CHAPTER 10 A STARK LESSON AND A GLORIOUS CONTINUATION. But as so often when there is blessing, disobedience comes. Men have a strange ability to forget their own weakness and begin to think that they know better than God, to declare, ‘I am the captain of my soul, I am the master of my fate', even a... [ Continue Reading ]
DISOBEDIENCE BRINGS DEATH FOR THE DISOBEDIENT AND A TEST FOR THE FAITHFUL (LEVITICUS 10:1). Leviticus 10:1 ‘And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them.'... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,' This is the first time that God has spoken directly to Aaron, demonstrating his new status. From now on until Leviticus 15, God will speak sometimes ‘to Moses and to Aaron' (Leviticus 11:1; Leviticus 13:1; Leviticus 15:1) and sometimes just ‘to Moses' (Leviticus... [ Continue Reading ]
“Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, so that you do not die, it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations,” The first important requirement is that priests do not enter the tent of meeting while under the influence of alco... [ Continue Reading ]
“And that you may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,” The next important point is the distinction between the holy and the common (the unholy), the clean and the unclean. This distinction will be taken up later in Leviticus in detail. But the... [ Continue Reading ]
“And that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses.” The idea here is that for anyone to come short of God's requirements is to be rendered unclean. Thus it is the duty of the priesthood to make all aware of God's statutes and requirements, both... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT THE PRIESTS MAY PARTAKE OF CONCERNING THE HOLY THINGS (LEVITICUS 10:12). He now moves on to the portions of the Priests from grain offerings and from peace sacrifices and the distinctions concerning the holiness of them. It is again concerned with the question of the holiness of the Sanctuary.... [ Continue Reading ]
A PROBLEM ARISES CONCERNING THE PURIFICATION FOR SIN OFFERING FOR THE PEOPLE (LEVITICUS 10:16). This incident is quite remarkable, and is very unlikely to be a later invention, for it depicts Moses' uncertainty in the face of a ritual situation. It confirms that here we are dealing with what actual... [ Continue Reading ]