Bible in one year 4/24/2022 Leviticus introduction & chapter 19-22
By
Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce
Christian
Arts Ministries: Biblical precepts & Gospel music; Pastoral ministry &
Counseling
Chapter 19 Concerning daily life
Verses
3-4, Three of the Ten Commandments are reiterated here as being particularly
important (concerning parents, Sabbaths, and idolatry). “ Do not seek revenge
or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as
yourself. I am the Lord” (v.8). Jesus Christ designated the last part of this
verse as the second greatest commandment. Observe its use in Matt.22:39;Mark12:31,33;Rom.13:9;
Gal.5:14; James2:8). Verses 23-25, When they came to Canaan, they were not to
eat fruit from the fruit trees for the first four years (the first three years,
it was considered unclean; the fourth, it was dedicated to the Lord. Verse 27,
this prohibits shaving around the temples and ears, leaving only a crown of
hair on the top of the head, as well as mutilating the beard practices of the
heathen (Jer.9:26;25:23; Ezek.5:1) . Both cutting and tattooing the body were
done by the heathen. (v.28). Using a medium or spiritist showed lack of faith
in God (v.31).
1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto all the
congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy:
for I the LORD your God am holy.
3 Ye shall fear every
man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
4 Turn ye not unto
idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
5 And if ye offer a
sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.
6 It shall be eaten
the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the
third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
7 And if it be eaten
at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
8 Therefore every one
that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed
thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
9 And when ye reap the
harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field,
neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
10 And thou shalt not
glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou
shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
11 Ye shall not steal,
neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not
swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am
the LORD.
13 Thou shalt not
defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall
not abide with thee all night until the morning.
14 Thou shalt not
curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy
God: I am the LORD.
15 Ye shall do no
unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor
honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy
neighbour.
16 Thou shalt not go
up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against
the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
17 Thou shalt not hate
thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and
not suffer sin upon him.
18 Thou shalt not
avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
19 Ye shall keep my
statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt
not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen
and woollen come upon thee.
20 And whosoever lieth
carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at
all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be
put to death, because she was not free.
21 And he shall bring
his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
22 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: and the sin which he hath done shall
be forgiven him.
23 And when ye shall
come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then
ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as
uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
24 But in the fourth
year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.
25 And in the fifth
year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase
thereof: I am the LORD your God.
26 Ye shall not eat
any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
27 Ye shall not round
the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
28 Ye shall not make
any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the
LORD.
29 Do not prostitute thy
daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the
land become full of wickedness.
30 Ye shall keep my
sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
31 Regard not them
that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them:
I am the LORD your God.
32 Thou shalt rise up
before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I
am the LORD.
33 And if a stranger
sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
34 But the stranger
that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt
love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD
your God.
35 Ye shall do no
unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36 Just balances, just
weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God,
which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 Therefore shall ye
observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Chapter 20 Concerning heinous offenses
Molech. Offering
children or infants to the idol was to be punished by stoning.(v.2) his blood
will be on his own head. I.e., he brought it upon himself to be klled.(v.9).
Verse 13 if a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have
done what is detestable. They must be put ot death’ their blood will be on
their onw heads. Verse 23, the heinous sins described in this chapter were
practiced by the Canaanites.
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying,
2 Again, thou shalt say to the
children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the
strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he
shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with
stones.
3 And I will set my face against
that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of
his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
4 And if the people of the land do
any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech,
and kill him not:
5 Then I will set my face against
that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a
whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
6 And the soul that turneth after
such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I
will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his
people.
7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and
be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and
do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
9 For every one that curseth his
father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or
his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
10 And the man that committeth
adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his
neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to
death.
11 And the man that lieth with his
father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely
be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
12 And if a man lie with his
daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought
confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
13 If a man also lie with mankind,
as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they
shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
14 And if a man take a wife and her
mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that
there be no wickedness among you.
15 And if a man lie with a beast, he
shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
16 And if a woman approach unto any
beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they
shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
17 And if a man shall take his
sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness,
and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in
the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall
bear his iniquity.
18 And if a man shall lie with a
woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered
her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of
them shall be cut off from among their people.
19 And thou shalt not uncover the
nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth
his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
20 And if a man shall lie with his
uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their
sin; they shall die childless.
21 And if a man shall take his
brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's
nakedness; they shall be childless.
22 Ye shall therefore keep all my
statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you
to dwell therein, spue you not out.
23 And ye shall not walk in the
manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these
things, and therefore I abhorred them.
24 But I have said unto you, Ye
shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land
that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated
you from other people.
25 Ye shall therefore put difference
between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye
shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of
living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as
unclean.
26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for
I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be
mine.
27 A man also or woman that hath a
familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall
stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
Chapter 21 Laws concerning standards for the
priests
These
special restrictions on priests prohibited their touching the dead (by
preparing or carrying a body, touching the grace, or coming into a tent or
house where a dead body lay) except in the cases of the relatives listed in
these verses (Num.19:11,14). Verse 4 is unclear and may mean that a priest may
not defile himself even for a chief (important )person, or that he may not
defile himself for his wife. The High Priest could not show the customary in
order to participate inmourning. (vv.10-12). The High Priest could noly marry a
virgin Israelite; other wise, he would render his children unfit for service
(v.15). Priests with the physical defects listed in verses 18-20 could still
eat the portions of the sacrifices given to the priests, though they could not
perform priestly ministries.
1 And the LORD said
unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There
shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
2 But for his kin,
that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his
son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
3 And for his sister a
virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be
defiled.
4 But he shall not
defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
5 They shall not make
baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their
beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
6 They shall be holy
unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the
LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they
shall be holy.
7 They shall not take
a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away
from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
8 Thou shalt sanctify
him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto
thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
9 And the daughter of
any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her
father: she shall be burnt with fire.
10 And he that is the
high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured,
and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor
rend his clothes;
11 Neither shall he go
in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
12 Neither shall he go
out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of
the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
13 And he shall take a
wife in her virginity.
14 A widow, or a
divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall
take a virgin of his own people to wife.
15 Neither shall he
profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
16 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying,
17 Speak unto Aaron,
saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish,
let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.
18 For whatsoever man
he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he
that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
19 Or a man that is
brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
20 Or crookbackt, or a
dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his
stones broken;
21 No man that hath a
blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings
of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer
the bread of his God.
22 He shall eat the
bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
23 Only he shall not
go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish;
that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
24 And Moses told it
unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
Chapter 22 Laws concerning offerings
Priests were liable
to the same uncleanness as others (either in their own persons or by contact
with others who sere unclearn) and could not minister as long as they were
unclean(vv.1-9). No one outside the priest’s family, nor a guest, nor a hired
worker(even if they were a part of the priest’s household) could eat his
portion of the sacrifices; but a slave and a childless widow who returned home
could. (vv.10-13).
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying,
2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons,
that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel,
and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto
me: I am the LORD.
3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of
all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which
the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him,
that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
4 What man soever of the seed of
Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things,
until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or
a man whose seed goeth from him;
5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping
thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take
uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
6 The soul which hath touched any
such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless
he wash his flesh with water.
7 And when the sun is down, he shall
be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
8 That which dieth of itself, or is
torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
9 They shall therefore keep mine
ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I
the LORD do sanctify them.
10 There shall no stranger eat of
the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat
of the holy thing.
11 But if the priest buy any soul
with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they
shall eat of his meat.
12 If the priest's daughter also be
married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
13 But if the priest's daughter be a
widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house,
as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no
stranger eat thereof.
14 And if a man eat of the holy
thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall
give it unto the priest with the holy thing.
15 And they shall not profane the
holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
16 Or suffer them to bear the
iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do
sanctify them.
17 And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying,
18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his
sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be
of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his
oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will
offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;
19 Ye shall offer at your own will a
male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
20 But whatsoever hath a blemish,
that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
21 And whosoever offereth a
sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill
offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be
no blemish therein.
22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or
having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD,
nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
23 Either a bullock or a lamb that
hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for
a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD
that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any
offering thereof in your land.
25 Neither from a stranger's hand
shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption
is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
26 And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying,
27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a
goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the
eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto
the LORD.
28 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye
shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
29 And when ye will offer a
sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.
30 On the same day it shall be eaten
up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD.
31 Therefore shall ye keep my
commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
32 Neither shall ye profane my holy
name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which
hallow you,
33 That brought you out of the land
of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
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