Job 1:4-5

4 And his sons [ben] went [halak] and feasted [mishteh] [`asah] in their houses [bayith], every one ['iysh] his day [yowm]; and sent [shalach] and called [qara'] for their three [shalowsh] sisters ['achowth] to eat ['akal] and to drink [shathah] with them.

5 And it was so, when the days [yowm] of their feasting [mishteh] were gone about [naqaph], that Job ['Iyowb] sent [shalach] and sanctified [qadash] them, and rose up early [shakam] in the morning [boqer], and offered [`alah] burnt offerings [`olah] according to the number [micpar] of them all: for Job ['Iyowb] said ['amar], It may be ['uwlay] that my sons [ben] have sinned [chata'], and cursed [barak] God ['elohiym] in their hearts [lebab]. Thus did [`asah] Job ['Iyowb] continually [yowm]. KJV-Interlinear

4 And his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 And it came about, when the days of feasting had completed their cycle, that Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, 'Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.' Thus Job did continually. NASB

What we know about Job thus far is that he was a nice person. He listened to the doctrines, which were taught, so he learned about God and respected Him. Job was successful, and his success and blessing came from God, and thus his prosperity was legitimate. He did not accumulate his wealth through deceit or false means.

Now we see that Job practiced what he believed.

He had ten children. The children lived in their own individual homes. They shared in the prosperity of Job, their father.

The children have a practice of feasting at each of their respective homes. The occasion is not mentioned, but it could simply be a birthday party, as each would give a party on his birthday, at his own home. All of the children were invited to the feast. Of course we do not know the reason for the round-robin feast, but whatever it was, there was plenty of food and beverage.

We know too that all of the children got along well with each other. Each was prosperous in that they had their own homes, and the sisters, who may have been married, were included in the invitation list.

After each party, Job would call the children together and hold a sacrifice for their sins. This particular sacrifice is a confession sacrifice. The sacrifice for known and for unknown sins. This sacrifice was not the salvation sacrifice.

Since only believers are obligated to confess, then we can assume that all of the children were saved, having believed in the promised savior. That promise having been give to Adam, and communicated to each succeeding generation by word of mouth.

The practice back in those days, was for the head of the family, the father, to act in the function of the priest, for the family. The father would offer the appropriate sacrifices in order to teach doctrine and make the children aware of their spiritual obligations.

Since the time of Adam and the fall, in the Garden of Eden, sacrifices have been a part of human history. Adam and Eve were given clothing made out of animal skins. The animal skins obviously came from animals, animals who had to have died in order to give up their skins.

Cain and Abel also offered sacrifices. Noah was told to place clean and unclean animals respectively, inside the Ark. The clean animals were the animals, which could be used as legitimate sacrifices.

Sacrifices were a common practice for every nation in early civilization. Some were legitimate as prescribed by the Bible, but most were bastardized into illegitimate rituals for false religious, political, or lascivious activities.

Job was not a member of the nation of Israel. Job was not a descendant of Abraham. Job was certainly descended down from Noah, but through whose line we do no know. His ancestry is unimportant. His acknowledgement of God, and his practices of faith, are what are important.

Job lived in a very ancient era, and yet he possessed a thorough knowledge of God, history, and the spiritual life.

His daily life was not just going out to watch the sheep, and roaming around an uninhabited world. He understood life, the angelic conflict, as we will see later, and he certainly understood the spiritual life.

Job had great concern for his family. He knew the human heart, and he understood the repercussions of partying. He considered sins, and he wanted to make sure that his family was restored back into fellowship. Thus the confession sacrifice.

If you want to review the studies of Leviticus, then, of the five sacrifices, the fourth and fifth sacrifice, are the confession sacrifices.

Job made offerings for each of the children, ten in all. As the sacrifices for confession required the offeror to place his hands on the animal, to symbolically transfer his sins onto the animal. The children had to be present, but it was Job who maintained the authority of his priest role within the family.

And Job not only did this once or twice, but he continually performed these offerings during his life, in compliance with Gods mandates.

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