The reader will now see readily the purpose of the ensuing examination of this religious system. It is not for historic curiosity――in which case we might select points amusing or strange or sensational; it is not to guide the worshiper (as Moses sought to do) in the minutest details of the system that he might make no mistake in obeying it:――but it is to gather as best we may its designed moral impression, to study its underlying assumptions, and evolve its true doctrine in regard to the great question of the sinner’s acceptance before a holy and righteous God. * * * * * Briefly and comprehensively we may classify the leading features of this system viewed externally, on this wise: I. _Its prescribed sacrifices and offerings._ II. _Its stated times and seasons of worship._ III. _Its sacred edifices and apparatus for worship._ IV. _The religious orders――classes designated for sacred service._ I. The sacrifices and offerings of this system may be classified variously:――――_e. g._ (1.) Bloody, or not bloody:――terms which will be readily understood. The former were slain animals, a portion of whose blood was sprinkled. The latter included offerings of flour, oil, wine, etc.――――Or (2.) Some were specially required: others were voluntary or free-will offerings.――――(3.) They may be classified with reference to the times and seasons when they were to be made; some being daily, as the morning and evening sacrifice; others for the Sabbath; others for the new moons; others on occasion of the three great yearly festivals; and, among the most useful for its suggestive import, those of the great day of atonement.――――(4.) Or we might classify them under the somewhat distinctive names given them in the law, of which we find a large number. We have (a.) The generic word sacrifice [Heb. Zebah]――a word which implies slaying, taking life:――――(b.) Another quite generic term, “offering,” which is used to translate several Hebrew words, and of course with very considerable latitude of meaning:――――(c.) “Burnt-offering”――[which is the quite constant translation of the Heb. “Olah”] signifying what _goes up upon the altar_ and is consumed there. The phrase “whole burnt-offering” gives according to the Hebrew, the sense of _completeness_――the whole of the animal being burned on the altar:――――(d.) “Sin-offering”――in Hebrew, one of the most common words for _sin_――[hatta]. Paul’s use of the corresponding Greek word (2 Cor. 5: 21) follows this usage of the word for sin: “God hath made him to be sin” [a sin-offering] “for us who knew no sin,” etc.:――――(e.) “Trespass offering”;――which is another of the Hebrew words for sin, offense [“asham”]:――――(f.) “Meat-offering”; some variety of food or drink other than flesh:――――(g.) “Peace-offering”――which seems closely related to the “thank-offering,” being an expression of gratitude to God; the animal sacrificed being in large part eaten socially by the offerer and