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30 A.D.

2000 A.D.

1400 B.C..

MosesCreation of

world

Books 3 – LEVITICUS

NAME: “concerning the Levites”

AUTHOR: Moses

DATE: 1446 – 1406

THEME: Worship and Holiness

What does it mean to LIVE as God’s Holy People?

2000 B.C.

Abraham

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SETTING: Leviticus takes place within the two years that Israel spent camped at the foot of Mt. Sinai. Leviticus continues the story of Israel receiving God’s instructions at Sinai.

IMPORTANT TOPICS:

Sacrifice and God’s Grace; Role of the Priests; Purity; The Day of Atonement; and Holy Living.

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ATONEMENT William Tyndale the sixteenth-

century English Bible Translator, invented this word to express what

Jesus accomplished on the cross: the cancellation of sins and reconciliation of God with humanity. The word has two parts: ”at” and “onement”. Atonement is God’s way to bring reconciliation and restoration to the

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SACRIFICAL SYSTEM• Sin is what separates us from GOD • God commanded His people to make offerings

and sacrifices to atone for their sins. • Each sacrifice had specific purposes and

actions depending on the particular person and need.

• There are 5 major sacrifices outlined within the book of Leviticus and One Major Day

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Leviticus 1 – 7 Burnt Offering Grain Offering

Fellowship Offering Sin Offering

Guilt Offering Priestly Instructions

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• Leviticus falls into two basic divisions: Sacrifice (public worship) and Sanctification (private worship)

• I. Holy sacrifices to a Holy God (1-16)• A. The Laws of Sacrifice for Approach to God (1-7)• B. The Laws of Consecration of the Priests (8-10)• C. The Laws of Purity (11-15)• D. The Laws of National Atonement (16)

• II. Holy Living before a Holy God (17-27)• A. The Laws of Sanctification for God’s People (17-20)• B. The Laws of Sanctification for God’s Priests (21-22)• C. The Laws of Sanctification in Worship (23-24)• D. The Laws of Sanctification in the Land of Canaan (25-26)• E. The Laws of Sanctification and Vows (27)

• Leviticus falls into two basic divisions: Sacrifice (public worship) and Sanctification (private worship)

• I. Holy sacrifices to a Holy God (1-16)• A. The Laws of Sacrifice for Approach to God (1-7)• B. The Laws of Consecration of the Priests (8-10)• C. The Laws of Purity (11-15)• D. The Laws of National Atonement (16)

• II. Holy Living before a Holy God (17-27)• A. The Laws of Sanctification for God’s People (17-20)• B. The Laws of Sanctification for God’s Priests (21-22)• C. The Laws of Sanctification in Worship (23-24)• D. The Laws of Sanctification in the Land of Canaan (25-26)• E. The Laws of Sanctification and Vows (27)

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• Leviticus receives its name from the Septuagint and means “relating to the Levites.”

• The Levites were the priests who were chosen of God to minister to the nation.

• The book of Leviticus contains many of the laws given by God to direct them in their work as priests for the worship of God.

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And the priest shall burn it on the altar for a

pleasing aroma to the LORD. And the priest shall

make atonement for him, and he

shall be forgiven. (4:28)

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2x in chapter 11 we are reminded to “be holy, for I am holy.”

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For I am the LORD your God…

This covenant phrase appears 45 times from here to the end of Leviticus.

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