Category: Leviticus

The second portion of the chapter contains laws banning the eating blood – in summary, nobody of Israel or visiting Israel, is to eat blood – the animal must be drained of blood before consumption. “And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘…If any one of the house of Israel kills an ox or a…

“and the Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat. But in this way Aaron shall…

This chapter covers the laws of cleanness regarding anyone who has any bodily fluid discharge, and anyone who comes into contact with them or something they had touched. “The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ‘Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his body,…

This chapter describes the cleansing of lepers and leprous houses. “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest, and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then, if the case of leprous disease is healed…

This chapter covers the laws regarding the diagnosing and “treatment” of diseases, specifically leprosy and “itching disease” (I’m sure we have a different name for this one now…). “The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ‘When a person has on the skin of his body a swelling or an eruption or a spot, and…

This short chapter describes the law concerning a woman’s purification after childbirth. “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If a woman conceives and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days. Then she shall continue for thirty-three days in the blood of her purifying. She…

This chapter divulges the clean and unclean creatures – those Israel can and cannot eat. It also describes ceremonial (and even literal) cleanness from touching deceased creatures. “And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, ‘Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among…

This chapter has a great deal happening, so I can only focus on one main event. Feel free to read the rest for yourself. “Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he…

“On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel, and he said to Aaron, ‘Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. And say to the people of Israel, “Take a…

“And Moses said to the congregation, ‘This is the thing that the Lord has commanded to be done.’ And Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. And he put the coat on him and tied the sash around his waist and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on…