Leviticus 25 ~ The Year of Jubilee

The year of Jubilee

Not only were the people to observe the Sabbath and keep it holy but the promised land also was to observe the Sabbath in that it would be worked for six years and the sixth it would rest. Whatever the land produced would be consumed by the landowner, his family, his servants and his slaves during the the 7th year. After seven cycles of seven years on the 10th day of the 7th month a trumpet shall sound throughout the land and will re-echo over the land. Liberty will be proclaimed for all inhabitants. During the 50th year, the year of Jubilee people would return to their homeland. 

God went on to tell them they would have plenty of harvest so they would not need to work the land in the 7th year to provide for their families and went on to explain to them how he would like them to conduct their real estate dealings. 

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Leviticus 24 ~ An Eye for an Eye

This chapter deals with a few different issues. 

Keep the oil lamps burning. 

God spoke to Moses and advised how they were to be kept burning. They were to be placed on pure gold tables. vs 1 -4

Bread offered to God

They were to take 24 pounds of flour and bake 12 loaves of bread with 12 loaves on each tables of pure gold. God gave implicit directions on how the food was to be placed and offered because bread was a very holy part of food offered to the Lord for the priests. vs. 5-9

Just and fair punishments.

This is where the saying "an eye for an eye" originated. If someone wronged someone in a certain way, they could expect retribution in the same way. vs. 10-23

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Leviticus 23 ~ Religious Festivals

God spoke to Moses about high holy days, days of festival and the Sabbath. God provided Moses with rituals which were to be strictly adhered to and advised that on these specific days, which he listed, there was to be no work performed. God also made provisions for the poor and needy by advising the children of Israel to leave some grain behind especially on the perimeters of their fields for those who were wandering and hungry. 

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Leviticus 22 ~ Holy Offerings

God's children were urged not to eat anything that had been either killed by a wild animal or had died of natural causes. The priests were advised not to partake of sacred foods when unclean. Sacred foods were only to be eaten by the priest and his family or slaves which were born in their home. If the daughter moves from the home and marries outside the priesthood she is no longer to partake of the sacred meal. Animals used for offering were to be blemish free. A newborn animal and it's mother was not to be sacrificed the same day. Newborn animals were not to sacrificed before the age of 8 days. Meat was to be eaten the same day and none was to be saved for eating on the following day. 

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Leviticus 21 - The Sanctity of Priesthood

Moses' brother, Aaron's sons were priests. This was the most elevated position of the day and because of this the standards of purity were at the highest. The Lord spent much time instructing Moses on the conduct He required. He touched upon cleanliness of body and behavior. They were not allowed to handle the dead as was required for preparation of burial, nor were they allowed to marry a woman who had not kept her honor. A priest maintains a high position; one that is sacred because God is sacred. 

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Leviticus 20 ~ The Penalty of Sin is Death

God told Moses that He had brought the people to Israel and He did not want them to participate in the worldly habits of those there. People in the country sacrificed their children to God, practiced immoral sex worshiped false Gods and visited mediums and sorcerers.

The country flowed with milk and honey and was a rich country. The inhabitants were being chased out to make a new home for the Israelites. Those who could not or would not listen would be put to death. God promised this that they would be set apart as a chosen children and as such needed to obey his laws and live justly and respectfully.

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Leviticus 19 ~ Moral and Religious Laws

God said to Moses that He wanted the community of Israel to know that He is their Lord and God and such is holy. He advised that they are to be holy and respectable also. He advised them of laws which would help them to carry themselves in a fair and respectful way, advising against speaking to mediums or astrologers or worshiping false idols. He also advised them be good neighbors and against cheating and lying.

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Leviticus 18 ~ The Sanctity of Sex

God told Moses to instruct the Israelites that they were not be sexual immoral as were the Egyptians. He was bringing them into Canaan and He wanted Moses to impress upon them that they were not to behave as the Canaanites either. They were not to have sexual relations with relatives, spouses of relatives or family members of any relatives, nor were they to sleep with their neighbor or a member of their own sex. 

God was very clear in His instructions to be given to the Israelites as to the sanctity of sex wanting them to respect themselves and one another. 

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Leviticus 17 ~ Bloodshedding

The Lord told Moses to speak to Aaron and his sons regarding the sacrifice of ox, sheep or goats advising that anyone who slaughters an animal without first bringing it to the temple and first offering it for sacrifice at the temple is guilty of blood shedding. If anyone was out hunting and caught a bird or other animal the blood should be buried before the animal was prepared for eating. Blood of animals as well as humans was considered to be sacred and not disposed of in a careless fashion. There also was protocol to follow in cleaning the garments and bodies of those who came in contact with the shed blood.  

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Leviticus 16 ~ The Scapegoat

In chapter ten of Leviticus, Aaron's two sons were consumed with fire for incorrectly approaching the Lord. God referred to this when speaking to Moses about protocol in approaching the sanctuary. God asked Moses to instruct Aaron in the appropriate fashion of not only entering the temple but preparing sin offering. He advised him also that a young bullock was to be given for offering and how the sins were to be placed upon the head of a goat and the goat led out into the desert. This is where the term "scapegoat" appears to have originated as the goat bore the sins of the people and then was sacrificed. 

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