This year, the holy thing we shall study is the mizbeah — the altar upon which the burnt offerings of animals ... All the other holy objects on the Temple mount were either spiritual decorations ...

Here’s how it works. Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a 2,700-year-old temple that houses a horseshoe-shaped altar overflowing with offerings. Constructed of bricks, the temple is 100 ...

In Genesis, “burnt offerings” are first mentioned after Noah (as in ark) and his family survived the flood: “Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals ...

During the First and Second Temple periods, the burnt offering was a twice-daily animal sacrifice offered on the altar in the Temple in Jerusalem that was completely consumed by fire. The Hebrew ...

The priests in the Temple are commanded to begin each ... out the ashes into which the fire has consumed the burnt offering upon the altar, and put them down next to the altar.

A well-preserved substance found in a 2,700-year-old temple in Tel Arad has been identified ... the remains of burnt offerings were preserved on top of these altars. Getty Images It's believed ...

the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire” (Leviticus 1:1-9). What is a burnt offering, and what are offerings? The first communication to Moses ...

The shrine at Tel Arad also bears a close physical resemblance to the first Temple. Prior analyses of the dark, burnt-looking spots ... The residue on the larger altar was composed of animal ...

Residue on the altar may attest to food offerings that were burned there, like figs and nuts—also symbols of fertility—and additional eggs. But because archaeologists of the past did not ...