Tag: Leviticus

Leviticus 23It is interesting to see that there was one offering where leaven was allowed, even required. The offering of firstfruits was to be two wave loaves baked with leaven.

Leviticus 22It is interesting that a stranger lodging with the priests could not partake of the food from sacrificial offerings, nor could a daughter of a priest who was married to a stranger or who was divorced or widowed from a stranger but had a child by them. What is interesting is that if a…

Leviticus 21It is unfortunate that marriage is listed as being defiled for the sons of Aaron. They are allowed to marry so long as they do not marry the widow of their brother etc. In other words they must marry a virgin but even when they make an acceptable match the word used to describe…

Leviticus 20I do not understand how anyone could accept the practice of sacrificing their own children. Althought the ideal is repulsive to me I can at least comprehend the idea of sacrificing the children of enemies but I don’t see how any parent could tolerate even the possibility of their child being picked as a…

Leviticus 19I wonder what it means or how we would apply the teaching in our day to not reap the corners of our fields nor glean them but leave those things for the poor and the stranger. Notice that even though we are to leave the corners and gleanings for the poor we are not…

Leviticus 17 – 18I’m not absolutel clear whether this means that the people could not kill anything for food without bringing it to the tabernacle as a peace offering (seeing as they were given part of such offerings to eat) or if this was an injnction against killing something as a sacrifice on their own…

Leviticus 16The offering described here for Aaron is likely what Zachariahs was performing when Gabriel came and informed him that his wife would give birth to John the Baptist.

Leviticus 15It is easy to see how an abiding focus on all that can make a person unclean and on the need to segregate from those with any disease or uncleanness can lead people to be fearful and distrustful of each other. Either they must have the spirit to enlighten them while living under this…

Leviticus 14Being cleansed from leprosy was much more involved than seeing the priest to be declared clean. There were multiple sacrifices and the shaving of all hair of the previously leprous person.

Leviticus 13It is interesting to think that the priests also served in the CPA itu of doctors to a small degree. The Lord taught Moses and Aaron how to recognize leprosy and that knowledge was undoubtedly passed on to future priests. In fact, such knowledge was probably shared with anyone who would care to learn…