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Why didn’t ruler have to sprinkle blood on the veil
In Leviticus 4:22-35 there is no mention of having to sprinkle blood on the veil as written in Leviticus 4:6 and Leviticus 4:17. The priest when sinning brings guilt upon the people from what I ...
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Leviticus 16:16 - Does Uncleanesses + Transgressions(Rebellions) = Total Sin?
Thus he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleannesses of the people of Israel and because of their transgressions, all their sins. And so he shall do for the tent of meeting, ...
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Did ancient peoples transition from killing their first born children to symbolically offering them?
In the Old Testament, there are a couple of verses in which the Israelites are forbidden from killing their own children as part of a religious sacrifice (not too surprising, I hope).
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In Leviticus 16 was there a sign that atonement had been successful or not?
In this chapter of the day of atonement we are only told about the process of how Aaron should go about perfoming this ritual for himself and the Israelites
Leviticus 16:11 NASB
“Then Aaron shall ...
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Leviticus 16 - Does the casting of the lots mean that the two goats are actually one sacrifice?
Relevant verses:
Leviticus 16:7-10 7 Then he shall take the two goats and set them before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, one lot for ...
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Is the ram mentioned in Leviticus 16 the same as the one in Numbers 29?
Leviticus 16:3 NASB
Aaron shall enter the Holy Place with this: with a [d]bull as a [e]sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering.
Numbers 29:2 NASB
And you shall offer a burnt offering as a ...
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Was laying of hand upon the sacrifice essential for atonement in Leviticus 1:4?
Leviticus 1:4 KJV
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
It is said the offender shall lay his hand upon the head ...
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Literal or "spiritual metaphor" interpretation of "children being passed through fire"
One of the things I've been looking deeply into recently is the spiritual metaphors in the Bible. Where specific acts are associated with spiritual equivalents. Often times it's difficult to tell what ...
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Sacrifice of Christ and that of the Animals
In Leviticus 4:35 we read:
35 They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the
lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the
altar on top of the food ...
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Why couldn't newborn animals be offered with their parents?
According to Leviticus 22:28:
Whether it is a cow or ewe, do not kill both her and her young on the
same day.
Why couldn't animals be offered together with their parents on the same day?
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How come newborn animals could only be sacrificed on the eighth day?
According to Leviticus 22:27, this was the rule for offering newborn animals:
“When a bull or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall be seven days with
its mother; and from the eighth day and thereafter ...
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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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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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Psalm 37:20 verse differs because the NASB uses the term "the glory of the pastures" while the KJV uses "the fat of lambs"
(Psalm 37:20) (NASB)
But the wicked will perish; And the
enemies of the LORD will be like the glory of the pastures, They
vanish-- like smoke they vanish away.
(Psalm 37:20) (KJV)
But the ...
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Is Jeremiah 2:3 an allusion to Leviticus 19:23?
Leviticus 19:23 NIV
23 “‘When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, regard its fruit as forbidden.[b] For three years you are to consider it forbidden[c]; it must not be eaten. 24 In ...
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Honey offerings accepted but not for burning - Leviticus 2:11
Repeatedly the phrase “land flowing with milk and honey” is referenced to the promised land, making honey a good and positive indicator of abundance, among other things.
Yet honey was forbidden from ...
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Leviticus & Numbers offerings as holistic and comparing to a typical Western world's meal
Would it be correct to compare sacrifices in the Bible books to Leviticus and Numbers to a typical meal( more specifically a meal in Western culture)?
For example, Let's analyze Numbers 28.
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Differences between sin offering and guilt offering mentioned in the bible? (Guilt offering vs sin offering)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that there are 5 types of offerings in the bible:
1) Burnt offering
2) Grain offering
3) Peace offering
4) Sin offering
5) Guilt offering
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Leviticus 5 "..it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it.." exegesis
Leviticus 5 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
2 Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an
unclean beast or the carcass of unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean
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What could be the difference in the "sin offerings" in Leviticus 4?
Leviticus 4:13-18 NASB
[13]'Now if the whole congregation of Israel commits error and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly, and they commit any of the things which the Lord has commanded ...
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How did they manage to sacrifice all the animals in a day in Leviticus 23:18?
Leviticus 23:18 (KJV)
18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, ...
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Were the children of Israel permitted to perform their own sacrifices?
I've been studying in Leviticus recently, and have recently come across a passage that I have read before multiple times, but never really spent a lot of time thinking through. From Leviticus 17:3-5:
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Is "tor-im" translated to "turtles" in KJV correct? Turtles was not used that way in 1600
In Leviticus 5:7 "tor-im" is translated as "turtledove". And in Leviticus 12:8 "tor-im" is translated as "turtle". It seems confusing for translators to translate a word one way, and then translate it ...
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How much were sacrificial animals worth?
Leviticus 4-5 describes animal sacrifices. The chief priest had to bring a bull, while ordinary Israelites brought a female goat or lamb. Those who were too poor to afford a goat or sheep could offer ...
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Leviticus says animal sacrifice will cleanse you from your sins. Hebrews says it's impossible. What does "clean" mean?
Leviticus 16:
2The Lord said...6Aaron is to offer the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household...9 Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the Lord and ...
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Why must animals from the flock be slaughtered on the north side?
In Leviticus 1:11, the author of Leviticus states,
and [he] must slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, will splash its blood against the ...
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How did the Thanksgiving offering work?
A thanksgiving offering is mentioned in Leviticus 7:11-15 (NJPS):
This is the ritual of the sacrifice of well-being that one may offer to the Lord:
If he offers it for thanksgiving, he shall offer ...
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