The Old Testament Book of Leviticus
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head,
and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy
God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:32 KJV
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* CHAP * COMMENTS
* 1 * Instructions on how to provide a burnt offering of a bullock, of
sheep/goats, of turtledoves/young pigeons unto the Lord.
* 2 * How to provide a grain (meat KJV) offering of fine flour, baked in a
oven, a griddle (pan), or a pan (frying pan). How to provide an
offering of first fruits. Offer salt with all grain offerings.
* 3 * How to provide a Peace offering - of the herd, of the flock, or a
goat. Eat neither fat nor blood.
* 4 * A sin through ignorance by a priest, the whole congregation, a ruler,
or a common person, requires a an offering to be made.
* 5 * A trespass offering is a female lamb or a kid of the goats; or 2
turtledoves or pigeons; or a grain offering. A sin of ignorance in
the Holy Things requires a ram plus 120% of the value of the holy
thing.
* 6 * A trespass by deceit or theft requires restoration of 120% plus the
trespass offering. The law of the burnt offering, of the grain
offering, anointing or consecration of a priest, the sin offering
is given.
* 7 * The law of the trespass offering, the law of the sacrifice of peace
offerings. Eat neither fat nor blood. His own hands shall bring the
peace offerings.
* 8 * Moses obeys commands given in Ex 29. Aaron & his sons are washed with
water, clothed in priestly garments, and annointed with oil. The
bullock for sin offering, the ram for the burnt offering, and the
ram of consecration slain. Part of the basket of unleavened bread
offered as wave offering & burnt. Part is eaten by Aaron & his sons.
* 9 * The first offerings of Aaron, the calf of the sin offering, a ram for
a burnt offering; a goat for a sin offering of the people, a grain
offering, a bullock and a ram for peace offering. Fire came from the
Lord & consumed the burnt offering.
* 10 * Nadab and Abihu slain for offering strange fire before the Lord.
Priests shouldn't drink strong drink when going into the tabernacle.
* 11 * Rules for determining clean and unclean meats are given. The Lord
says you shall be holy for I am holy.
* 12 * The purification of a woman who has born a male child and the
purification of a woman who has born a female child is described.
* 13 * Laws for discerning leprosy.
* 14 * The law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. The signs of
leprosy in a house.
* 15 * The law of him that has an issue; of him whose seed goeth from him;
of her who is sick of her flowers.
* 16 * The High Priest's entry into the Holy Place; The sin offering for
himself, the sin offering for the people, the scape goat; A burnt
offering was on the 10th day of the 7th month.
* 17 * When an ox, lamb, or goat is killed an offering to the Lord is
is required.
* 18 * Don't do after the manner of the Egyptians or the Canaanites. I am
the Lord your God -- keep My statutes. Laws concerning illegal
marriages and other sins -- including homosexuality and bestiality.
* 19 * Various laws, including: Fear father & mother, keep the sabath, turn
not to idols; Peace Offerings, don't glean harvest; don't steal nor
deal falsely, don't profane the name of God, don't defraud neighbor,
don't curse deaf, don't put stumblingblock before the blind, fear
God; do no unrighteousness in judgement, don't be a talebearer; don't
hate your brother; don't avenge nor bear a grudge against the
children of your people. For the first 3 years in the land, fruit
trees are to be considered uncircumcized; don't eat anything with
the blood; don't use enchantments nor observe times; don't prostitute
thy daughter; keep My sabaths; reverence My sanctuary; honor the face
of the old man. Do not vex the stranger. Do no unrighteousness in
in weight or in measurements.
* 20 * Various laws, include: He that gives any of his seed to Molech shall
be put to death; Sanctify yourselves and be holy; He that curseth
Father or Mother shall be put to death. He that committeth adultery
shall be put to death. Forbidden relationships (as in chapter 18)
repeated. Put a difference between clean and unclean beasts. A
wizard shall be put to death.
* 21 * A priest shall not defile himself for the dead - except for his near
kin. A priest shall not marry a whore or a divorced woman. Additional
restrictions apply to the high priest. A priest that has a blemish
may eat the bread of his God but he may not go in unto the veil nor
come unto the alter.
* 22 * A priest isn't to serve before the Lord with any manner of uncleaness
No stranger is to eat of the Holy things. An offering to the Lord
must be perfect without blemish.
* 23 * Feasts of the Lord.
[7th day of week] The sabath
Month 1 Day 15-21 Feast of unleaven bread
First crops First Fruits
7 sabaths after feast of Pentecost
first fruits. Do not glean
fields, but leave some for
the poor.
Month 7 Day 1 Feast of Trumpets
Month 7 Day 10 Day of Atonement
Month 7 Day 15-22 Feast of Tabernacles
* 24 * Israel commanded to provide olive oil for the lamps. Instructions
provided for the table of shewbread. The son of an Israelite woman
and an Egyptian man blasphemed God's name and is stoned. Breach for
breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.
* 25 * The year of the sabath, the year of the jubilee. The land shall not
be sold forever. Redeeming the land, or a dwelling. Use of bondsmen.
* 26 * Make no graven images. Keep the sabath. Reference My sanctuary.
Promises are given for obedience. Warnings & curses given for
disobedience.
* 27 * Estimations of value to dedicate a person to the Lord.
age male female
1 month - 5 years 5 3
5 years - 20 years 20 20
20 years - 60 years 50 30
above 60 years 15 10
Sanctification of a house or a field unto the Lord.
Redemption of a beast or a tithe.
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