Leviticus
(Answers)
Updated
12/2023
CHAPTER 1
- Bulls, sheep or goats, and
birds (turtledoves or pigeons) were used for the burnt offerings. The
bulls, sheep, or goats had to be a male withoiut blemish.
CHAPTER 2
- Leaven (yeast) was not tp be
included in the grain offering.
- All grain offerings must be
of fine flour, anointed with oil and frankincense, and salt must be
included in the grain offering.
- A memorial portion of the
flour, oil, and frankincense was offered by fire upon the altar.
CHAPTER 3
- A male or female bull, lamb,
or goat was used for a peace offering.
- The animal must be
unblemished.
- The two kidneys, the fatty
lobe attached to the liver, and all the fat that covers and is on the
entrails was the Lord’s.
CHAPTER 4
- a. A young bull without
blemish was used for the sin offering of the priest. b. Some of the blood
was sprinkled seven times before the veil., some put on the horns of the
altar of incense, the rest was poured at the base of the altar of burnt
offering c. The fat of the entrails, the two kidneys, and the fatty lobe
on the liver was burned on the altar of burnt offering. The rest of the
animal was burned outside the camp where the ashes are dumped. (vs. 12)
- a. The blood was sprinkled
before the veil seven times and some put on the horns of the altar of
incense, and the rest poured out at the base of the altar of burnt
offering. (17-18) b. The bull was burned the same as the sin offering for
the priests. The fat of the entrails, the two kidneys, and the fatty lobe
of the liver was burned on the altar of burnt offering. The rest of the
bull was burned outside the camp.
- a. A male kid goat without
blemish was used for a ruler or leader’s sin offering. b. The blood was
placed on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and the rest poured out
at the base of the altar. c. On the altar of burnt offering.
- a. A female kid goat or lamb
was used for the sin offering of the people. (28,32) b. The blood was
placed on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and the rest poured out
at the base of the altar. c. On the altar.
CHAPTER 5
- The one hearing another’s
oath must speak up and tell the truth of the matter. Otherwise, he will be
guilty of wrong also.
- If a person touched anything
unclean, whether the carcass of a beast, livestock, or creeping thing, any
human uncleanness, or if he made an oath thoughtlessly he would be guilty
of a trespass requiring a sin offering
- A person who sinned
unintentionally regarding the holy things of the Lord would have to
sacrifice a ram without blemish and make restitution for the harm he has
done plus 1/5 more and give it to the priests.
- a. Sin committed in ignorance
is still sin. b. A ram without blemish was offered as a burnt offering for
sin committed in ignorance.
c. God says he is guilty of his iniquity. The action of the sin is
still sin whether a person knew it or not.
CHAPTER 6
- a. Anyone who had stolen or
concealed in any way something that belong to another he was to restore it
fully, plus 1/5 (20%) more. (vs.5) b. Paying the extra fifth to the owner
covered the trouble and damages he suffered.
- The burnt offering was to
remain all night on the altar until morning.
- The ashes of the burnt
offering would be set to the side and then taken to a clean area outside
the camp.
- A fire was always to burn on
the altar of burnt offering. It should never go out.
- The remainder of the grain
offering was to be eaten by Aaron and his sons with unleavened bread in
the court of the tabernacle.
- Aaron and is sons were to
offer 1/10 of the grain offering each day, half in the morning and half in
the evening.
- The meat of the sin
offerings was to be eaten by Aaron and his sons and all male priests in
the court of the tabernacle.
CHAPTER 7
- The meat of the burnt
offering was for the male priests who offered it.
- The skin of the animal
offered as a burnt offering was for the priest who offered it.
- Unleavened cakes were
offered but leavened bread could be offered for the thanksgiving offering.
- A vow or voluntary peace
offering must be eaten by the next morning. On the third day it must be
burned with fire.
- The people could not eat the
fat of the ox, sheep, or goat nor the blood of any bird or beast.
- Aaron and his sons could
keep the breast and the right thigh for themselves (These were waved in a
certain way or pattern before God giving credit to the one who dedicated
it.)
CHAPTER 8
- Moses consecrated Aaron and
his sons as priests before the Lord.
- The second ram was used to
consecrate Aaron and his sons.
- The breast and the right
thigh were burned on the altar of burnt offering.
- The consecration period continued
for seven days.
CHAPTER 9
- The day after Aaron and his
sons were consecrated (the eighth day) the elders and people of Israel
were to bring their sin offering and their burnt offering. The people of
Israel also brought a peace offering and a grain offering.
CHAPTER 10
- a. Nadad and Abihu offered
unauthorized incense on a censer to God. b. God killed them. c. God is to be worshiped holy and
according to His way. This brings honor and glory God to Him, not us.
- a. The priests were not to
partake of any intoxicating drink when they went into the tabernacle of
meeting. b. The priests needed to be able to discern between the clean and
unclean, the holy and unholy, and be able to teach the children of Israel
all the statues of the Lord.
CHAPTER 11
- The people could eat
animals that had split hooves and also chewed the cud.
- Of those in the water the
people could eat those with both fins and scales in the seas or river.
- Birds that ate flesh
(carnivores) could not be eaten.
- If they touched an unclean
animal or the carcass of an unclean animal the people had to wash their
garments and would be unclean till evening.
- An earthen vessel must be
destroyed and whatever was in it.
- If they touched the carcass
of a clean animal they would have to wash their clothes and be unclean
until evening.
- The people could not eat of
the creeping things or that which crawled on its belly.
CHAPTER 12
- a. A woman would be unclean
for seven days after having a son.
b. A son was circumcised. On the eighth day after he was born c.
The mother’s purification period was thirty-three days.
- a. A woman would be unclean
fourteen days after having a daughter. b. The mother’s purification period was sixty-six days
after having a daughter. c. The possible difference in purification could
be that the males were circumcised on the eighth day and were ceremonially
clean. The females had no ceremonial cleaning. Therefore, the daughter and
mother would be unclean at the same time. The mother would still be
unclean at the end of the daughter’s purification. The mother then would
have to bear another period of purification.
CHAPTER 13
- A leprous person was
isolated to keep the disease from spreading among the people.
- God spoke to Moses and
Aaron concerning the law of leprosy.
CHAPTER 14
- The one to be ceremonially
cleansed would first have two living birds presented, one that would be
killed and the other that would be set free. The blood of the killed bird
would be put on the one to be healed and on the bird to be set free. After
this, the one to be cleansed would shave his head and wash his clothes and
body. On the eighth day he would shave off all his hair, his beard, and
his eye-brows and would present a trespass offering, a burnt offering, and
a grain offering.
- The one to be cleansed
would wait seven days after coming into the camp before the cleansing
could be completed.
- The house was scraped, old
stone taken away and replaced with new ones.
- If theleprous condition
spread they broke the house down and destroyed all the parts in an unclean
place.
CHAPTER 15
- a. They would be unclean
until the discharge was finished. b. After the discharge had stopped, they
would wait for seven days and then wash themselves and their clothes. On
the eighth day they would bring a burnt offering and a sin offering to the
priest.
- If there is an emission of semen by the man or
a man with a woman they must bathe themselves and wash any garment that
may have semen. They will be unclean until evening.
- A woman would be unclean for seven days during
her monthly impurity.
- If a man could not restrain
himself then he too would be unclean for seven days and must separate
himself from others.
- Once a woman’s discharge
was done she would count an additional seven days and she would be clean.
On the eighth day she would go to the priest and offer a sin offering and
a burnt offering.
CHAPTER 16
- a. The Day of Atonement was
a ceremonially atonement for the Priest, the Most Holy Place, the altar,
and the sins of the whole congregation whatever they might be. b. The day
of Atonement is done once a year on the tenth day of the seventh month
(Yon Kipper). c. The blood of
the sacrifices was taken behind the veil and sprinkled on mercy seat. No
other sacrifices were sprinkled on the mercy seat.
- The sacrifice goat
represents Jesus and atonement for sins. The scapegoat represents Israel
and us, the sinner, set free under grace.
CHAPTER 17
- a. The people were never to
eat the blood of any animal. b. The blood is its life and is used to make
atonement for the sins of the people.
CHAPTER 18
- The children of Israel were
never to lie with any of their close relatives.
- God hates when a man lies
with another man. It is an abomonation to Him.
- God would vomit or remove
them out of the land as He would do to the people already there.
CHAPTER 19
- The people were never to
make any molded gods as idols to worship.
- The people were to leave
the corners of the land and the gleanings for the poor.
- Literally they were not to
mistreat the deaf or blind who could not defend themselves. Figuratively,
they were not to lead the weaker brother astray or take advantage of
anyone who does realize or understand what they are doing.
- The fruit of the trees was
not allowed to be eaten until the fifth year, after the offering of first
fruits to the Lord in the fourth year.
- They were to love strangers
as themselves for they were once mistreated strangers in a foreign land.
CHAPTER 20
- Anyone who cursed his father
or nother was put to death.
- Mediums were put to death.
CHAPTER 21
- A priest was to marry a
virgin of his own people.
- Anyone who had any physical
defect was unclean and could not approach the veil or the altar.
CHAPTER 22
- The priest would remain
unclean until he washed himself and when the sun went down. Then he could
eat of the holy offerings, it is his food.
- The priests could not eat
anything that died naturally or was torn by beasts.
- Offerings that were
blemished, blind, maimed, broken, or with skin disease or had any defect
would not be accepted.
- A mother and her young
could not be sacrificed on the same day.
CHAPTER 23
- The Sabbath day was the day
of rest. It was the seventh day in which no work was to be done.
- The Passover feast and the
Feast of Unleavened Bread were held in the first month.
- The Feast of First Fruits
was a wave offering to God at the beginning of harvest season.
- Seven Sabbaths plus one day
after the wave offering of first fruits were counted before the Feast of
Weeks was celebrated.
- The Feast of Trumpets was a
Sabbath rest day, a memorial day to God, observed on the first day of the
seventh month.
- The Feasts of Trumpets, the
Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles was held in the seventh
month (the first, the tenth, and the fifteenth respectively).
- The Feast of Tabernacles was
a feast to celebrate God’s provision for the children of Israel in the
wilderness when they lived in booths.
CHAPTER 24
- The lamps outside the veil
were never to go out. All day and all night the lamps burned.
- The showbread was eaten by
Aaron and his sons after replacing it with the new showbread each Sabbath.
- A blasphemer of God would be
stoned to death.
CHAPTER 25
- The land was sown six years
and then rested for one year.
- Every 50 years was the time
for release for a person to receive their freedom and for land to be
returned to the original owner.
- God would bless their sixth
year with more than enough to carry them through even to the ninth year.
- The people were not to
charge their brethren interest.
CHAPTER 26
- If they obeyed God, they
would have peace and blessings on their land and against their enemies.
- If they disobeyed, they would
be hungry, be taken by enemies, and have no blessings.
- God's warning was through
the destruction, plagues, loss of life, and other punishment, which was an
effort to reform the people.
CHAPTER 27
- Any dedication of property
or people to the work of the priesthood.
- The value of the property
plus 1/5 more was required to redeem your property.