Leviticus 17: Blood Presented to God
- v. 11 – “life is in the blood…for atonement”
- blood alone satisfies God
- not other “powers” (vv. 1-9)
- not us (vv. 10-16)
Leviticus 18-20: Walk Holy
Leviticus 18
- v. 1 – don’t do as Egypt (past) or as Canaan (future)
- v. 5 – do God’s rules and love
- vv. 6-18 – to men: no incest or familial sex
- vv. 19-23 – other sexual prohibitions
- vv. 24-30 – nations vomited out of their land for such sexual perversions
Leviticus 19
- v. 2 – “Be holy, I am holy”
- vv. 3-4 – echoes 3 of 10 commandments
- vv. 5-8 – Peace Offering
- vv. 9-10 – generosity
- vv. 11-12 – echoes 2 of 10 commandments
- vv. 13-14 – kindness to less fortunate
- vv. 15-18 – love neighbors
- v. 19 – no mixture
- vv. 20-22 – sex with female slaves
- vv. 23-25 – trees for food
- v. 26a – don’t eat blood
- v. 26b – fortune-telling
- v. 27 – facial hair
- v. 28 – mark body
- v. 29 – don’t give daughter as prostitute
- v. 30 – sabbath day/place
- v. 31 – don’t conjure dead
- v. 32 – honor elderly
- vv. 33-34 – honor sojourners
- vv. 35-36 – just judgments/balances
Leviticus 20
- 1-21: killed, cursed, or cut off for
- 1-9: child sacrifice; mediums; honor parents
- 10-21: sexual perversions
- 22-26 – Separate from the nations
- 27 – Mediums
Leviticus 20-22: Sacrifice/Serve/Be Holy
Leviticus 21
- higher standards for priests:
- unclean for death
- marriage
- daughter
- physical defect
Leviticus 22
- vv. 1-9: priests must be clean to offer sacrifices
- vv. 10-16: only laity dwelling within priests’ houses can eat holy thing
- vv. 17-30: no blemishes in sacrifices
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