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What does the Hebrew term, translated burnt offering in the Bible, literally mean?

AThat which goes up [in smoke].✓ Correct Answer
BPurity to God.
CShorn [lamb].
DSacrifice of dissolving.

Answer & Explanation

That which goes up [in smoke].

The word is olah and it refers to the fact that one primary purpose of burnt offerings was to send the fragrance, pleasing to God, up towards heaven. (See Luke 1-2)

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