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Is the weekly Sabbath nothing but just one of many festivals / holy convocations (Leviticus 23, Numbers 28, 29)?
Leviticus 23:1-3 (NIV) says:
The Appointed Festivals
23 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed festivals, the appointed festivals of the Lord, ...
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Why did the Mosaic Law prohibit the ancient Israelites from eating pork?
The book of Leviticus1 contains a prohibition against the consumption of pork. What is the reason for this prohibition?
“And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven footed, yet
he ...
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Why does the "Fat" belong to the Lord?
In Lev. 3:16 it says,
"And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the
offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD'S."
The blood understandably is the ...
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Why did God prohibit wearing of garments of different materials in Leviticus 19:19?
Leviticus 19:19 ESV
You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth ...
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Leviticus 27 - fee for service or redemption price?
Leviticus 27:2-8 gives the "valuations" of people vowed to God. For example,
If anyone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the valuation of persons, then the valuation of a male from twenty ...
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Was only the woman to be scourged in Leviticus 19:20?
Does Leviticus 19:20 (KJV) suggest that when a man has sex with an engaged slave woman, the woman, but not the man, is to be scourged? This does not seem fair.
And whosoever lieth carnally with a ...
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Leviticus 20:20,21; what is the difference between "shall die without children" and "shall be without children"?
Leviticus 20:11,20,21; (DRB):
11If a man lie with his stepmother, and discover the nakedness of his father, let them both be put to death: their blood be upon them.
20If any man lie with the wife of ...
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