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.
* Offerings to God were specific things that he commanded the Israelites to give in order to express devotion and obedience to him.
* The names of the different offerings, such as "burnt offering" and "peace offering," indicated what kind of offering was being given.
* Sacrifices to God often involved the killing of an animal.
* The figurative expression "offer yourselves as a living sacrifice" means, "live your life in complete obedience to God, giving up everything in order to serve him."
* 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 that is offered on an altar."
* __[03:14](en/tn/obs/help/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](en/tn/obs/help/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](en/tn/obs/help/05/09)__ God had provided the ram to be the __sacrifice__ instead of Isaac.
* __[13:09](en/tn/obs/help/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.
* __[17:06](en/tn/obs/help/17/06)__ David wanted to build a temple where all the Israelites could worship God and offer him __sacrifices__.
* __[48:06](en/tn/obs/help/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](en/tn/obs/help/48/08)__ But God provided Jesus, the Lamb of God, as a __sacrifice__ to die in our place.
* __[49:11](en/tn/obs/help/49/11)__ Because Jesus __sacrificed__ himself, God can forgive any sin, even terrible sins.
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