The Order of the Sacrifices - Parshat Tzav

(3) If his offering is an Olah from the herd, he shall make his offering a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, for acceptance on his behalf before the LORD.

(1) When a person presents a Minhah offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of choice flour; he shall pour oil upon it, lay frankincense on it.

(1) If his offering is a Shlamim sacrifice — If he offers of the herd, whether a male or a female, he shall bring before the LORD one without blemish.

(1) The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: (2) Speak to the Israelite people thus: When a person unwittingly incurs guilt in regard to any of the LORD’s commandments about things not to be done, and does one of them— (3) If it is the anointed priest who has incurred guilt, so that blame falls upon the people, he shall offer for the sin of which he is guilty a bull of the herd without blemish as a sin offering (Hatat) to the LORD.

(1) If a person incurs sin— When he has heard a public imprecation and—although able to testify as one who has either seen or learned of the matter—he does not give information, so that he is subject to punishment; (2) Or when a person touches any unclean thing—be it the carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of unclean cattle or the carcass of an unclean creeping thing—and the fact has escaped him, and then, being unclean, he realizes his guilt; (3) Or when he touches human uncleanness—any such uncleanness whereby one becomes unclean—and, though he has known it, the fact has escaped him, but later he realizes his guilt; (4) Or when a person utters an oath to bad or good purpose—whatever a person may utter in an oath—and, though he has known it, the fact has escaped him, but later he realizes his guilt in any of these matters— (5) when he realizes his guilt in any of these matters, he shall confess that wherein he has sinned. (6) And he shall bring his guilt offering (Asham) to the LORD, for the sin of which he is guilty, a female from the flock, sheep or goat, as a sin offering; and the priest shall make expiation on his behalf for his sin.

(3) In the course of time, Cain brought a Minhah offering to the LORD from the fruit of the soil.

(21) And you shall add, ‘And your servant Jacob himself is right behind us.’” For he reasoned, “If I propitiate him with a Minhah in advance, and then face him, perhaps he will show me favor.”

(11) Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, do this: take some of the choice products of the land in your baggage, and carry them down as a Minhah for the man—some balm and some honey, gum, ladanum, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

(3) Moses went and repeated to the people all the commands of the LORD and all the rules; and all the people answered with one voice, saying, “All the things that the LORD has commanded we will do!” (4) Moses then wrote down all the commands of the LORD. Early in the morning, he set up an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. (5) He designated some young men among the Israelites, and they offered Olot offerings and sacrificed bulls as Shlamim offerings to the LORD.

(1) The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: (2) Command Aaron and his sons thus: This is the ritual of the Olah: The burnt offering itself shall remain where it is burned upon the altar all night until morning, while the fire on the altar is kept going on it. (3) The priest shall dress in linen raiment, with linen breeches next to his body; and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar and place them beside the altar.

(7) And this is the ritual of the Minhah offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD, in front of the altar.

(18) Speak to Aaron and his sons thus: This is the ritual of the sin offering (Hatat): the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD, at the spot where the burnt offering is slaughtered: it is most holy.

(1) This is the ritual of the guilt offering (Asham) : it is most holy.

(11) This is the ritual of the Shlamim sacrifice that one may offer to the LORD:

The order of these sacrifices in Parshat Vayikra was: Olah, Minhah, Shlamim, Hatat, and Asham - because it begins by speaking about the voluntary sacrifices, and then moves to obligatory sacrifices given for sin.

But here, there is an explanation of the Olah, and the Minhah, and then the Hatat and Asham - because it wants to explain the laws of The Holiest Holies (קדשי קדשים) , for there is one law for all of them, as it says, in verse 10, "[the Minhah offering is most holy, just like the Hatat and Asham].

Then, afterwards, it explains the laws of The Lighter Holies (קדשים קלים).