SACRIFICES
(See also Altars; Atonement Day; Constant Feature; Offerings; Ransom; Self-Sacrifice)
(Note centered heading below: Law Covenant)
Abel’s: w24.08 3-4; it-1 15, 81, 135-136, 832; it-2 525; rr 15, 17-19; w13 1/1 14-15; ia 14; w03 5/1 28-29; w02 1/15 21-22; w00 8/15 13-14; w99 2/1 20-22; g89 1/8 5-6; w87 1/15 11
Abraham “sacrifices” Isaac: w24.08 4; it-1 31, 1217; it-2 525; rr 20; lfb 32-33; w16.02 9, 11-12; w10 8/15 14-15; w09 2/1 18; w09 9/15 28-29; bm 8; w07 8/15 13-14; w04 5/15 28; wt 35-36; w00 9/1 20; bp 5; w89 7/1 21-23
acceptable sacrifices: w13 12/15 15; w11 2/15 15-16; w11 5/15 31-32; w07 4/1 17-20; w06 5/15 18; w05 11/15 24-25; w04 1/1 30; w99 2/1 20-22
meaning: w24.08 3-4
altars: it-1 81-86; nwt 1692; w03 2/15 28-30
Ezekiel’s visionary temple: it-1 83-84
John’s visionary temple: re 100
approach to God requires: it-1 135-137
atonement sacrifices: it-1 211-212; hl section 14
blood: it-1 344-345; lv 76; w91 2/15 16; hb 24-26; rs 71-72; w86 9/1 23-24
Cain’s: w24.08 10; it-1 15, 81, 135-136, 386, 832; it-2 525; rr 16-17; w13 1/1 15; ia 16; w02 1/15 21-22; w99 2/1 20-22; g89 1/8 5-6
child sacrifice: w95 8/15 32
Ammonites: it-2 424-425
Aztecs: g87 2/8 25
Canaanites: it-1 403, 739; w07 4/1 18; w97 4/1 17-18; w92 4/1 4; g89 1/22 4-5; g89 2/22 20
Incas: g04 4/22 14; g98 1/8 14
Israelites: it-1 1120; it-2 424-425; w07 4/1 18-19; w97 7/15 14; g89 1/22 5; w88 1/15 31
Moabites: it-1 430; it-2 175-176, 382, 421
‘passing through the fire’: it-2 424
Phoenicians: it-1 739; g01 11/8 15-16; g93 11/22 13; w86 10/1 25
Topheth: it-2 1114-1115
Christians: w24.02 15-16; ia 28-29; w12 1/15 21-25; w11 2/15 15-16; w09 10/15 3; w07 4/1 19-20; w07 7/1 23; w02 7/1 13; ip-2 310; w00 8/15 17-22; w99 2/1 22; w92 2/1 25-28; w92 12/1 14-15; w89 12/15 20-25; w87 12/1 18
anointed Christians die sacrificial death: w06 2/15 23-24; re 100, 289
blessings from making sacrifices: mwb23.07 12; w10 9/15 32
contributions included: w87 12/1 28-31
for the Kingdom: w13 12/15 11-15
“holy” (Ro 12:1): w96 8/1 15
humanitarian works: w89 12/15 23-24
life story “A Rich and Happy Life of Willing Sacrifice”: w04 9/1 19-25
life story “Sacrifices Bring Rich Rewards”: g87 8/22 11-15
life story “Small Sacrifices Brought Us Great Blessings”: w04 4/1 24-28
“living” (Ro 12:1): w12 1/15 21; g90 11/8 27
not discouraging others from making sacrifices: mwb19.01 2
not neglecting primary responsibilities: w13 12/15 15
not regretting sacrifices made: w13 1/15 26; w12 3/15 27-28
offered by “great crowd”: w96 7/1 20-21
offering one’s best: w19.11 23; w14 11/15 15-16
principles of sacrifices under Law: w12 1/15 17-20
“sacrifice of praise” (Heb 13:15): w12 1/15 23; w11 2/15 15-16; w07 4/1 20; w03 5/1 28-29; w03 12/1 17; w00 8/15 20-21; w89 12/15 20-21, 23
sacrificing personal advantages: w17.10 11
when becoming a Christian: w94 9/1 29-31
willingness to make sacrifices: w20.08 5-6; w16.04 7-9; w08 10/15 25-29; km 4/08 3; w06 1/1 24
cleanness: w89 6/1 19-20
covenant validation: it-2 360-361
new covenant: w20.07 31; it-1 1195; it-2 362; w91 2/15 17; w89 2/1 18; ws 144-145
David: mwb22.07 7
discussion: it-2 525-528; w17.11 18; w07 4/1 17-20; w00 8/15 12-22
for Muslims: gu 16-17, 19-20, 23
disqualifying factors: w12 1/15 19-20
fire: it-1 832
symbolic meaning: it-1 834
Hannah: w17.11 18
Hinduism: sh 121; g89 4/8 25; vi 16-17
human:
Aztecs: w12 3/1 13; w07 4/1 17; w92 4/1 4-5; sh 11, 57, 59; g87 2/8 24-25
Celts: g92 9/8 19
China (ancient): sh 53
Maya: g01 9/8 18; sh 57
Shakti sect of Hinduism: sh 121
Jehovah prepares (Zep 1:7): w01 2/15 13-14
Jehovah’s acceptance: w24.08 4
Jephthah’s daughter: it-2 27-28; w16.04 8-9; w07 5/15 9-10; w07 8/15 19
Jesus Christ: it-1 212; w12 1/15 20, 28-29; w00 8/15 18-19; w99 7/1 6-7; rq 6-7; si 244, 246; rs 306-310
animal sacrifices replaced by: w90 10/15 12
application to fellow Christians: mwb18.08 7
application to “other sheep”: w86 2/15 13
available for all: w86 2/15 15-20
basis for allaying God’s anger: it-1 108
basis for healing: it-1 633-634
basis for new covenant: si 297
basis for peace: it-2 592; w87 4/15 11
basis for reconciliation of mankind to God: cf 19; it-2 760-762; w17.02 6-7
benefiting from: mrt article 57
body not taken back: it-2 786; rs 217-218
body presented, accepted, at baptism: w96 7/1 14-15
“cause sacrifice and gift offering to cease” (Da 9:27): it-2 901-902
faith required for salvation: it-1 212; w89 9/15 4-6
foreshadowed by Passover lamb (1Co 5:7): ijwbq article 120; mwb18.04 2; w90 2/15 12
foreshadowed by sacrifices on Atonement Day (Heb 9:6, 7, 11-14): mwb20.09 4; w14 11/15 10-12; w09 9/15 27; w07 1/1 22-23; w00 1/15 15-16
foreshadowed by sacrifices under Law (Heb 10:1-10): w24.08 4; mwb20.11 3; it-1 539; it-2 525; lv 76; w12 1/15 17; w07 4/1 19; w04 6/15 16-18; si 29
gift from God: lff lessons 27-28; w19.08 28; it-1 936; wp17.2 3-7; wp17.6 6-7
gift from Jesus: w19.07 30-31
magnitude: w93 6/15 17-18
new covenant concluded over: it-2 362; ws 144-145
not repeated: g99 5/8 26-27
presentation to Jehovah: cf 183-184; it-2 442; w00 1/15 16; w96 7/1 14-16
prophecies of: ip-2 202, 204-205, 207-211, 213-214; wi 28-29
propitiatory sacrifice: it-1 212; it-2 699, 760; w08 12/15 27; w99 3/15 9; w91 4/15 29; w86 7/15 11-12
sins carried away by: it-1 226; w09 8/15 6-7
way prepared as by incense: mwb20.12 6; w19.11 21-22
when placed on altar: w00 1/15 15
Job: w09 4/15 9
Joseph and Mary’s: it-1 480; it-2 347; w09 1/1 5; w03 12/15 4-5; w02 12/15 6
meaning of term: nwt 1709-1710; w00 8/15 12-14
“clean” animals: it-1 111, 317; w13 8/1 15
obedience better than (1Sa 15:22): w07 6/15 26-28
poor Christians: w13 12/15 15
purpose: w00 8/15 12-14; gu 23
Roman Empire: w10 10/1 12
taurobolium ceremony: sh 65
Satanism: g90 10/8 28; g89 10/22 2-3, 6-7
to demons (Ps 106:36, 37; 1Co 10:20): w06 7/15 13; w04 2/15 5; w93 1/15 22-24
to idols:
eating foods previously offered (1Co 8:1-13; 10:25-30): w25.07 6-7; it-1 1172-1173; lvs 22; w17.01 16; lv 20; w10 10/1 12; w10 12/15 6; g03 5/8 27; w96 7/15 19-20
to the dead:
Africa: w94 11/15 3-4, 6-7
Law Covenant
altars:
blood at base: w25.07 31; it-1 83
prophetic significance: w23.10 26-27; it-2 1081
Solomon’s temple: it-1 83
tabernacle: it-1 82-83
Zerubbabel’s temple: it-1 83
animals: it-2 525-528, 735; w14 2/1 10; si 27, 29
“appendage upon the liver”: it-2 258
bulls: it-1 374-375, 1207-1208; it-2 526-527
castrated unacceptable: it-2 1088
fat: w19.11 23; it-1 813; w04 5/15 22; w00 8/15 22
goats: it-1 965-966
lame unacceptable: it-2 190
‘not possible to take sins away’ (Heb 10:4): w91 2/15 12
profit from sale of: cl 149; it-2 428
rams: it-1 1208; it-2 916
sheep: it-2 916
ashes of: it-1 191
“fatty ashes”: it-1 814
Atonement Day: it-1 213-214; it-2 733; hl section 13; w07 1/1 22-23; w98 2/15 12, 17; w96 7/1 10-12; si 28; hb 25; w89 3/1 16-17
blood spattered before Ark: it-2 699
goat for Azazel: it-1 225-226
goat for Jehovah: it-1 225-226
atonement sacrifices: w25.02 4; it-1 211-212; it-2 733; lvs 245; hl section 13
birds: it-1 315
bird dipped in blood of another: it-1 226
turtledoves or young pigeons: w22.02 31; it-2 638, 1134; w87 12/1 28-29
blood: it-2 526-527; w04 6/15 15-16; w96 7/1 10; si 27-29
bloodless: si 27
burnt offerings: it-2 525-526; nwt 1694; w00 8/15 15, 20-21; si 27; w87 12/1 28-29
installation of priesthood: it-1 1208
kidneys and their fat: it-2 150
liver: it-2 258
significance: it-2 28
vows: it-2 1163
cleanness: it-2 526; w00 8/15 19-20
communion offerings: mwb20.11 5; w19.11 22-23; it-2 526, 701; nwt 1695; w12 1/15 19; w00 8/15 15-16, 21-22; w96 7/1 9-10; w94 7/1 8-9; si 27
vows: it-2 1163
discussion: it-2 525-528; w07 4/1 17-18; w04 5/15 21
drink offerings: it-2 528; nwt 1697
Festival of Booths: it-1 822; w07 1/1 24-25; w96 7/1 24
fire: it-1 833
firstfruits: it-1 836-837; w03 12/1 16-17
frankincense: it-1 870
grain offerings: it-2 528; w00 8/15 15; si 27
barley: it-1 257
bread: it-1 363
cakes: it-1 387
firstfruits of barley: it-1 826, 828, 836-837; w07 1/1 21; w07 7/15 26; re 203; w98 3/1 13
firstfruits of wheat: it-1 836-837; it-2 230, 598; w16.01 17; w07 1/1 21-22; re 203; w98 3/1 13
leaven prohibited: it-2 230-231
guilt offerings: it-2 527-528; nwt 1700; w00 8/15 16; si 27
consideration for the poor: w09 6/1 26
holiness: w12 1/15 22-23
installation of priesthood: mwb20.11 6; it-1 1207-1208
Israel (ancient): rr 21-23; w13 12/15 12-13; w07 4/1 17-18; w06 7/1 22-23; w00 8/15 14-17; w96 7/1 9-10; si 27
contrast with pagan: w00 8/15 19-20
effect of negligence: w92 12/1 9-11
Isaiah’s day: ip-2 393; ip-1 22-24
Malachi’s day: w02 5/1 11-13; w00 11/15 22; w96 8/1 11-12; w92 12/1 8-11; w87 12/1 17-18
significance to Israelites: it-2 598, 733, 735
Nazirites: it-2 478
Passover: ijwbq article 132; w90 2/15 11-12
Pentecost: it-2 598-599; re 203
seeming discrepancy between Leviticus 23 and Numbers 28: it-2 598
poor Israelites: w13 6/15 15-16
prophetic significance (Heb 8:3-5; 9:9-14; 10:1-10): w24.08 4; w23.10 26-27; mwb20.11 3; it-1 539; lv 76; w12 1/15 17; g 8/12 20; w09 9/15 27; w07 4/1 19; w93 3/15 10; si 29; w86 9/1 23-24
purpose: hl section 13; w92 12/1 9; wi 14-15; hb 24-25
quality: w12 1/15 17-18; w87 12/1 17-20
sacred portions (heave offerings): it-2 528
sacrificial smoke: it-2 982
salt: it-1 834; it-2 842; w04 5/15 22; g02 6/8 14; w99 8/15 32; gt chapter 35; w86 10/1 9
sin offerings: it-1 211-212; it-2 526-527; nwt 1711; w00 8/15 16; si 27
Atonement Day: it-1 213-214, 225-226
chieftains: it-1 433
consideration for the poor: w09 6/1 26
disposal of animal: it-1 659
foreshadow Jesus (Joh 1:29; 2Co 5:21; Heb 10:12; 1Jo 1:7): it-1 212
installation of priesthood: it-1 1207-1208
Jesus’ mother: it-1 480; w09 1/1 5
red cow (Nu 19): it-1 191, 480, 1084
thanksgiving offerings: it-2 526; nwt 1714
validation: it-1 1194; it-2 361
vow offerings: it-2 1163; nwt 1715
wave offerings: it-2 528; nwt 1716
firstfruits of barley: it-1 826; w07 7/15 26
firstfruits of wheat: it-2 598; w07 1/1 21
installation of priesthood: it-1 1208