Leviticus 7 concludes the instructions for the offerings, including the guilt offering and peace offerings. "The Lord gave these instructions to Moses on Mount Sinai when he commanded the Israelites to bring their offerings to the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai." The process of the various offerings teaches about the seriousness of sin, the importance of confessing and repenting of our sins, and bringing them to God for forgiveness.

Leviticus 6 "If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the LORD by deceiving his neighbor about something entrusted to him or left in his care or stolen, or if he cheats him, or if he finds lost property and lies about it, or if he swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that people may do- when he thus sins and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to him, or the lost property he found, or whatever it was he swore falsely about. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day he presents his guilt offering. And as a penalty he must bring to the priest, that is, to the LORD, his guilt offering, a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for any of these things he did that made him guilty."

Leviticus 5 describes more situations when someone would be guilty of sin, requiring a sin offering. Whether or not something sinful was done knowingly, admission of guilt was required once you realized the foolishness of what was done. When a person became aware, he must confess his sin and bring an animal sacrifice as the penalty for such sin, in order to be made right with the Lord and receive forgiveness.

Leviticus 4 gives the details for "sin offerings" that God prescribed to the Israelites for unintentional sin, not that of outright rebellion against God. So there were procedures also in these instances for bringing bulls, goats, or sheep to the Tabernacle to be presented to the Lord as sacrifices and the priest would "make an atonement for them and they would be forgiven".

Leviticus 3:16 (NIV) All the fat is the Lord's.

Leviticus 2 gives details of how the Israelites were to bring grain offerings to the Lord. They were to be made from only "fine flour", with oil poured on it, but without any yeast. They were to be brought to the Lord as an offering of the firstfruits. The priest would burn "a handful of the fine flour and oil" as a memorial portion on the fire, producing an aroma pleasing to the Lord. The rest of the grain offering was given to Aaron and his sons as the "most holy part of the offering made to the Lord by fire".

Leviticus is about holiness. The first part of the book is about worshiping our holy God and the second part is about living a holy life pleasing to Him. Leviticus 1 is about offering burnt offerings of animals sacrificed from the herds and flocks of the Israelites. Many details were given as guidance in how to do this properly and exactly in order for the Lord to accept the sacrifices as their substitute, making atonement for the Israelites. Whether a bull, male sheep, turtledove, or young pigeon, they were to be offered as a "whole burnt offering made by fire, very pleasing to the Lord". The animal sacrifices were offered from their own flocks and herds and only animals with no physical defects were to be chosen. Only the holy priests were to perform the sacrifices, sprinkling the blood, and placing the animal on the fire. The offering process demonstrated God's justice, holiness, and mercy; and it also demonstrated the Israelites' dependence, commitment, and submission to God's laws.