15 Moses warns about "perfect <08003> and just weight, a perfect <08003> and just measure using שָׁלֵם‎ shalem a word with the sense of complete, safe, peaceful, perfect, whole.

There is the name of Salem (שָׁלֵם) or Shalem which had Melchizedek as its king but his name was not Melchizedek king of Salem but he was the righteous king peace. He may have been a leader but his polis obviously operated according to faith, hope, and charity like the altars of Abraham which brings peace.

There are still more words like שִׁלֵּם‎ shillem meaning recompense and the name שִׁלֵּם‎ Shillem which is said to mean repaid which is what recompence means.

The word ShinLamedMemHey is a word that is translated garment as we see with שַׂלְמָה salmah‎ But the same letters also produce the name שְׁלמֹה‎ Shëlomoh which is the name of Solomon and is said to be from שָׁלוֹם‎ shalowm which is translated peace 175 times, well 14, peaceably 9, and welfare 5 times.

1 Kings 4:21 "And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life."

Israel was to be priest to all nations and not force tribute which is the antitheses of a peace offering.

The Corban of peace

The term korban shelamim is also used in many rabbinical writings.

It was a freewill offerings or gifts of service shared or granted to society for the purpose of procuring peace through peace or even reconciliation in order to assure proper communion with God through blessing others.

There are at least 84 occurrences of "peace offerings but there are other words associated with a peace offering because peace offering was one of the sacrifices and offerings in the Hebrew Bible. The term "peace offering" is said to be associated with offerings and sacrifices because of the means and manner or the way you choose to sacrifice rather than the act itself.

Cain and Abel had altars of sacrifice but something was wrong with Cain's sacrifice. People will offer reasons but in Psalms 4:5 we see “Offer right sacrifices(zabach), and put your trust in the LORD.” We know that Moses emphasized all the offerings were to be Freewill offering the same as Jesus did with his charity and love which David confirmed in Psalms 54:6 – “With a freewill(nëdabah) offering(zabach) I will sacrifice to You; I will give thanks to Your name, O LORD, for it is good.”

The Corban under Herod and the Pharisees had become a system of social welfare through compelled offerings making their social safety net system to none effect. John the Baptist would oppose that system and the followers of Christ would go another way.

Leviticus 2:4 And if thou bring an oblation(qorban) of a meat offering(minchah) baken in the oven, [it shall be] unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

Peace offerings 84 times

Exodus 20:24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings <08002>, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

Exodus 24:5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace <08002> offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

Exodus 29:28 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it [is] an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings <08002>, [even] their heave offering unto the LORD.

Exodus 32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings <08002>; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

Leviticus 3:1 And if his oblation [be] a sacrifice of peace offering <08002>, if he offer [it] of the herd; whether [it be] a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.

Leviticus 3:3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering <08002> an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that [is] upon the inwards,

Leviticus 3:6 And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering <08002> unto the LORD [be] of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

Leviticus 3:9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering <08002> an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, [and] the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that [is] upon the inwards,

Leviticus 4:10 As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.

Leviticus 4:26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

Leviticus 4:31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>; and the priest shall burn [it] upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

Leviticus 4:35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings <08002>; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

Leviticus 6:12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings <08002>.

Leviticus 7:11 And this [is] the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, which he shall offer unto the LORD.

Leviticus 7:13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer [for] his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings <08002>.

Leviticus 7:14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation [for] an heave offering unto the LORD, [and] it shall be the priest’s that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings <08002>. Leviticus 7:15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings <08002> for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.

Leviticus 7:18 And if [any] of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings <08002> be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.

Leviticus 7:20 But the soul that eateth [of] the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, that [pertain] unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 7:21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean [thing, as] the uncleanness of man, or [any] unclean beast, or any abominable unclean [thing], and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, which [pertain] unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 7:29 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings <08002> unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings <08002>.

Leviticus 7:32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest [for] an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings <08002>.

Leviticus 7:33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings <08002>, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for [his] part.

Leviticus 7:34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings <08002>, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.

Leviticus 7:37 This [is] the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings <08002>;

Leviticus 9:4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings <08002>, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear unto you.

Leviticus 9:18 He slew also the bullock and the ram [for] a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, which [was] for the people: and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,

Leviticus 9:22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings <08002>.

Leviticus 10:14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for [they be] thy due, and thy sons’ due, [which] are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings <08002> of the children of Israel.

Leviticus 17:5 To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them [for] peace <08002> offerings unto the LORD.

Leviticus 19:5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002> unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.

Leviticus 22:21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002> unto the LORD to accomplish [his] vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.

Leviticus 23:19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>.

Numbers 6:14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings <08002>,

Numbers 6:17 And he shall offer the ram [for] a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002> unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Numbers 6:18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put [it] in the fire which [is] under the sacrifice of the peace offerings <08002>.

Numbers 7:17 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this [was] the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Numbers 7:23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this [was] the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

Numbers 7:29 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this [was] the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.

Numbers 7:35 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this [was] the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.

Numbers 7:41 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this [was] the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

Numbers 7:47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this [was] the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

Numbers 7:53 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this [was] the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.

Numbers 7:59 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this [was] the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

Numbers 7:65 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this [was] the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.

Numbers 7:71 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this [was] the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

Numbers 7:77 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this [was] the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.

Numbers 7:83 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this [was] the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.

Numbers 7:88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings <08002> [were] twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This [was] the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.

Numbers 10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings <08002>; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I [am] the LORD your God.

Numbers 15:8 And when thou preparest a bullock [for] a burnt offering, or [for] a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings <08002> unto the LORD:

Numbers 29:39 These [things] ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings <08002>.

Deuteronomy 27:7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings <08002>, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.

Joshua 8:31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up [any] iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings <08002>.

Joshua 22:23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace <08002> offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require [it];

Joshua 22:27 But [that] it [may be] a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings <08002>; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.

Judges 20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings <08002> before the LORD.

Judges 21:4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings <08002>.

1 Samuel 10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, [and] to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings <08002>: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.

1 Samuel 11:15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings <08002> before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

1 Samuel 13:9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings <08002>. And he offered the burnt offering.

2 Samuel 6:17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings <08002> before the LORD.

2 Samuel 6:18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings <08002>, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.

2 Samuel 24:25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings <08002>. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

1 Kings 3:15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, [it was] a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings <08002>, and made a feast to all his servants.

1 Kings 8:63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings <08002>, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

1 Kings 8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that [was] before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings <08002>: because the brasen altar that [was] before the LORD [was] too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings <08002>.

1 Kings 9:25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings <08002> upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that [was] before the LORD. So he finished the house.

2 Kings 16:13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings <08002>, upon the altar.

1 Chronicles 16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings <08002> before God.

1 Chronicles 16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings <08002>, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 21:26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings <08002>, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

2 Chronicles 7:7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that [was] before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings <08002>, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.

2 Chronicles 29:35 And also the burnt offerings [were] in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings <08002>, and the drink offerings for [every] burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.

2 Chronicles 30:22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace <08002> offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 31:2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings <08002>, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace <08002> offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel. Proverbs 7:14 [I have] peace <08002> offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

Ezekiel 43:27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, [that] upon the eighth day, and [so] forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings <08002>; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 45:15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings <08002>, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 45:17 And it shall be the prince’s part [to give] burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings <08002>, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 46:2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of [that] gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings <08002>, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

Ezekiel 46:12 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings <08002> voluntarily unto the LORD, [one] shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings <08002>, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth [one] shall shut the gate.

Amos 5:22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I regard the peace offerings <08002> of your fat beasts.

Firstfruit | Freewill offerings |
Burnt offering | Sin offering | Corban |
Heave offering | Wave offering |
Meat offering or Grain offering |
Trespass offering | Drink offering |
Peace offering | Sweet savour |
Charity | Fervent charity | Legal charity |
Sophistry | Leaven | Altars |
Milk and meat | Fire |
Kidney | Liver | Breeches |
Naked | Religion | Red Heifer |
Hebrew word Offer and offering |