In the Bible, the terms “sacrifice” and “offering” refer to special gifts given to God as an act of worshiping him. People also offered sacrifices to false gods.
* The word “offering” generally refers to anything that is offered or given. The term “sacrifice” refers to something that is given or done at great cost to the giver.
* The term “offering” could also be translated as “a gift to God” or “something given to God” or “something valuable that is presented to God.”
* Depending on the context, the term “sacrifice” could also be translated as “something valuable given in worship” or “a special animal killed and presented to God.”
* The action to “sacrifice” could be translated as to “give up something valuable” or to “kill an animal and give it to God.”
* Another way to translate “present yourself as a living sacrifice” could be “as you live your life, offer yourself to God as completely as an animal is offered on an altar.”
* __[03:14](rc://en/tn/help/obs/03/14)__ After Noah got off the boat, he built an altar and __sacrificed__ some of each kind of animal which could be used for a __sacrifice__. God was happy with the __sacrifice__ and blessed Noah and his family.
* __[05:06](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/06)__ “Take Isaac, your only son, and kill him as a __sacrifice__ to me.” Again Abraham obeyed God and prepared to __sacrifice__ his son.
* __[05:09](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/09)__ God had provided the ram to be the __sacrifice__ instead of Isaac.
* __[13:09](rc://en/tn/help/obs/13/09)__ Anyone who disobeyed God’s law could bring an animal to the Tent of Meeting as a __sacrifice__ to God. A priest would kill the animal and burn it on the altar. The blood of the animal that was __sacrificed__ covered the person’s sin and made that person clean in God’s sight.
* __[48:06](rc://en/tn/help/obs/48/06)__ Jesus is the Great High Priest. Unlike other priests, he offered himself as the only __sacrifice__ that could to take away the sin of all the people in the world.
* __[48:08](rc://en/tn/help/obs/48/08)__ But God provided Jesus, the Lamb of God, as a __sacrifice__ to die in our place.
* __[49:11](rc://en/tn/help/obs/49/11)__ Because Jesus __sacrificed__ himself, God can forgive any sin, even terrible sins.