Leviticus 22:1-33

Hello and welcome. Today we read through Leviticus 22:1-33

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Leviticus 22

Sundry Rules for Priests

1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2"Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the LORD.

3"Say to them, 'If any man among all your descendants throughout your generations approaches the holy gifts which the sons of Israel dedicate to the LORD, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from before Me; I am the LORD.

4'No man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or who has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean And if one touches anything made unclean by a corpse or if a man has a seminal emission,
5or if a man touches any teeming things by which he is made unclean, or any man by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness;

6a person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water.
7'But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he shall eat of the holy gifts, for it is his food.

8'He shall not eat an animal which dies or is torn by beasts, becoming unclean by it; I am the LORD.
9'They shall therefore keep My charge, so that they will not bear sin because of it and die thereby because they profane it; I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

10'No layman, however, is to eat the holy gift; a sojourner with the priest or a hired man shall not eat of the holy gift.

11'But if a priest buys a slave as his property with his money, that one may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his food.

12'If a priest's daughter is married to a layman, she shall not eat of the offering of the gifts.
13'But if a priest's daughter becomes a widow or divorced, and has no child and returns to her father's house as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's food; but no layman shall eat of it.
14'But if a man eats a holy gift unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy gift to the priest.

15'They shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel which they offer to the LORD,
16and so cause them to bear punishment for guilt by eating their holy gifts; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'"

Flawless Animals for Sacrifice

17Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
18"Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, '(P)Any man of the house of Israel or of the aliens in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their votive or any of their freewill offerings, which they present to the LORD for a burnt offering--
19for you to be accepted--it must be a male without defect from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.
20'Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it will not be accepted for you.
21'When a man offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD to fulfill a special vow or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.

22'Those that are blind or fractured or maimed or having a running sore or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the LORD.
23'In respect to an ox or a lamb which has an overgrown or stunted member, you may present it for a freewill offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted.
24'Also anything with its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut, you shall not offer to the LORD, or sacrifice in your land,
25nor shall you accept any such from the hand of a foreigner for offering as the food of your God; for their corruption is in them, they have a defect, they shall not be accepted for you.'"

26Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

27"When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be accepted as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the LORD.

28"But, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not kill both it and its young in one day.
29"When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.

30"It shall be eaten on the same day, you shall leave none of it until morning; I am the LORD.
31"So you shall keep My commandments, and do them; I am the LORD.

32"You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
33who brought you out from the land of Egypt, to be your God; I am the LORD."

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Leviticus 21:1-24

Hello and welcome...Today we read through Leviticus 21:1-24.

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Leviticus 21

Regulations concerning Priests

1Then the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: '(A)No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people,
2except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother,
3also for his virgin sister, who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

4'He shall not defile himself as a relative by marriage among his people, and so profane himself.
5'They shall not make any baldness on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.

6'They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they present the offerings by fire to the LORD, the food of their God; so they shall be holy.

7'They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.

8'You shall consecrate him, therefore, for he offers the food of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy.

9'Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

10'The priest who is the highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not uncover his head nor tear his clothes;

11(nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;
12nor shall he go out of the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD.

13'He shall take a wife in her virginity.

14'A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by harlotry, these he may not take; but rather he is to marry a virgin of his own people,
15so that he will not profane his offspring among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.'"

16Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

17"Speak to Aaron, saying, 'No man of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect shall approach to offer the food of his God.

18'For no one who has a defect shall approach: a blind man, or a lame man, or he who has a disfigured face, or any deformed limb,
19or a man who has a broken foot or broken hand,
20or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles.

21'No man among the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a defect is to come near to offer the LORD'S offerings by fire; since he has a defect, he shall not come near to offer the food of his God.

22'He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy,
23only he shall not go in to the veil or come near the altar because he has a defect, so that he will not profane My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'"

24So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel.


~Priests must be without blemish, marry only a virgin and animals used in sacrifice must be without blemish and at least 8 days old.

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Leviticus 20:1-27

Hello and welcome...Today we read through Leviticus 20:1-27.

We are still in the I am including the entire passage today. I am using the NASB version but you may change it if you like by clicking here

Leviticus 20

On Human Sacrifice and Immoralities

1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2"You shall also say to the sons of Israel: 'Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

3'I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his offspring to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and to profane My holy name.

4'If the people of the land, however, should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his offspring to Molech, so as not to put him to death,

5then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by playing the harlot after Molech.

6'As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.

7'You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

8'You shall keep My statutes and practice them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
9'If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness is upon him.

10'If there is a man who commits adultery with another man's wife, one who commits adultery with his friend's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

11'If there is a man who lies with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death, their bloodguiltiness is upon them.

12'If there is a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed incest, their bloodguiltiness is upon them.
13'If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.
14'If there is a man who marries a woman and her mother, it is immorality; both he and they shall be burned with fire, so that there will be no immorality in your midst.

15'If there is a man who lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; you shall also kill the animal.

16'If there is a woman who approaches any animal to mate with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.

17'.If there is a man who takes his sister, his father's daughter or his mother's daughter, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people. He has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he bears his guilt.

18'If there is a man who lies with a menstruous woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her flow, and she has exposed the flow of her blood; thus both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

19'You shall also not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or of your father's sister, for such a one has made naked his blood relative; they will bear their guilt.

20'If there is a man who lies with his uncle's wife he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness; they will bear their sin. They will die childless.

21'If there is a man who takes his brother's wife, it is abhorrent; he has uncovered his brother's nakedness. They will be childless.

22'You are therefore to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to live will not spew you out.

23'Moreover, you shall not follow (the customs of the nation which I will drive out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have abhorred them.

24'Hence I have said to you, "You are to possess their land, and I Myself will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey " I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

25'You are therefore to make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything that creeps on the ground, which I have separated for you as unclean.

26'Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.

27'Now a man or a woman who is a medium or a spiritist shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones, their bloodguiltiness is upon them.'"

~Passages 19 and 20 are known as the mist. "laws." It reminds me of the Bill Cosby stand up comedy...go to the bathroom...turn on the water...get wet...use soap. He used comedy to point out how literal we need to be with our children...do you think the Lord feels the same way?

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Leviticus 19:1-37

Good morning...Hope you are having a wonderful day today. Today we read through Leviticus 19:1-37.

I am including the entire passage yet again today. I am using the NASB version of the the bible but you may change it if you like by clicking here.

Leviticus 19

Idolatry Forbidden

1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

2"Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, 'You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.

3'Every one of you shall reverence his mother and his father, and you shall keep My sabbaths; I am the LORD your God.
4'Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am the LORD your God.
5'Now when you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted,

6'It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and the next day; but what remains until the third day shall be burned with fire.

7'So if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an offense; it will not be accepted.
8'Everyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from his people.
Sundry Laws

9'Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

10'Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God.

11'You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
12'You shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

13'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning.

14'You shall not curse a deaf man, nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the LORD

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15.You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

16'You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the LORD.

17'You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.

18'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.

19'You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together.

20'Now if a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave acquired for another man, but who has in no way been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not, however, be put to death, because she was not free.

21'He shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD to the doorway of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering.
22'The priest shall also make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the LORD for his sin which he has committed, and the sin which he has committed will be forgiven him.

23'When you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten.
24'But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the LORD.

25'In the fifth year you are to eat of its fruit, that its yield may increase for you; I am the LORD your God.

26'You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination or soothsaying.

27'(You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard.
28'You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.

29'Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.

30'You shall keep My sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am the LORD.
31'Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

32'You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.

33'When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

34'The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and (you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.

35'You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity.
36'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

37'You shall thus observe all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them; I am the LORD.'"

~This was one of the highlights of mosaic law. Great consideration was shown to the Poor. Wages were to be paid day by day. No usury was to be taken. Loans and gifts were to be made to the needy. Gleanings were to be left in harvest fields for the poor. All through the Old Testament unceasing emphasis is placed on kindness to widows, orphans, and strangers.

Please join me in reading Leviticus 20:1-27

Leviticus 18:1-30

Hello...I'm off to a late start today.... I am glad you have come. Today we read through Leviticus 18:1-30

I am using the NASB version again today...you may change it if you like by clicking here.

Leviticus 18

Laws on Immoral Relations

1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'I am the LORD your God.
3'You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes.

4'You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God.

5'So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which a man may live if he does them; I am the LORD.

6'None of you shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness; I am the LORD.

7'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness.

8'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.

9'The nakedness of your sister, either your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether born at home or born outside, their nakedness you shall not uncover.

10'The nakedness of your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for their nakedness is yours.

11'The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, born to your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

12'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is your father's blood relative.

13'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is your mother's blood relative.

14'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother; you shall not approach his wife, she is your aunt.

15'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

16'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness.

17'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, nor shall you take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are blood relatives. It is lewdness.

18'You shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.

19'Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her menstrual impurity.
20'You shall not have intercourse with your neighbor's wife, to be defiled with her.

21'You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

22'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.
23'Also you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.

24'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.

25'For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants.

26'But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the alien who sojourns among you

27(for the men of the land who have been before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled);

28so that the land will not spew you out, should you defile it, as it has spewed out the nation which has been before you.

29'For whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people.

30'Thus you are to keep My charge, that you do not practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves with them; I am the LORD your God.'"

~If we wonder why some of these things were mentioned...It is because it was common practice among Israel's neighbors.(Halley's handbook)

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Leviticus 17:1-16

Hello and welcome...Today we read through Leviticus 17:1-16

I am including the entire passage today. I am using the NASB version but you may change it if you like by clicking here.

Leviticus 17

Blood for Atonement

1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2"Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, 'This is what the LORD has commanded, saying,

3"Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or who slaughters it outside the camp,
4and has not brought it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, bloodguiltiness is to be reckoned to that man. He has shed blood and that man shall be cut off from among his people.

5"The reason is so that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing in the open field, that they may bring them in to the LORD, at the doorway of the tent of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.

6"The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and offer up the fat in smoke as a soothing aroma to the LORD.

7"They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations."'

8"Then you shall say to them, 'Any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
9and does not bring it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to offer it to the LORD, that man also shall be cut off from his people.

10'And any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.
11'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.'

12"Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, 'No person among you may eat blood, nor may any alien who sojourns among you eat blood.'

13"So when any man from the sons of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, in hunting catches a beast or a bird which may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.

14"For as for the life of all flesh, its blood is identified with its life. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, 'You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.'

15"When any person eats an animal which dies or is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or an alien, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and remain unclean until evening; then he will become clean.

16"But if he does not wash them or bathe his body, then he shall bear his guilt."

~The law required presentation of animals at the door of the Tabernacle. Eating of blood was strictly forbidden...(and still is Acts 15:29)

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Leviticus 16:1-34

Hello and Good day to you :o) Today we read through Leviticus 16:1-34.

As before I have included the entire passage. I am using the NASB version. You may change it if you like by clicking here.

Leviticus 16

Law of Atonement

1Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they had approached the presence of the LORD and died.

2The LORD said to Moses: "Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die; for I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.

3"Aaron shall enter the holy place with this: with a bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

4"He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments shall be next to his body, and he shall be girded with the linen sash and attired with the linen turban (these are holy garments) Then he shall bathe his body in water and put them on.

5"He shall take from the congregation of the sons of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

6"Then Aaron shall offer the bull for the sin offering which is for himself, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household.

7"He shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

8"Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the scapegoat.

9"Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the lot for the LORD fell, and make it a sin offering.

10"But the goat on which the lot for the scapegoat fell shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make atonement upon it, to send it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.

11"Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering which is for himself and make atonement for himself and for his household, and he shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering which is for himself.

12"He shall take a firepan full of coals of fire from upon the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely ground sweet incense, and bring it inside the veil.

13"He shall put the incense on the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the ark of the testimony, otherwise he will die.
14"Moreover, he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; also in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

15"Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat.

16"He shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the impurities of the sons of Israel and because of their transgressions in regard to all their sins; and thus he shall do for the tent of meeting which abides with them in the midst of their impurities.

17"When he goes in to make atonement in the holy place, no one shall be in the tent of meeting until he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household and for all the assembly of Israel.

18"Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and of the blood of the goat and put it on the horns of the altar on all sides.

19"With his finger he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it seven times and cleanse it, and from the impurities of the sons of Israel consecrate it.

20"When he finishes atoning for the holy place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat.

21"Then Aaron shall lay both of his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins; and he shall lay them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who stands in readiness.

22"The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a solitary land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

23"Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting and take off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there.

24"He shall bathe his body with water in a holy place and put on his clothes, and come forth and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people and make atonement for himself and for the people.

25"Then he shall offer up in smoke the fat of the sin offering on the altar.
26"The one who released the goat as the scapegoat shall wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; then afterward he shall come into the camp.

27"But the bull of the sin offering and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be taken outside the camp, and they shall burn their hides, their flesh, and their refuse in the fire.

28"Then the
one who burns them shall wash his clothes and bathe his body with water, then afterward he shall come into the camp.

An Annual Atonement

29"This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you;

30for it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

31"It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute.

32"So the priest who is anointed and ordained to serve as priest in his father's place shall make atonement: he shall thus put on the linen garments, the holy garments,
33and make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar. He shall also make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.

34"Now you shall have this as a permanent statute, to make atonement for the sons of Israel for all their sins once every year." And just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so he did.

~This way on the 10th day of the 7th month was the most solemn day of the year. The removal of sin was only for a year but it pointed forward to the eternal removal.

"scapegoat"(verse 8) which is thought to have been a name for Satan, After the sacrificial goat had been offered, then the High-Priest laid his hands on the head of the goat and confessed over him the sins of the people. Then the goat was led away into a solitary land bearing away the sins of the people. This ceremony was one of God's historical fore-pictures of Coming Atonement for Human sin by the Death of Christ.(Halley's Handbook)

Please join me in reading Leviticus 17:1-16

Leviticus 15:1-33

Hello and Welcome...Today we read through Leviticus 15:1-33

We are still in the "laws" so I have included the entire passage. I am using the NASB version. You may change it if you like by clicking here.

Leviticus 15

Cleansing Unhealthiness

1The LORD also spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
2"Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.

3'This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge to flow or whether his body obstructs its discharge.

4'Every bed on which the person with the discharge lies becomes unclean, and everything on which he sits becomes unclean.

5'Anyone, moreover, who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening;

6and whoever sits on the thing on which the man with the discharge has been sitting, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.
7'Also whoever touches the person with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

8'Or if the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, he too shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

9'Every saddle on which the person with the discharge rides becomes unclean.
10'Whoever then touches any of the things which were under him shall be unclean until evening, and he who carries them shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

11'Likewise, whomever the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

12'However, an earthenware vessel which the person with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.

13'Now when the man with the discharge becomes cleansed from his discharge, then he shall count off for himself seven days for his cleansing; he shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in running water and will become clean.

14'Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD to the doorway of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest;

15and the priest shall offer them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD because of his discharge.

16'Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening.

17'As for any garment or any leather on which there is seminal emission, it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening.

18'If a man lies with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening
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19'When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.

20'Everything also on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean, and everything on which she sits shall be unclean.
21'Anyone who touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

22'Whoever touches any thing on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

23'Whether it be on the bed or on the thing on which she is sitting, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening.

24'If a man actually lies with her so that her menstrual impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days, and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.

25'Now if a woman has a discharge of her blood many days, not at the period of her menstrual impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond that period, all the days of her impure discharge she shall continue as though in her menstrual impurity; she is unclean.

26'Any bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her like her bed at menstruation; and every thing on which she sits shall be unclean, like her uncleanness at that time.

27'Likewise, whoever touches them shall be unclean and shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

28'When she becomes clean from her discharge, she shall count off for herself seven days; and afterward she will be clean.

29'Then on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them in to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting.

30'The priest shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on her behalf before the LORD because of her impure discharge.'

31"Thus you shall keep the sons of Israel separated from their uncleanness, so that they will not die in their uncleanness by their defiling My tabernacle that is among them."

32This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it,

33and for the woman who is ill because of menstrual impurity, and for the one who has a discharge, whether a male or a female, or a man who lies with an unclean woman.

~ the elaborate system of specifications as to how a person could become ceremonially "unclean" and the requirements concerning it, were, it seems, designed to promote personal physical cleanliness and continual recognition of God in all the ways of life.( Halley's handbook)

please join me in reading Leviticus 16:1-34

Leviticus 14:1-57

Hello and welcome...It's time once a gain to read our passage of the day. Today we read Leviticus 14:1-57. It's a long one again today so get your coffee and snuggle down.

We are reading about another "law" today so I am including the entire passage. I am using the NASB version but you may change it if you like by clicking here.

Leviticus 14

Law of Cleansing a Leper

1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2"This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest, 3and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper,

4then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds and cedar wood and a scarlet string and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed.

5"The priest shall also give orders to slay the one bird in an earthenware vessel over running water.

6"As for the live bird, he shall take it together with the cedar wood and the scarlet string and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slain over the running water.

7"He shall then sprinkle seven times the one who is to be cleansed from the leprosy and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the live bird go free over the open field.

8"The one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe in water and be clean Now afterward, he may enter the camp, but he shall stay outside his tent for seven days.

9"It will be on the seventh day that he shall shave off all his hair: he shall shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair. He shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water and be clean
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10"Now on the eighth day he is to take two male lambs without defect, and a yearling ewe lamb without defect, and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and one log of oil;

11and the priest who pronounces him clean shall present the man to be cleansed and the aforesaid before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

12"Then the priest shall take the one male lamb and bring it for a guilt offering, with the log of oil, and present them as a wave offering before the LORD.

13"Next he shall slaughter the male lamb in the place where they slaughter the sin offering and the burnt offering, at the place of the sanctuary--for the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy.

14"The priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
15"The priest shall also take some of the log of oil, and pour it into his left palm;

16the priest shall then dip his right-hand finger into the oil that is in his left palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of the oil seven times before the LORD.

17"Of the remaining oil which is in his palm, the priest shall put some on the right ear lobe of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering;

18while the rest of the oil that is in the priest's palm, he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD.

19"The priest shall next offer the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Then afterward, he shall slaughter the burnt offering.

20"The priest shall offer up the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be clean.

21"But if he is poor and his means are insufficient, then he is to take one male lamb for a guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for him, and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil,
22and two turtledoves or two young pigeons which are within his means, the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

23"Then the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, before the LORD.

24"The priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall offer them for a wave offering before the LORD.

25"Next he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

26"The priest shall also pour some of the oil into his left palm;
27and with his right-hand finger the priest shall sprinkle some of the oil that is in his left palm seven times before the LORD.

28"The priest shall then put some of the oil that is in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering.

29"Moreover, the rest of the oil that is in the priest's palm he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement on his behalf before the LORD.

30"He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, which are within his means.

31"He shall offer what he can afford, the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed.

32"This is the law for him in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose means are limited for his cleansing."
Cleansing a Leprous House

33The LORD further spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:

34"When you enter the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a mark of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession,

35then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, 'Something like a mark of leprosy has become visible to me in the house.'

36"The priest shall then command that they empty the house before the priest goes in to look at the mark, so that everything in the house need not become unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to look at the house.

37"So he shall look at the mark, and if the mark on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the surface,

38then the priest shall come out of the house, to the doorway, and quarantine the house for seven days.

39"The priest shall return on the seventh day and make an inspection. If the mark has indeed spread in the walls of the house,

40then the priest shall order them to tear out the stones with the mark in them and throw them away at an unclean place outside the city.

41"He shall have the house scraped all around inside, and they shall dump the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean place outside the city.

42"Then they shall take other stones and replace those stones, and he shall take other plaster and replaster the house.

43"If, however, the mark breaks out again in the house after he has torn out the stones and scraped the house, and after it has been replastered,
44then the priest shall come in and make an inspection. If he sees that the mark has indeed spread in the house, it is a malignant mark in the house; it is unclean.

45"He shall therefore tear down the house, its stones, and its timbers, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall take them outside the city to an unclean place.

46"Moreover, whoever goes into the house during the time that he has quarantined it, becomes unclean until evening.

47"Likewise, whoever lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

48"If, on the other hand, the priest comes in and makes an inspection and the mark has not indeed spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean because the mark has not reappeared.

49"To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds and cedar wood and a scarlet string and hyssop,
50and he shall slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over running water.

51"Then he shall take the cedar wood and the hyssop and the scarlet string, with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird as well as in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

52"He shall thus cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running water, along with the live bird and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop and with the scarlet string.

53"However, he shall let the live bird go free outside the city into the open field. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it will be clean."

54This is the law for any mark of leprosy--even for a scale,
55and for the leprous garment or house,
56and for a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot--
57to teach when they are unclean and when they are clean.

This is the law of leprosy.

~like 13 this was so important because the disease of leprosy was so bad...they really took it seriously.

please join me in reading Leviticus 15:1-33

Leviticus 13:1-59

Hello and welcome back...Today we read through Leviticus 13:1-59 (I know I know...I'm a day behind...but I think we should just start from here...if you are on the ball you are ahead a day :o)

Leviticus 13

Regulations About Infectious Skin Diseases

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 2 "When anyone has a swelling or a rash or a bright spot on his skin that may become an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest. 3 The priest is to examine the sore on his skin, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be more than skin deep, it is an infectious skin disease.

When the priest examines him, he shall pronounce him ceremonially unclean. 4 If the spot on his skin is white but does not appear to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest is to put the infected person in isolation for seven days. 5 On the seventh day the priest is to examine him, and if he sees that the sore is unchanged and has not spread in the skin, he is to keep him in isolation another seven days. 6 On the seventh day the priest is to examine him again, and if the sore has faded and has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a rash. The man must wash his clothes, and he will be clean.

I am reading the NIV translation today...for the rest of the passage and to change the version click here.


45 "The person with such an infectious disease must wear torn clothes, let his hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of his face and cry out, 'Unclean! Unclean!' 46 As long as he has the infection he remains unclean. He must live alone; he must live outside the camp.

MILDEW

47 "If any clothing is contaminated with mildew—any woolen or linen clothing, 48 any woven or knitted material of linen or wool, any leather or anything made of leather- 49 and if the contamination in the clothing, or leather, or woven or knitted material, or any leather article, is greenish or reddish, it is a spreading mildew and must be shown to the priest. 50 The priest is to examine the mildew and isolate the affected article for seven days.

51 On the seventh day he is to examine it, and if the mildew has spread in the clothing, or the woven or knitted material, or the leather, whatever its use, it is a destructive mildew; the article is unclean. 52 He must burn up the clothing, or the woven or knitted material of wool or linen, or any leather article that has the contamination in it, because the mildew is destructive; the article must be burned up.

~ the regulations on Leprosy were for the purpose of controlling the spread of one of the most loathesome and dreaded diseases.

Hey we still have a mold problem today...maybe we should treat it as the loathesome thing that it is.

Please join me in reading Leviticus 14:1-57

Leviticus 11:1-47 and Leviticus 12:

We had a very exciting day yesterday...so needless to say I did not get my reading done...But I think the Lord was smiling on me because did you see how short Leviticus 12 is :o)

So today we read through Leviticus 11 and 12.

Leviticus 11:1-47 "laws about food" We are back into the Laws so I have included the entire passage...you may change the version if you like by clicking here. (today I am using the NASB)

Leviticus 11

Laws about Animals for Food

1The LORD spoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
2"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'These are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth.
3'Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.

4'Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these, among those which chew the cud, or among those which divide the hoof: the camel, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you.

5'Likewise, the shaphan, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you;
6the rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you;
7and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you.

8'You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.
9'These you may eat, whatever is in the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.

10'But whatever is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water, and among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things to you,

11and they shall be abhorrent to you; you may not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall detest.
12'Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales is abhorrent to you.
Avoid the Unclean

13'These, moreover, you shall detest among the birds; they are abhorrent, not to be eaten: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard,

14and the kite and the falcon in its kind,
15every raven in its kind,
16and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind,
17and the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl,
18and the white owl and the pelican and the carrion vulture,
19and the stork, the heron in its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
20'All the winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

21'Yet these you may eat among all the winged insects which walk on all fours: those which have above their feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth.

22'These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.
23'But all other winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you.
24'By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

25and whoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

26'Concerning all the animals which divide the hoof but do not make a split hoof, or which do not chew cud, they are unclean to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean.

27'Also whatever walks on its paws, among all the creatures that walk on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,
28and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you.

29'Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the great lizard in its kinds,

30and the gecko, and the crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand reptile, and the chameleon.
31'These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.

32'Also anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead becomes unclean, including any wooden article, or clothing, or a skin, or a sack--any article of which use is made--it shall be put in the water and be unclean until evening, then it becomes clean.

33'As for any earthenware vessel into which one of them may fall, whatever is in it becomes unclean and you shall break the vessel.

34'Any of the food which may be eaten, on which water comes, shall become unclean, and any liquid which may be drunk in every vessel shall become unclean.

35'Everything, moreover, on which part of their carcass may fall becomes unclean; an oven or a stove shall be smashed; they are unclean and shall continue as unclean to you.
36'Nevertheless a spring or a cistern collecting water shall be clean, though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean.

37'If a part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing which is to be sown, it is clean.
38'Though if water is put on the seed and a part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
39'Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.

40'He too, who eats some of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening, and the one who picks up its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

41'Now every swarming thing that swarms on the earth is detestable, not to be eaten.
42'Whatever crawls on its belly, and whatever walks on all fours, whatever has many feet, in respect to every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are detestable.

43'Do not render yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean.

44'For I am the LORD your God Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth.

45'For I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; thus you shall be holy, for I am holy.'"

46This is the law regarding the animal and the bird, and every living thing that moves in the waters and everything that swarms on the earth,

47)to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten.

~ There was a distinction before the flood between clean and unclean animals. Gen 7:2 Moses enacted this distinction into law. It was based partly on their wholesomeness as food and partly on religious considerations, designed to serve as one of the marks of separation in Israel from other nations. Jesus abrogated the distinction in MK 7:19 "making all meats clean" (just in case you, like I , were wondering about that?)

Leviticus 12:1-8

this is also posted in NASB the version will be changed at the same time if you changed the top one...(it is posted at the bottom of the page under the bible helps on the link)

Leviticus 12

Laws of Motherhood

1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: 'When a woman gives birth and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven days, as in the days of her menstruation she shall be unclean.
3'On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

4'Then she shall remain in the blood of her purification for thirty-three days; she shall not touch any consecrated thing, nor enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are completed.

5'But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her menstruation; and she shall remain in the blood of her purification for sixty-six days.

6'When the days of her purification are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the tent of meeting a one year old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

7'Then he shall offer it before the LORD and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, whether a male or a female.

8'But if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.'"

~according to Haley's Handbook...the period of separation, in case of boy babies, was 40 days and in case of girl babies, 80 days. The purpose of this is thought to have been to help hold the balance of sexes, as men, by exigencies of war were subject to greater fatalities that women.

Please join me in reading Leviticus 13:1-59 and it is a long one so once again grab your coffee before you sit down :o)

Leviticus 10:1-20

Hello and Welcome...Today we read through Leviticus 10:1-20

Leviticus 10

The Sin of Nadab and Abihu

1Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them.
2And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.

To read the rest of today's passage you may do so by clicking here.

3Then Moses said to Aaron, "It is what the LORD spoke, saying,
'By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy,
And before all the people I will be honored.'"
So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

6Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, so that you will not die and that He will not become wrathful against all the congregation. But your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, shall bewail the burning which the LORD has brought about.

7"You shall not even go out from the doorway of the tent of meeting, or you will die; for the LORD'S anointing oil is upon you." So they did according to the word of Moses.

13"You shall eat it, moreover, in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons' due out of the LORD'S offerings by fire; for thus I have been commanded

16But Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up! So he was angry with Aaron's surviving sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying,
17"Why did you not eat the sin offering at the holy place? For it is most holy, and He gave it to you to bear away the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD.

19But Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. When things like these happened to me, if I had eaten a sin offering today, would it have been good in the sight of the LORD?"
20When Moses heard that, it seemed good in his sight.

~It seemed good in his sight...oh my they are justifying already...hmmmm

Please join me in reading Leviticus 11:1-47 (it's a long one so grab your coffee and lot out some time :o)

Leviticus 9:1-24

Hello and Welcome...Today we read through Leviticus 9:1-24.

Aaron Offers Sacrifices

1Now it came about on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel;
2and he said to Aaron, "Take for yourself a calf, a bull, for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without defect, and offer them before the LORD.


To read the entire passage, if you haven't done so already... please click here.


6Moses said, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded you to do, that the glory of the LORD may appear to you."

Moses told Aaron that if he did as the Lord had commanded them...

7Moses then said to Aaron, "Come near to the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, that you may make atonement for yourself and for the people; then make the offering for the people, that you may make atonement for them, just as the LORD has commanded."
8So Aaron came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering which was for himself.

He also did the offerings for the people...


22Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he stepped down after making the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.

23Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting. When they came out and blessed the people, the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.

24Then fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.

~They did as the Lord commanded them and they were overcome by the glory of the LORD!

How about that...WOW!

Please join me in reading Leviticus 10:1-20

Leviticus 8:1-36

Hello...and Welcome! Today we read through Leviticus 8:1-36

1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2"Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread,
3and assemble all the congregation at the doorway of the tent of meeting."


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Moses summoned his sons and did as the Lord had commanded him. After he put blood on the earlobe of his sons and said to them and Aaron...

31Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "Boil the flesh at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and eat it there together with the bread which is in the basket of the ordination offering, just as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.'
32"The remainder of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn in the fire.
33"You shall not go outside the doorway of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the day that the period of your ordination is fulfilled; for he will ordain you through seven days.

34"The LORD has commanded to do as has been done this day, to make atonement on your behalf.


36Thus Aaron and his sons did all the things which the LORD had commanded through Moses.

~Previous to the time of Moses sacrifices were offered by Heads of the Families. But now, the nation organized, a place set apart for sacrifice and the ritual prescribed a special Hereditary order of men was created.(Haley's handbook)

Please join me in reading Leviticus 9:1-24

Leviticus 7:1-38

Hello to all...Today we read through Leviticus 7:1-38

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Leviticus 7

The Priest's Part in the Offerings

1'Now this is the law of the guilt offering; it is most holy.
2'In the place where they slay the burnt offering they are to slay the guilt offering, and he shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.

3'Then he shall offer from it all its fat: the fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails,
4and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver he shall remove with the kidneys.

5'The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire to the LORD; it is a guilt offering.

6'Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
7'The guilt offering is like the sin offering, there is one law for them; the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.

8'Also the priest who presents any man's burnt offering, that priest shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has presented.

9'Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in the oven and everything prepared in a pan or on a griddle shall belong to the priest who presents it.
10'Every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall belong to all the sons of Aaron, to all alike.

11'Now this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which shall be presented to the LORD.

12'If he offers it by way of thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil, and cakes of well stirred fine flour mixed with oil.

13'With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving, he shall present his offering with cakes of leavened bread.

14'Of this he shall present one of every offering as a contribution to the LORD; it shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.

15'Now as for the flesh of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offerings, it shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it over until morning.

16'But if the sacrifice of his offering is a votive or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what is left of it may be eaten;

17but what is left over from the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire.

18'So if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings should ever be eaten on the third day, he who offers it will not be accepted, and it will not be reckoned to his benefit. It shall be an offensive thing, and the person who eats of it will bear his own iniquity.

19'Also the flesh that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. As for other flesh, anyone who is clean may eat such flesh.
20'But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, in his uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from his people.

21'When anyone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or any unclean detestable thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, that person shall be cut off from his people.'"

22Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

23"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall not eat any fat from an ox, a sheep or a goat.

24'Also the fat of an animal which dies and the fat of an animal torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but you must certainly not eat it.

25'For whoever eats the fat of the animal from which an offering by fire is offered to the LORD, even the person who eats shall be cut off from his people.
26'You are not to eat any blood, either of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings.

27'Any person who eats any blood, even that person shall be cut off from his people.'"
28Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

29"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the LORD shall bring his offering to the LORD from the sacrifice of his peace offerings.

30'His own hands are to bring offerings by fire to the LORD. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be presented as a wave offering before the LORD.

31'The priest shall offer up the fat in smoke on the altar, but the breast shall belong to Aaron and his sons.

32'You shall give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifices of your peace offerings.

33'The one among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat, the right thigh shall be his as his portion.

34'For I have taken the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their due forever from the sons of Israel.

35'This is that which is consecrated to Aaron and that which is consecrated to his sons from the offerings by fire to the LORD, in that day when he presented them to serve as priests to the LORD.

36'These the LORD had commanded to be given them from the sons of Israel in the day that He anointed them. It is their due forever throughout their generations.'"

37This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering and the ordination offering and the sacrifice of peace offerings,

38which the LORD commanded Moses at Mount Sinai in the day that He commanded the sons of Israel to present their offerings to the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai.

~ it said in verse 20'But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, in his uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from his people. How many times do we do this in a way...how many times are we tempted not to tithe? isn't that the Lords...Why do we think we should have say in it? What about saying you sorry to the Lord for something and then going back and doing it all over again...These are things that are in our life now...the Lord asks us to repent and turn from our ways...I am truly thankful the Lord put me in the time I am in and not during the time of those in the passage we read today...For today we are redeemed by the Blood Of The Lamb Himself...

Please join me in reading Leviticus 8:1-36

Leviticus 6:1-30

Hello to all...been gone today...sorry about that...Today we read through Leviticus 6:1-30

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Leviticus 6

1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

3Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:

4Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,

5Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.

6And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:
7And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
8And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

9Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.

10And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.

11And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.

12And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.

13The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
14And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.

15And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.

16And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.

17It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.

18All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.

19And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

20This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.

21In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

22And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.

23For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.

24And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

25Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.

26The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.

27Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.

28But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.

29All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.

30And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.

~Besides the offerings mentioned, there were Drink-offerings Wave-offerings, Heave-offerings" appendages to other offerings. Manner of Sacrifice: the animal was presented at the Tabernacle. The offerer laid his hands on it, making it his representative. Then it was slain. The blood was sprinkled on the Altar. Then the specified part was burned.

Please join me in reading Leviticus 7:1-38 where we learn about the law of trespass.