Lev 17: Sacrifice
and Blood
17:1-9 The Place of
Sacrifice Specified
To prevent worshiip
of demon goat idols.
17:10-16 The Eating
of Blood Prohibited
1. The life
principle is centered in the blood.
2. The LORD chose
blood for atonement.
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Lev 18: Pagan Sexual
Acts Outlawed
18:1-5 Not as Egypt
or Canaan. I am the LORD.
18:6-18 Forbidden to
“uncover the nakedness of” (have relations with): one’s mother, step-mother,
sister, granddaughter, half-sister, aunt, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law,
wife’s daughter or granddaughter, or his living wife’s sister.
18:19-23 Not during
woman’s monthly cycle; no adultery; no child sacrifice; not male with a male
(abomination); not with an animal (perversion).
18:24-30 “Lest the
land vomit you out.”
Lev 19: Holy Daily
Conduct Demanded
Note these repeated
words: “I am the LORD.”
19:1-2 Holiness in
every part of life. Because …
19:3-4 Father and
mother. Sabbaths. No idols.
19:5-8 Eating the
sacrifice of peace offerings.
19:9-18 Regard for
poor. Ethics. Honesty. No cruelty. No partiality. No slander. No hatred or vengeance. Work it out!
Love neighbor as self.
19:19 Consistency
and unity.
Lev 19: Holy Daily
Conduct Demanded
19:20-22 Relations
with concubines. Penalty.
19:23-25 Fruit holy
in 4th year. Eaten in 5th.
19:26-29 No omens,
fortune-telling, (pagan) disfigurement, cuts, tattoos, dtrs as prostitutes.
19:30-37 Sabbaths
and sanctuary. No mediums or necromancers (who call up the dead). Respect for
the gray-headed elderly. Treatment of the sojourner same as the native. Love
the sojourner as yourself, because you were strangers in Egypt. Honest
measurements.
Lev 20: Punishments
for Sin Listed
20:1-5 Offering
children to Molech.
20:6-8 Using
mediums, necromancers.
20:9 Cursing father
or mother.
20:10-21 Committing
sexual immorality.
Some cases: “They
shall be put to death.”
Others: “… cut off”
from God’s people.
20:22-27 Summary and
reminder: Obey [1] lest the land vomit you out, [2] because of the good land
you are given, [3] God set you apart.
Lev 21: Holiness of
Priests Required
21:1-9 Requirements
for All Priests Given
21:10-15
Requirements for High Priest Given
21:16-24
Disqualifying Blemishes Listed
Lev 22: Holiness of
Offerings Required
22:1-9 Priest alone
allowed to eat of the sacred offerings, but not if ceremonially unclean.
22:10-16 Only those
fully in the priest’s family could share in eating the sacred offerings. Any other
person who ate it by mistake was to make restitution with equivalent food plus
a 20% fine.
22:17-30 Acceptable
offerings were to be males without these specific blemishes or defects.
22:31-33 Sanctify,
do not profane My name. I sanctify you. I saved you. I am the LORD.
Lev 23: Sabbath,
Feasts Regulated
23:1-3 Sabbath Law
23:4-8 Passover,
Unleavened Bread
23:9-14 Firstfruits
23:15-22 Feast of
Weeks (Pentecost)
23:23-25 Feast of
Trumpets
23:26-32 Day of
Atonement
23:33-44 Feast of
Tabernacles
Lev 24: Lamps and
Bread; Blasphemy of the Name
24:1-4 Lamps: olive
oil, continually burning
24:5-9 Bread of the
Presence: 12 loaves, set out each Sabbath, for Aaron and sons in a holy place
24:10-16 Blasphemy,
a Capital Sin
Son of Israelite
mother and Egyptian father
Witnesses lay their
hands on his head.
Entire congregation
stones him.
24:17-23 Lex
talionis (Law of Retribution)
Penalty fit the
crime, no more or less.
Lev 25: Sabbath
Year, Year of Jubilee
25:1-7 Sabbatical
Year
Land had a “Sabbath”
rest from cultivation.
Began at time of
sowing (Fall) each 7th year.
Voluntary produce
would be enough for all. No systematic harvest. All, including the poor, ate.
25:8-55 Year of
Jubilee
Every 50th year –
property restored to original Israelite family owners; slaves freed. Liberty!
25:35-46 Kindness to the Poor
Lev 26: Rewards and
Punishments
26:1-13 Promises for
Obedience
Rain, produce,
peace, military victory.
The LORD to dwell
and walk among, with you.
26:14-46 Penalties
for Disobedience
Panic; disease;
defeat; pestilence; drought; cannibalism; destruction of religious centers,
cities, and land; exile to a foreign land.
If you confess and
repent in that foreign land, the LORD to remember His covenant and restore.
Lev 27: Vows,
Dedications, and Tithes
27:1-8 Valuation of
Dedicated Persons
One could dedicate
himself or a member of his family. Since a non-Levite could not serve in the
sanctuary, he made a payment to the sanctuary.
27:9-13 Dedicated
Animals
27:14-25 Dedicated
Real Estate
27:26-29 Objects
Excluded
27:30-33 Tithes
27:34 Summary of
Leviticus
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