Ezekiel 40–48 will be examined in light of Leviticus. Leviticus 1:1–17. The first offering mentioned in Leviticus is the burnt offering.38 The word עֹלָה refers to “that which goes up.”39 This could refer either to the fact that the offering goes up to the altar or that the smoke of the sacrifice being totally consumed goes up to God (except for the hide which goes to the priest as his prebend, Lev. 7:8).40 The majority of scholars favor the latter understanding since the peculiarity