Leviticus 10:1-7
THE SIN OF NADAB AND ABIHU AND ITS PUNISHMENT... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SIN OF NADAB AND ABIHU AND ITS PUNISHMENT... [ Continue Reading ]
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not. Nadab and Abihu were probably the oldest sons of Aaron, and were distinguished by Moses in being selected to a... [ Continue Reading ]
And there went out fire from the Lord, this time in consuming wrath, as it had shortly before flashed forth in an expression of mercy, AND DEVOURED THEM; AND THEY DIED BEFORE THE LORD. It was like a bolt of lightning which struck them dead without consuming their bodies or even their clothes. The pu... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh Me, and before all the people I will be glorified. That was the explanation of this severe judgment. Since the two young men had omitted the proper preparation and had acted contrary to th... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the uncle of Aaron, Exodus 6:18, and his own cousins, AND SAID UNTO THEM, COME NEAR, CARRY YOUR BRETHREN FROM BEFORE THE SANCTUARY OUT OF THE CAMP. The two dead men were the brethren, the relatives, of the men who were to perform the last ri... [ Continue Reading ]
So they went near and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said, the people meanwhile looking on in a kind of stupefied awe.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said unto Aaron and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes, the usual manner of showing a high degree of mourning being to let the hair of the head grow without trimming and cutting and to tear open the garments over the breast, LEST YE D... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall not go out from the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, in order to join the funeral procession or in any way to permit an intermission to take place in the priestly functions, LEST YE DIE; FOR THE ANOINTING OIL OF THE LORD IS UPON YOU. AND THEY DID ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF MOSE... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, He now addressed Himself directly to the high priest to let him know His will,... [ Continue Reading ]
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PRIESTS... [ Continue Reading ]
CHIEFLY OF THE SECOND TABLE... [ Continue Reading ]
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, to the very edge of the property line, NEITHER SHALT THOU GATHER THE GLEANINGS OF THY HARVEST, single stalks and ears that dropped when the sheaves were bound. Do not drink wine nor strong drink, the lat... [ Continue Reading ]
and that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; their minds had to be clear for the many cases which required careful distinguishing; And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard after the first picking, NEITHER SHALT THOU GATHER EVERY GRAPE OF THY VINEYARD, those th... [ Continue Reading ]
and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. The priests were at the same time the teachers of the people, and their minds did not dare to be befuddled with the fumes of intoxicating liquors while they mere engaged in the di... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, take the meat-offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, only a handful having been offered, Leviticus 9:17, AND EAT IT WITHOUT LEAVEN BESIDE THE ALTAR; FOR IT IS MOST HOLY. It was used as... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall eat it in the Holy Place, because it is thy due; it was a fee which was intended for the sustenance of the priests while they were on duty in the Sanctuary, AND THY SONS' DUE, OF THE SACRIFICES OF THE LORD MADE BY FIRE; FOR SO I AM COMMANDED. Thou shalt not defraud, oppress, thy neigh... [ Continue Reading ]
And the wave-breast and heave-shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou and thy sons and thy daughters with thee; for they be thy due and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace-offerings of the children of Israel. This was the portion set aside for the priests and their fam... [ Continue Reading ]
The heave-shoulder and the wave-breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave-offering before the Lord; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute forever, as the Lord hath commanded, Leviticus 7:31. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in jud... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses diligently sought the go at of the sin-offering, for since its blood had been poured out at the altar of burnt offering, its flesh, being a sin-offering, should have been eaten by the priests in the Holy Place, AND, BEHOLD, IT WAS BURNED; AND HE WAS ANGRY WITH ELEAZAR AND ITHAMAR, THE SONS... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart, not bear him any grudge. Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, frankly and openly tell him his fault in the event of a transgression, as the Lord also bids us do, Matthew 18:15, AND NOT SUFFER SIN UPON HIM, that is, not bear a sin on his account... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the Holy Place, to the altar of incense, as it was described Leviticus 4:1; YE SHOULD INDEED HAVE EATEN IT IN THE HOLY PLACE, AS I COMMANDED. Having undertaken the atonement for the people, the responsibility for the sins and that of carrying out eve... [ Continue Reading ]
VARIOUS STATUTES... [ Continue Reading ]
And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, the priests had made these offerings for themselves; AND SUCH THINGS HAVE BEFALLEN ME, in being bereft of two of his sons; AND IF I HAD EATEN THE SIN-OFFERING TODAY, SHOULD IT H... [ Continue Reading ]
And when Moses heard that, he was content, literally, "it was good in his eyes," he was satisfied that no disregard of the Lord's precepts was intended, that the circumstances warranted Aaron and his sons in acting as they did. The law of love is the highest law and supersedes all others. It was so... [ Continue Reading ]
And he, the guilty man, SHALL BRING HIS TRESPASS-OFFERING UNTO THE LORD, UNTO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, EVEN A RAM FOR A TRESPASS-OFFERING.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done, in the manner prescribed by God, Leviticus 7:1; AND THE SIN WHICH HE HATH DONE SHALL BE FORGIVEN HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when ye shall come in to the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, fruit-trees and nut-trees, THEN YE SHALL COUNT THE FRUIT THEREOF AS UNCIRCUMCISED, and therefore not to be used; THREE YEARS SHALL IT BE AS UNCIRCUMCISED UNTO YOU; IT SHALL NOT BE EATEN OF.... [ Continue Reading ]
But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal, hallowed to Jehovah, and fit to be used as an offering of first-fruits.... [ Continue Reading ]
And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof through the blessing of the Lord. I AM THE LORD, YOUR GOD. This manner of treating the trees incidentally increased the yield of the orchard.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall not eat anything with the blood, flesh from which the blood had not thoroughly drained, Leviticus 17-10; NEITHER SHALL YE USE ENCHANTMENT, any form of soothsaying, NOR OBSERVE TIMES, another form of witchcraft, that of using the evil eye.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, cut or shave the hair in a circle from one temple to the other, NEITHER SHALT THOU MAR THE CORNERS OF THY BEARD, crop or trim the ends. This seems to have reference to a custom followed by some heathen nations in honor of certain idols.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, such tattooing and such incisions as the Jews must have seen done among the Egyptians, NOR PRINT ANY MARKS UPON YOU, in the form of pictures, letters, or figures. I AM THE LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
Do not prostitute thy daughter, induce her to permit her body to he used for immoral purposes, TO CAUSE HER TO BE A WHORE, a sin which profanes the body in the most specific and emphatic sense, LEST THE LAND FALL TO WHOREDOM, AND THE LAND BECOME FULL OF WICKEDNESS, full of abominable deeds. The refe... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall keep My Sabbaths, all the prescribed festivals, AND REVERENCE MY SANCTUARY. I AM THE LORD. The entire social and domestic life of the Israelites was to be pervaded by the fear of God and characterized by chasteness and propriety.... [ Continue Reading ]
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards to be defiled by them; literally: "Do not turn to the spirits of the dead, and after the spirits of soothsaying do not follow. " I AM THE LORD, YOUR GOD. All intercourse with conjurors of the dead and with wizards was equivalent... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God. I am the Lord. The respect for old age, coming under the Fourth Commandment, is here associated with the fear of God, who demands this showing of respect.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex, that is, oppress, him, make him feel that he is an outcast.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, be treated with all kind regard, just as though he were an inhabitant of the land, AND THOU SHALT LOVE HIM AS THYSELF; FOR YE WERE STRANGERS IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, and the remembrance of the oppression suffered there was... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in any matter that is to be decided in court, IN METE-YARD, in measurements of length, IN WEIGHT, OR IN MEASURE, both dry and liquid measure being included.... [ Continue Reading ]
Just balances, for measures of weight, JUST WEIGHTS, stones used as standards of weight, A JUST EPHAH, as a standard for dry measure, AND A JUST HIN, as the standard for liquid measure, SHALL YE HAVE. I AM THE LORD, your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. It is clear that equity in the... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore shall ye observe all My statutes and all My judgments, the precepts flowing out of the natural law inscribed in the hearts of all men as well as those given to the Jews in particular, AND DO THEM. I AM THE LORD, Love is still the fulfillment of the Law, the advantage which the Christians h... [ Continue Reading ]