Questions tagged [leviticus]
The Book of Leviticus is a book of the Hebrew Bible that contains a lot of laws and rituals.
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If Peter is released from keeping the Torah [Romans 7:6], Why does 1 Peter 1:14-16 uphold (Leviticus 11:45 & Leviticus 19:2)?
Why does the Apostle Peter add in [1 Peter 1:14-16] that all should be:
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who ...
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Did Hannah pay for Samuel's dedication to the Lord in 1 Samuel 1? [closed]
According to the law in the book of Leviticus one was obliged to pay a certain amount for dedicating someone to the Lord
Leviticus 27:1-7 NIV
27 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Give the following ...
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How would Christians answer Dan Barker? [closed]
Yesterday I came across an article by Dan Barker titled: "the top 10 worst Old Testament verses" in his article Mr. Barker, an Evangelical turned Atheist quoted many verses to prove his ...
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Does God command Cannibalism in Leviticus 26:27-29?
Yesterday I was reading through Leviticus and I came across Leviticus chapter 26 verse 27-29 where it says
"And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary
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Sin Vs Transgression: is there a technical difference? Lev 16:16 "uncleannesses, transgressions, all their sins"
What is the basic difference between sin vs. transgression? khata or chata/ḥāṭā and pesha
Take for example Lev 16:16 ESV to be specific about the various words describing sin:
Thus he shall make ...
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What is the significance or symbolism of wringing off the head of a bird in Leviticus 1:14?
It is said during the offering of a burnt sacrifice of a bird the Priest shall wring off its head and burn it,then shall drain its blood,remove its feathers,divide it and then finally burn it.
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Were the rules/prohibitions in the Torah fully or partially applied in Israel's history? [closed]
Going through the Torah, there are a large number of laws prescribed by the Lord through Moses. But I've been wondering why we don't hear much about enforcement of these rules in the period after the ...
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When did the concept that Leviticus laws no longer apply to Christians first become common, and what scripture supports it? [closed]
I've heard many times that many of the probitions in Leviticus that Jewish people continue to abide by don't apply to Christians. I've further heard a claim that the laws were broken up into 3 types, ...
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Did the Egyptian curse Yahweh (blasphemy) or the Israelite in Leviticus 24?
Leviticus 24:10-12
וַיֵּצֵא בֶּן אִשָּׁה יִשְׂרְאֵלִית וְהוּא בֶּן אִישׁ מִצְרִי בְּתוֹךְ
בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּנָּצוּ בַּמַּחֲנֶה בֶּן הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית
וְאִישׁ הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִי. יא וַיִּקֹּב בֶּן ...
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Is Acts 15:20 a summary of Leviticus 17 & 18?
Acts 15:19-20 read (KJV):
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to
God: But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, ...
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Is the "cutting off" in Leviticus 20:3 evidence of the afterlife?
Leviticus 20:1-4
Say to the Israelites: ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in
Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to
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How to understand 1 Samuel 16:7 in light of Leviticus 21:16-20?
1 Samuel 16:7 NIV
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward ...
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Was Leviticus 18:22 only prohibiting homosexuality that involved pagan rituals?
I have heard some progressive Christians claim that Leviticus 18:22 was only condemning homosexual activities for idolatrous rituals. I know that 1 Corinthians 6:9 and 1 Timothy 1:10 was using the ...
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Why did the Mosaic law prohibit the killing of an ox or sheep and its young on the same day in Leviticus 22:28?
28 But, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not slaughter both it and its young in one day.
What is the reason for this prohibition?
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Does Leviticus 23:6 contradict Exodus 12:18-19?
[Exodus 12:18-19 NLT] (18) The bread you eat must be made without yeast from the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month until the evening of the twenty-first day of that month. (19) During ...
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Permanent Statutes in the OT [closed]
I was reading Num 19:10 and it says that the law would be a permanent "statute" (KJV).
The man who gathers up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his
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Did the priest violate the Sabbath as alluded in Matthew 12:5?
Matthew 12:5 NASB
5 Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple [c]violate the Sabbath, and yet are innocent?
But according to the law the priests on duty had a ...
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Was Moses a priest as suggested in Psalms 99:6?
Psalms 99:6 NIV
Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
Samuel was among those who called on his name;
they called on the Lord
and he answered them.
According to the law priests were consecrated and ...
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Why does Matthew 26:17 seem to ignore/contradict the instructions and schedule of Leviticus 23:5-7?
In Leviticus 23, Passover completely precedes the Feast of Unleavened Bread, with the first day being a day of convocation:
[Lev 23:5-8 NLT] (5) "The LORD's Passover begins at sundown on the ...
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How to interpret Leviticus 20:21? [duplicate]
Leviticus 20:21 "'If a man marries his brother's wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.
How would childlessness be accomplished?
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Does the Law prohibit all farming with hybrid cultivars?
In Deuteronomy 22:9 (NASB)
“You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, otherwise all the produce of the seed which you have sown and the yield of the vineyard will be forfeited to the ...
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Are the "Lord's offerings" the one's given during sacrifice?
In Deuteronomy 18:1 (NASB)
“The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall not have a portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the Lord’s offerings by fire and His property.
Are the ...
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How to understand Leviticus 17 in light of Deutoronomy 14?
Leviticus 17:15 NIV
Anyone, whether native-born or alien, who eats anything found
dead or torn by wild animals must wash his clothes and bathe with
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What is the soul of the LORD?
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Leviticus 25:1
The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying
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In Leviticus 6:2 LXX, what is the meaning of κοινωνίας?
The NLT version of Leviticus 6:2, based on the Hebrew, has this:
[Lev 6:2 NLT] (2) "Suppose one of you sins against your associate and is unfaithful to the LORD. Suppose you cheat in a deal ...
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Sky like iron and earth like bronze
In Leviticus 26:19 (NASB)
I will also (break down your pride of power; and I will make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze.
What's the meaning of this expression?
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What is this "consumption and fever"?
In Leviticus 26:16 (NASB)
I, in turn, will do this to you: I will summon a sudden terror against you, consumption and fever that will make the eyes fail and the soul languish; also, you will sow your ...
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Can a priest bury his wife?
In Leviticus 21:1-3 (NASB)
1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ‘No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people, 2 except for his ...
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What was Molech?
In Leviticus 18:21 (NASB)
You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.
In Leviticus 20:2 (NASB)
“You shall also say to ...
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Is the Sermon on the Mount based on Leviticus?
In Leviticus 19:17 (NASB)
‘You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may certainly rebuke your neighbor, but you are not to incur sin because of him.
Then in Matthew 5:22 (NASB)
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Why do translators use the phrase "insects that walk on all fours", even though insects have six legs?
In Leviticus 11 when the Lord is giving the dietary laws to Moses, the NASB translation mentions four legged winged insects.
20 ‘All the winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to
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Did Adam & Eve's children had to procreate among their own blood?
According to my understanding of the Bible, the world was empty of humans before Adam and Eve.
Does it mean that their offspring had to procreate among themselves in order to populate the earth?
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A goat for Azazel
The meaning of Azazel (Leviticus 16:8) likely resembles a fallen angel. In this passage, we read of one goat for the Lord and the other for Azazel.
Then, in Leviticus 17:7 (NASB)
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What are "goat-demons"?
In Leviticus 17:7 (NASB)
And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the prostitute. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations....
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Is slaughter allowed or not?
In Leviticus 17:3-4 (NASB)
3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
4 And bringeth it not unto the ...
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What is "cast lots" in Leviticus 16?
In Leviticus 16:8 (NASB)
Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat.
What is "cast lots" in this context?
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Sprinkle blood 7 times in front of the veil
In Leviticus 4:5-7 (NASB)
5 Then the anointed priest is to take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent of meeting, 6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some ...
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Consecration offering
In Leviticus 7:37 (KJV)
37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the ...
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Relevance of blood
In Leviticus 7:26 (NASB)
And you are not to eat any blood, either of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings.
What's is the relevance of blood which makes one being prohibited of eating it?
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Offer ram or silver?
In Leviticus 5:15 (NASB)
“If a person acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against the Lord’s holy things, then he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord: a ram without defect from the ...
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Is Leviticus 24 13-23 in contradiction with new testament?
I hope you can help me out with this dilemma.
In Leviticus 24 (https://www.catholic.org/bible/book.php?id=3...)
God says to Moses the following (V16):
Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must ...
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Contents or feathers?
In Leviticus 1:16 BPT09
O papo com o seu conteúdo deve arrancá-lo e atirá-lo para o lugar destinado às cinzas, perto do altar, a oriente do mesmo.
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The crop with its contents ...
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"lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering"
In Leviticus 1:4 (NASB)
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so that it may be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.
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Why is a clean house still cursed after הִסְגִּ֣יר quarantine - in Leviticus 14?
In Leviticus / Vayikra 14, we read that a priest can declare a plastered house clean after the home owner's quarantine. - Yet the clean house still requires a ritual atonement.
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At the Feast of Unleavened Bread, who harvested the barley sheaves for offering?
The weeklong festival of unleavened bread brought every male of the Israelites to the temple.
Deuteronomy 16:16
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In Leviticus 25:29-30 what is the difference between the dwellings in verses 29,30 compared to the dwellings in verse 31?
My questions are why is the dwelling that is in the walled city able only to be redeemed during a one year period and that if its not it becomes established for ever and is not returned at the jubilee?...
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Law for the character of a dream? [closed]
In Leviticus 15:16
16 ‘Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body
in water and be unclean until evening.
In Deuteronomy 23:10
10 “If there is among you any man who is unclean ...
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How would a single author theory of the Pentateuch reconcile the different time of release of the Hebrew slave?
The law regarding the time of release of a Hebrew slave, and whether the slave should be let free empty handed or not, is treated differently in Exodus, Deuteronomy, and Leviticus:
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What does Leviticus 18:17 mean?
Does Leviticus 18:17 forbid all sexual relations with a mother if you had sex with her daughter or vice versa if you are not married to the one you had sexual relations with? I know the apostle Paul ...
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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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