Lesson 9The Demands of Holy Living

February 28, 2010

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We’ll cover readings for February 21-27, 2010 Portions of Exodus and Deuteronomy

Religious and Ceremonial Laws Sacrifices and Offerings Rules for priest The sabbatical year; Year of Jubilee Purification Persons excluded from the congregation The Nazirite vow; Vows of dedication Laws of separation

Laws of Government Concerning a king; Respect for rulers The judicial system

This Week

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Burnt Offerings Sin Offerings Trespass Offering Peace Offering Meat Offering Drink Offering Purification

Various Offerings

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Voluntary or Required What

Bull Ram Goat Dove Pigeon

When For specific sins Daily for sins in general

Burnt Offering

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Text Leviticus 1:1-17, 6:8-13; Exodus 29:38-46

How Person bringing offering lays hands on the

head Priest sprinkles blood around the altar Entrails burned Meat for priests

Burnt Offering (cont.)

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Unknown before time of Moses (Exodus 34:14) What

Depends of resources of offerer Bull, goat, lamb, dove, pigeon In extreme poverty, 1/10 ephah of flour

When Priests at consecration Mothers at childbirth Lepers when healed Nazirites when unexpectedly defiled

Why Particular occasion for particular sin

Sin Offering

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Text Leviticus 6:24-30

How Sinner lays hands on head and confesses sin

If for whole people, elders act as representative

High Priest sprinkles blood seven times before veil Some on horns of the altar Rest poured out at foot of altar

Burned in entirety High Priest could eat some in a holy place

Sin Offering (cont.)

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Not for sin in absolute, but in civil terms Required restitution, plus 20%

What Ram Lamb

Text Leviticus 5:14-6:7

How Blood sprinkled around altar Organs burned Flesh eaten by the priests

Trespass Offering

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What Make or female cow or sheep

Could be blemished, if freewill offering When

At consecration of priests At fulfillment of Nazirite vow At any religious dedication At Pentecost Voluntary, as expression of gratitude to God

Why Celebrate peace between God and man

Peace Offering

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Text Leviticus 3:1-17, 7:11-36, 22:21-25

How With bread, leavened or unleavened (eaten by

the priests) Killed by offerer Blood sprinkled around base of altar Entrails burned Breast and right shoulder to priest

Breast called “wave offering” Shoulder called “heave offering”

Rest eaten by offerer

Peace Offering (cont.)

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What Bloodless offering Flour and frankincense Unleavened cakes Parched corn and frankincense

Text Leviticus 2, 6:14-23; Numbers 15:1-16; Numbers

28, 29 How

Salt and oil added High Priest burned part on altar Priests ate the rest

Meat (or Meal) Offering

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If Bull 3/10 ephah (21 pints) of flour, pluse ½ hin (5

pints) of oil If Ram

2/10 ephah of flour, plus 1/3 hin of oil If Lamb

1/10 ephah of flour, plus ¼ hin of oil

Meat (or Meal) Offering (con.t)

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Given with burnt offering and peace offering

What Same amount of wine and oil

Text Exodus 29:38-46; Numbers 15:1-16, 28:7-29

How Poured out around altar

Drink Offering

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Text Numbers 5:1-3

Purification

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Readings for February 28-March 6 Holiness in Daily Life

Next Week

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