Cities for the Levites 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho, saying, 2 “Command the Israelites to give to the Levites cities to live in from the inheritance of their possession; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities. 3 The […]
Monthly Archives: August 2017
NUMBERS 36
Inheritance by Marriage 1 The leaders of the fathers’householdsof the family of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, approached and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the heads of the fathers’householdsof the Israelites, 2 and they said, “The Lordcommanded my […]
LEVITICUS 1
The Law of Burnt Offerings 1 The Lordcalled to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying, 2 “Speak to thechildren of Israel and say to them, ‘When any one of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of [domestic] animals from the herd (cattle, oxen) or […]
LEVITICUS 2
The Law of Grain Offerings 1 ‘Whenanyone presents a grain offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour [olive] oil over it and put frankincense on it. 2 ~‘He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. Out of it he shall take a handful of the fine […]
LEVITICUS 3
The Law of Peace Offerings 1 ‘If a man’s offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord. 2 ~‘He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering [transferring symbolically his guilt to the […]
LEVITICUS 4
The Law of Sin Offerings 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, ‘If a person sins unintentionally in any of the things which the Lordhas commanded not to be done, and commits any of them– 3 if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then he […]
LEVITICUS 5
The Law of Guilt Offerings 1 ‘If anyone sins after he hears apublic adjuration (solemn command to testify) when he is a witness, whether he has seen or [otherwise] known [something]–if he fails to report it, then he will bear his guiltandbe held responsible. 2 ~‘Or if someone touches any [ceremonially] unclean thing–whether the carcass […]
LEVITICUS 6
Guilt Offerings 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “When anyone sins and acts unfaithfully against the Lordby deceiving his neighbor (companion, associate) in regard to a deposit or a security entrustedto him, or through robbery, or if he has extorted from his neighbor, 3 or has found what was lost and lied about […]
LEVITICUS 7
The Priest’s Part in the Offerings 1 ‘This is the law of the guilt offering; it is most holy. 2 ~‘In the place where they kill the burnt offering they are to kill the guilt offering, and he shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. 3 ~‘Then he shall offer all its fat, the […]
LEVITICUS 8
The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons 1 Then the Lordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments [which are symbols of their office], and the anointing oil, and the bull for the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread; 3 and assemble […]