Leviticus Trivia Question:
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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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.
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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.
God said to Moses,
Say this to Aaron and his sons,
Stay away from holy things while you have your uncleanness upon you.
(Or you'll be cut off from my presence.)
I am the Lord.
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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;
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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;
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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.
If a son of Aaron
is a leper,
has a running issue,
has touched an unclean dead thing,
has touched a man whose seed has gone from him,
or has touched a creeping thing,
he is unclean until the evening and shall not eat the holy things until he washes his flesh with water.
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And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of
the holy things; because it is his food.
But after the sun has gone down, he is clean and can eat the holy things.
(Because it is his food.)
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That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to
defile himself therewith; I am the LORD.
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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.
A priest may not eat an animal that dies of natural causes or is torn by beasts.
(That would defile him.)
I am the Lord.
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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.
No stranger or hired servant shall eat holy things.
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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.
But if a priest buys a slave [1], the slave shall eat the holy things.
12
If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat
of an offering of the holy things.
If a priest's daughter is married to a stranger, she may not eat 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 be no stranger eat thereof.
But if a priest's daughter is widowed, divorced, has no child, has returned to her father's house, or is young,
she may eat her father's meat.
But no stranger shall eat it.
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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.
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And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel,
which they offer unto the LORD;
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Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy
things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
If a man eats the holy things unwittingly, he must restore it to the priest, plus 20 percent.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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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;
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Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of
the sheep, or of the goats.
God said to Moses,
Say this to Aaron, his sons, and all of the Israelites,
Willfully offer to me an unblemished male of the cows, sheep, or goats.
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But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not
be acceptable for you.
But don't offer me any animal with a blemish. [2]
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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.
It must be perfect, with no blemish of any kind.
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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.
Don't offer me any blind, broken, maimed, diseased, or scabbed animals.
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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.
I will not accept a bullock or lamb that has anything superfluous or lacking in parts.
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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.
Don't offer me animals that have been bruised, crushed, broken, or cut.
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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.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And don't offer me any animals that you've obtained from strangers.
Their animals are all filled with corruption and blemishes. I won't accept them.
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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.
Animals that you sacrifice as burnt offerings to me must be at least eight days old.
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And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in
one day.
And don't sacrifice a mother cow or sheep and her young on the same day.
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And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it
at your own will.
When you sacrifice an animal to me, you should do so willingly.
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On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the
morrow: I am the LORD.
Eat it on the same day as you sacrifice it. Don't leave any until the next day.
I am the Lord.
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Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Keep my commandments and do them.
I am the Lord.
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Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the
children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
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That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
Don't profane my holy name. I am the Lord.
I brought you out of Egypt so I could be your God.
I am the Lord.
Notes
- If the priest buy any soul with his money.... (v.11)
It must be OK to buy slaves; even priests do it.
Does God approve of slavery?
What the Bible says about slavery
- A male without blemish ... whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer. (v.20)
God wants us to kill lots of animals for him. Not just any animals, though. God only wants unblemished, male
animals.
Don't kill any blind, broken, maimed, or scabbed animals for him. It will just
piss him off.
(And, since you've been reading Leviticus, you know what God does when he's pissed off.)
- Priests must stay away from holy things when they are unclean.
- And the LORD spake unto Moses, 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.
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. 22:1-3
- A priest who has leprosy may not eat holy things.
- What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper ... shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean.
22:4a
- A priest with a running isuue may not eat holy things.
- What man soever of the seed of Aaron [who] hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. 22:4b
- A priest who has touched an unclean dead thing may not eat holy things.
- Whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead ... shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
22:4c-6
- A priest whose seed has gone from him may not eat holy things.
- A man whose seed goeth from him ... shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
22:4d-6
- A priest who has touched a creeping thing may not eat holy things.
- Whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean... shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
22:5-6
- Don't eat any animal (or its fat) that died of natural causes or was killed by other animals.
- That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith. 22:8
- No stranger shall eat of the holy thing.
- There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing. 22:10a
- No one who is visiting a priest shall eat of the holy thing.
- A sojourner of the priest ... shall not eat of the holy thing. 22:10b
- No hired servant of a priest shall eat of the holy thing.
- An hired servant [of a priest], shall not eat of the holy thing. 22:10c
- If a priest buys a slave, the slave and his family may eat the priest's meat.
- 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. 22:11
- If a priest's daughter marries a stranger, she may not eat holy things. 22:12
- If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. 22:12
- If a priest's daughter returns to her father's house after she is divorced or widowed, she can eat of her father's meat,
as long as she didn't have any children while she was married.
- 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. 22:13
- If you eat the holy thing by mistake, you must pay the priest for it, plus a 20% fine.
- 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. 22:14
- Don't profane the holy things that Jews offer and eat.
- They shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD; Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things. 22:15-16
- Don't offer God any blemished animals.
- 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;
Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. 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. 22:18-24
- 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. 22:22
- 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. 22:24
- When making a vow, don't offer God any animals with extra or missing body parts.
- Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts ... for a vow it shall not be accepted. 22:23a
- But animals with extra or missing body parts may be used in freewill offerings.
- Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering. 22:23b
- Don't get your sacrificial animals from strangers.
- 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. 22:25
- Wait until a bullock, sheep, or goat is eight days old before killing and burning its dead body for God.
- 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. 22:27
- Don't kill a newborn animal and its mother on the same day.
- And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. 22:28
- Don't leave any until the morning.
- On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD. 22:30
- Obey all of the commandments.
- Therefore shall ye keep my commandments and do them. 22:31
- Don't profane God's name.
- Neither shall ye profane my holy name. 22:32a
- Hallow God's name. 22:32
- will be hallowed. 22:32b
- Dwindling in Unbelief
- Barack Obama: "Before we get carried away,
let's read our bibles." (Leviticus 22:11)
22:1-33