Leviticus 1

 In verse 9, there is the command which we will see repeated concerning the burnt offerings, that the inward parts of the animal were to be washed before offering them to God. The burnt offering was a free-will offering that gave the entire animal to God. Other offerings had a portion of the meat returned to the person offering it, making the offering not just a sacrifice to God but a blessing to the one giving it. Not so with the burnt offering in it, the person offering it got nothing back. So why wash the inner parts? and if the inner parts needed washing why not the outside of the animal?  The answer I say is best summed up in something Jesus said in Matthew 23:26 "Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean." David pleads to God in Psalm 51:10 "Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me." God was showing the people that when they offered themselves fully to God they needed to be cleaned up on the inside. 

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