Mercy.
Offerings galore. Not my favorite. Chapter 2 is much better than Chapter 1 pigeon head situation. Goodness.
No lack of direction.
Right away..
If you bring a grain offering baked in an oven, it is to consist of the finest flour: either thick loaves made without yeast and with olive oil mixed in or thin loaves made without yeast and brushed with olive oil
If your grain offering is prepared on a griddle, it is to be made of the finest flour mixed with oil, and without yeast. Crumble it and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.
Oh but wait. Next section goes into using organ parts. Necessary???
He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it before the Lord seven times in front of the curtain. Again…necessary?Apparently yes for Chapter 4 says—
In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.
Atonement comes with a price.
How are we to process this???
Different viewpoint but my hairdresser Jonathan said he always loved a breastplate in response to a fashion magazine picture spread.
Trying to keep it light.
Then..Moses also brought Aaron’s sons forward and put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet.
Wow.
The hits keep coming. Where are we going with this?
Aaron and his sons did everything the Lord commanded through Moses.
Other animal parts…divided hoof, hyrax, poor rabbit, pig, Unclean animals cited:
the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, the red kite, any kind of black kite, any kind of raven, the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,(how many kinds are there??), the little owl, the cormorant, (whatever that is), the great owl, the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, the stork, (!) any kind of heron, the hoopoe (a salmon-pink Eurasian bird with a long down-curved bill, a large erectile crest, and black and white wings and tail!)
and the bat. The bat..don’t forget the bat. Halloween is just around the corner.
And…
Of the animals that move along the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat,(obviously), any kind of great lizard, (see Geico ad)
a salmon-pink Eurasian bird with a long down-curved bill, a large erectile crest, and black and white wings and tail.
the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon. Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Obviously.
And if she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons,one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering.
Sweet.
And rashes….and mold..Skip Leviticus 15. Trust me.
And, this is to be a lasting ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites.
And it was done, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Whew. See long list of do nots….
Then…
Chapter 19:37-Keep all my decrees and all my laws(and follow them. I am the Lord.
The festivals…..sound like
Spring break!Mercy. Starts with a bang.
Offerings galore. Not my favorite. Chapter 2 is much better than the Chapter 1 pigeon head situation. Read for yourself.
Goodness. Chapter 2:4
If you bring a grain offering baked in an oven, it is to consist of the finest flour: either thick loaves made without yeast and with olive oil mixed in or thin loaves made without yeast and brushed with olive oil. If your grain offering is prepared on a griddle, it is to be made of the finest flour mixed with oil, and without yeast. Crumble it and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.
Oh but wait. The next section goes into using organ parts. Necessary???
He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it before the Lord seven times in front of the curtain. Again…necessary?Apparently yes.
Chapter 4 says so. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.
Atonement comes with a price.
How are we to process this???
Different viewpoint, but my hairdresser Jonathan said he always loved a breastplate in response to a fashion magazine picture spread.
Then..Moses also brought Aaron’s sons forward and put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. Wow. The hits keep coming. Where are we going with this?
Aaron and his sons did everything the Lord commanded through Moses.
Note other items….divided hoof, hyrax, poor rabbit, pig, and “unclean” animals cited:Chapter 11:
the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, the red kite, any kind of black kite, any kind of raven, the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,the stork, (really) any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.
The bat..don’t forget the bat.
And…
Of the animals that move along the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, (Poor weasel—what did they do wrong?)
the rat (yuck) any kind of great lizard,the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon. Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Obviously.
And there’s Chapter 12:8. Sweet shift—
But if she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering.
Sweet. But hold on. There’s more. Rashes and mold..Skip Leviticus 15. Trust me. Whew. Chapter 16:34
“This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites.
And it was done, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Long list of do nots….
Then….it’s simple.
Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the Lord.’”
The festivals…..sound like
Spring break! Obviously.
Godspeed
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