Category:Peace offering

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Peace offering - Peace-offerings - (Heb. shelamim ), detailed regulations of these offerings regarding given in Leviticus 3; Leviticus 7:11, Leviticus 7:29. They were of three kinds, (1.) Eucharist or thanksgiving offerings, expressive of gratitude for blessings received; (2.) in fulfillment of a vow, but expressive also of thanks for benefits received; and (3.) free-will offerings, something spontaneously devoted to God.