An Outline of the Law of Moses
Major Sections
The Law and Christianity
Introduction to the Law
This study is designed to provide the reader with a functional
understanding of the Law of Moses. It summarizes and harmonizes the
teachings of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy into a concise,
well- organized and practical guide to the Law given to the Jews.
This study is important for several reasons. First, it provides us with
a large set of explicit commands given by God to men, giving us some
insight into basic morality and the character
of God.
It also
provides the backdrop of much of the rest of the Bible,
from the time of Moses himself, through the Judges, David and the other
kings, the prophets, to Jesus and much of the New Testament church as
well. Many lessons of the Bible use the standard of the Law or the
language of the Law to explain God's will in any given situation. Other
parts
of the Bible use symbols or references from the Law to convey the
message.
Additionally, an understanding of the Law is required to properly
understand the day- to- day ministry of Jesus. Jesus and his
contemporaries lived under
the Law. His teachings and actions primarily related to the Law and how
it was interpreted, understood and followed by his hearers. Without
considering this setting, a great deal of what he said and did cannot
be properly understood.
Blessed is
the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the
way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the
Law of the Lord, and on his Law he meditates day and night. He is like
a tree planted by streams of water, which yields fruit in season and
whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. Not so the
wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the
wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of
the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but
the way of the wicked will perish. (Psalm 1)
This study is
in outline
form and gives a quick, at- a- glance review
of the law. The units given in Scripture have been converted to
English, American or metric units to aid the reader's comprehension of
the subject matter. Monetary items were converted based upon 40 shekels
per pound and the price of $13.50 per ounce of silver (so 100 shekels =
$540). However, these items are probably best understood in a relative
sense and not an absolute sense. We don't really know what a shekel of
silver was worth compared to a pound of flour back in those days. The
outline format allows the reader to determine
how in- depth this review will be.
The Exodus
The story of the exodus of the people of Israel from Egypt to the
promised land is presented simultaneously with the presentation of the
Law of Moses. To present the Law in a study without attention to the
exodus is to omit the very context and conditions under which the law
is given. What follows, then, is a chronological synopsis of the events
of the exodus, with Scripture references included.
| Event
|
Scripture |
| Egyptian slavery |
Ex 1:1-22 |
| Moses born |
Ex 2:1-10 |
| Moses kills Egyptian |
Ex 2:11-12 |
| Moses rejected by Israel |
Ex 2:13-14 |
| Moses flees to Midian |
Ex 2:15-25 |
| Moses and the burning bush |
Ex 3:1- 4:17 |
| Moses returns to Egypt |
Ex 4:18-31 |
| Bricks without straw |
Ex 5:1- 6:12 |
| Aaron speaks to Pharaoh |
Ex 6:28- 7:5 |
| Miraculous signs |
Ex 7:6- 11:10 |
| The Passover |
Ex 12:1-30 |
| The Exodus |
Ex 12:31- 13:22 |
| Egypt pursues Israel |
Ex 14:1-31 |
| Water of Marah |
Ex 15:22-27 |
| Manna ands Quail |
Ex 16:1-36 |
| Water from a rock |
Ex 17:1-7 |
| Amelekites attack |
Ex 17:8-16 |
| Jethro visits Moses |
Ex 18:1-27 |
| Moses on Mt. Sinai |
Ex 19:1- 31:18, Lev 25:1- 26:46 |
| Golden calf |
Ex 32:1- 34:35, Dt 9:7-29 |
| Moses tells the Law |
Ex 35:1-19 |
| Holy things built |
Ex 35:20- 40:38, Num 7:1-- 8:5 |
| Moses in Tent of Meeting |
Lev 1:1- 7:37 |
| Aaron ordained |
Lev 8:1- 9:24, Num 8:5-26 |
| Nadab and Abihu die |
Lev 10:1-20 |
| Blasphemer stoned |
Lev 24:10-23 |
| Census |
Num 1:1- 4:49 |
| Passover celebrated |
Num 9:1-14 |
| Leave Sinai |
Num 10:11-36 |
| Fire and quail |
Num 11:1-35 |
| Miriam and Aaron rebel |
Num 12:1-16 |
| Explore the land |
Num 12:16- 14:43, Dt 1:9-18 |
| Israel defeated |
Num 14:44-45, Dt 1:19-46 |
| Sabbath- breaker stoned |
Num 15:32-36 |
| Korah rebels |
Num 16:1-50 |
| Aaron's staff buds |
Num 17:1-13 |
| Miriam dies |
Num 20:1 |
| Water from a rock |
Num 20:2-13 |
| Edom denies passage to Israel |
Num 20:4-22 |
| Aaron dies |
Num 20:22-29 |
| Arad destroyed |
Num 21:1-3 |
| Plague of snakes |
Num 21:7-9 |
| Defeat of Sihon and Og |
Num 21:21-35 |
| Balaam |
Num 22:1- 24:25 |
| Immorality and the Moabites |
Num 25:1-18, Dt 4:3-4 |
| Census |
Num 26:1-65 |
| Joshua anointed |
Num 27:12-23 |
| Midianites defeated |
Num 31:1-54 |
| Moses final words |
Dt 1:5-- 31:30 |
| Moses dies |
Dt 34:1-8 |
Reasons for the Law
- To see if Israel would obey (Ex 16:4, 17:28-29,
Dt 8:2, 30:11-14,
29:29)
- For the instruction of Israel (Ex 24:12)
- A covenant with Israel (Ex 34:27)
- To give the Israelites life (Lev 18:5, Dt 4:40,
5:32-33, 6:2-3,
16:18, 16:24-25)
- To train or discipline Israel (Dt 4:36)
- So Israel would fear God (Dt 6:1)
- So Israel could live (Dt 32:47)
Promises of the law
- Obedience leads to blessings (Dt 28:1-14)
- Disobedience leads to curses (Dt 28:15ff)
Requirements for restoration
(Lev 26:40-45, Dt 4:29-30, 30:1-10)
- Look for God with all of your heart and soul
- Turn to God with all of heart and soul
- Take the words of God to heart
- Obey God with all of heart and soul
- Confess sin
- Humble hearts
- God will restore
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Social and Civic Elements of the Law
Personal Holiness
- Be holy, because God is holy (Lev 19:1-2, 20:7-8)
- They are a people belonging to God (Lev 20:22-26)
- God makes Israel holy (Lev 20:7-9, 22:31-33)
- Do not imitate the nations being driven out (Dt
7:1-6)
- Acknowledge God as holy by obeying commands (Dt
10:12-13, 11:1)
- Have total love and devotion to God (Dt 6:5,
10:12-13,
11:22)
- Keep the Law prominent
- Put the law on fenceposts and doorframes (Dt
6:9,
11:20)
- Tie the law on forehead and hands (Dt 6:7-8,
11:18)
- Garments (Lev 19:19, Num 15:37-41, Dt 22:5,
22:11-12)
- Do not wear clothing woven of two different
types of material
- Wear tassels on the corners of garments
- With a blue cord on each tassel
- To aid in remembering the commands of God
- Men must not wear women's clothing
- Women must not wear men's clothing
- Do not cut hair at sides of head or the edge of
the beard (Lev
19:27)
Family
- The right of the firstborn (Num 27:1-11, 36:1-13,
Dt 21:15-17)
- The firstborn son gets a double share
- If a man has two wives and loves one more than
the other and the
firstborn child belongs to the unloved woman, he still gets the right
of the firstborn
- Inheritances in the absence of sons
- Give the inheritance to his daughters
- The daughter's must marry in their own tribe
- If he has no sons or daughters, give it to
his brothers
- If he has no children or brothers, give it to
his father's brothers
- If his father has no brothers, give it to the
closest relative in
his clan
- A father may nullify any vow his daughter makes
(Num 30:3-5, 30:16)
- A rebellious son (Dt 21:18-21)
- If a son is
- Stubborn
- Rebellious
- Disobedient
- Does not listen to discipline
- Take him to the town gate and the elders
- Parents shall testify to his rebelliousness
- All the men of the town shall stone him to death
- Respect of parents (Ex 20:12, 21:15, 21:17, Lev
19:3, 20:9, Dt 5:16,
27:16)
- Honor and respect mother and father
- Will live long in the land
- It will go well with children
- Whoever dishonors, curses or attacks his father
or mother
- Is cursed
- Must be put to death
- Children's punishment for parent's sins (Ex
20:5, 34:7, Nu
14:18, Dt 5:9, 24:16)
- Children punished for their parents sins to 4th
generation
- Children will not die for their parent's sins
- Parents will not die for their children's sins
- Parent's responsibility to children (Ex 12:26,
13:8, 13:14-16, Dt
4:9-10, 6:7, 11:19, 31:12-13, 32:46)
- Instruct children on the Passover
- Instruct children on the plague of the
firstborn
- Remind children
of the history of Israel
- Continually discuss the law with the children
- Children must hear the law
- Children must learn to fear God
- Command children to obey the law
Marriage
- If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to
be married (Ex
22:16-17)
- He must pay the bride price
- If her father permits, she may become his bride
- Marital unfaithfulness (Num 5:11-31)
- If a husband suspects his wife has committed
adultery
- Take to the priest
- Offering of 2.2 ltr barley flour (no oil or
incense)
- Wife
- Priest puts some holy water and dust from the
tabernacle floor into
a clay jar
- Priest holds the water
- Priest loosens her hair and takes the flour
offering
- Priest makes woman take vow of faithfulness
- Priest writes vow on a scroll and scrapes it
into the jar
- Priest takes grain offering
- Wave it before the Lord
- Offer a memorial portion on the altar
- Woman drinks water
- The husband is innocent of any wrongdoing
- The woman must pay for her sin
- If she swells up, she is guilty
- A woman's vows (Num 30:6-16)
- A husband has a right to nullify any vow his
wife makes
- A widow's or divorced woman's vow is binding
- Marrying captive women (Dt 7:3, 21:10-14)
- If a Hebrew man wants to marry a captive woman
- Bring her into home
- Shave her head
- Trim her nails
- Put aside the clothes she was wearing when she
was captured
- Wait one month for her to mourn her mother and
father
- If not pleased with her later
- Let her go
- Do not sell her or enslave her
- Do not marry women of the nations of the
inheritance
- Virginity of a wife (Dt 22:13- 21)
- If a husband claims his wife was not a virgin
- Wife's parents must bring proof of virginity to
town gate
- If she was a virgin
- The husband must pay $540.00 to her parents
- The husband cannot divorce her
- If she wasn't a virgin
- Bring her to the door of her father's house
- All the men of the town shall stone her
- Adultery (Dt 22:22)
- If a man is caught sleeping with another man's
wife
- Stone them both to death
- Divorce (Dt 24:1-4)
- A man may divorce his wife if he finds her
displeasing or indecent
- He must write her a certificate of divorce
- He may marry again
- If he is divorced from another wife, he may not
remarry one of his
previous wives
- Newlywed men (Dt 24:5)
- For one whole year
- No duties or warfare
- Stay at home and please his wife
- Brother- in- law's duty (Dt 25:5-10)
- If a brother dies without having a son
- His brother must marry her
- The first son born to them shall carry on the
dead brother's name
- If he refuses to marry her
- The widow reports this to the elders
- The elders shall talk to him
- If he still refuses, the widow shall
- Take off one of his sandals
- His line shall be known as the Family of
the Unsandaled
Servants,
Slaves and Business
- Hebrew servants (Ex 21:1-6, Lev 25:39-43, 25:54)
- Serve for six years, then go free
- If he came with a wife, they both leave
- If he comes alone, he must leave alone
- If his master gives him a wife, she and any
children belong to the
master
- If the slave doesn't want to leave his wife
and children,
- Pierce his ear with an awl
- He belongs to the master for life
- If a Hebrew becomes poor and sells himself into
slavery
- Treat him as a hired worker
- Release him and his children in the year of
Jubilee
- Hebrew daughter (Ex 21:7-11)
- Sold into slavery to another Hebrew
- Must either be kept or redeemed, not sold
- If purchased as a wife for his son
- She gets the fulls rights of a daughter
- If he marries again
- She is entitled to food, clothing, and
marital rights
- If she doesn't get these, she goes free
- Beating a slave (Ex 21:20-21)
- Any man who beats his slave to death is guilty
of murder
- If a beaten slave recovers, no punishment shall
be rendered
- If a slave's eye or tooth is destroyed, he
shall go free
- Runaway slaves (Dt 23:15-16)
- If a foreign slave takes refuge with a Jew
- Do not turn him over to his master
- Let him live among Israel
- Do not oppress him
- Pay a hired man before sunset every day (Lev
19:13, Dt 24:14-15)
- Lending money (Ex 22:25-27, Dt 23:19-20, 24:6,
24:10-13, 24:17)
- Do not charge interest to a brother Hebrew
- Do not take in pledge that which he needs
- Do not go into his house to take what he pledges
- Do not take the cloak of a widow in pledge
- Harvest regulations (Lev 19:9-10, 19:19, 23:22,
Dt 22:9-10,
23:24-25, 24:19-22, 25:4)
- Do not reap to the very edges of the field
- Do not gather gleanings or go over the land a
second time
- Do not plant field with two types of seed
- Fruit trees in the promised land
- First three years: unclean
- Fourth year: fruit is holy to the Lord
- Fifth year: may be eaten
- If you enter your neighbor's vineyard
- Eat all you want
- Put nothing in a basket
- Do not put a sickle to the standing grain
- Do not muzzle an ox treading out the grain
- Animals (Ex 23:19, 34:26, Lev 19:19, Dt 22:6-7,
22:10)
- Do not mate different kinds of animals
- Do not take a mother bird and her eggs
- Do not plow with an ox and a donkey together
- Do not cook a goat in its mother's milk
- Do not eat meat with the blood in it (Lev
7:26-27, 19:26, 17:10-14)
Social
Justice and Interpersonal Relations
- Civic responsibility (Dt 22:1-4, 24:16-18)
- Help your enemy with his overloaded donkey
- Return your enemy's ox or donkey
- Rebuke a guilty brother (Lev 19:17)
- Love neighbor and alien as yourself (Lev 19:18,
19:34)
- Do not bear a grudge (Lev 19:18)
- Do not seek revenge (Lev 19:18)
- Do not hate (Lev 19:17)
- Do not covet anything (Ex 20:17, Dt 5:21)
- Widows and orphans (Ex 22:22-24, Dt 27:19)
- Do not take advantage of a widow
- Do not take advantage of orphans
- The Lord will kill with the sword those who do,
and
- His wife will become a widow
- His children will be fatherless
- Cursed is anyone who fails to do this
- Deaf and blind (Lev 19:14, Dt 27:18)
- Do not curse the deaf
- Do not put a stumbling block in the path of the
blind
- Do not lead the blind astray on the road (Lev
19:14, Dt 27:18)
- Aliens (Ex 22:21, Lev 19:33-34, Dt 10:19, 27:19)
- Do not oppress an alien
- Do not mistreat an alien
- Love him as yourself
- Cursed is anyone who fails to do this
- Rise in the presence of the aged (Lev 19:32)
- Restitution (Num 5:5-10)
- When a person wrongs someone
- Person must confess the guilt
- Make 120% restitution to the wronged party
- If wronged party or close relative cannot be
found, restitution
belongs to the Lord and the priest shall receive it
- Boundary stones are not to be moved (Dt 19:14,
27:17)
Idolatry
(Ex 20:1-6, 20:23, 22:20, 34:14, 34:17, Lev 18:21 19:4, 20:1-5, 26:1,
Dt 4:15-18, 5:6-10, 13:1-18, 16:21-22, 17:2-7, 18:10, 27:15)
- Worship of other gods is forbidden
- Sacrifice to any other gods is forbidden
- Enticing others to serve other gods if forbidden
- Worship of heavenly bodies is forbidden
- Idols, images and sacred stones are forbidden
- Wooden Asherah poles are forbidden
- Sacrificing children to Molech is forbidden
- If a person commits idolatry
- Investigate it thoroughly
- Testimony of two witnesses is required
- Stone that person at the city gate
- If a town commits idolatry
- Investigate it thoroughly
- Verify if it is true
- Put to the sword everything that lives
in that
town
- Burn the plunder in the town square
- The city must never be rebuilt
Blasphemy
(Ex 20:7, 22:28, Lev 19:12, 22:31-33, 24:10-16, Num 15:30-31, Dt 5:11)
- Defiant, deliberate sin is considered blasphemy
- Misuse of the Lord's name is forbidden
- Profaning the Lord's name is forbidden
- Swearing falsely by the Lord's name is forbidden
- If a person blasphemes
- Take blasphemer outside the camp
- All who heard the blasphemy are to lay hands on
him
- The entire assembly is to stone him to death
Sorcery
(Ex 22:18, Lev 19:26, 19:31, 20:6, 20:27, Dt 18:9-13)
- The following are forbidden
- Diviners or sorcerers
- Omen interpreters
- Witches
- Spell casters
- Mediums
- Spiritualists
- Those who consult the dead
- God will cut off those who turn to mediums and
spiritualists
- Stone those who practice these things
Forbidden sexual activity
(Ex 20:14, 22:19, Lev 18:1-20, 18:22-30, 19:20-22, 19:29, 20:10-24,
21:9, Dt 5:18, 22:21, 22:30, 27:20-23)
- Punishable by death (cut off from people/ being
cursed)
- Adultery
- Sex with animals
- Homosexuality
- Sex with close relatives
- Mother
- Granddaughter
- Aunt
- Wife's sister
- Sister
- Half- sister
- Sex with a woman and her daughter or
granddaughter (burn them in the fire)
- Brother's wife
- Father's wife
- Son's wife
- Sex during a woman's period
- Prostitution (priest's daughter burned in fire)
- A woman who gets married and cannot prove she
is a virgin
- Fornication with a slave girl is not punishable
by death
Crimes
- Theft (Ex 20:15, 22:1, 22:3-4, 22:7-15, Lev
6:1-7, 19:11, 19:13,
24:18, 24:21)
- Ox or sheep stolen and slaughtered or eaten
shall be replaced with
five head of cattle for the ox, four sheep for the sheep
- A thief must make restitution for what he has
stolen
- If a thief cannot make restitution for what he
has stolen, he shall
be sold to pay for his theft
- If a stolen animal is found alive in the
possession of a thief, he
must pay back double
- A man who allows his livestock to graze in
another's field must make
restitution from his own field
- If a man gives his neighbor any goods for
safekeeping and they are
stolen, the thief shall pay back double
- If a man gives his neighbor any goods for
safekeeping and they are
stolen and the thief is not caught, the matter he shall be taken before
the judges to determine guilt
- If an animal was left, and it was stolen or
dies or is injured, the
trustee may take an oath of innocence and this shall close the matter
- If a animal was torn to pieces by a wild
animal, remains shall be
presented as evidence
- If he is guilty of wrongdoing, he must make
restitution
- If an animal is borrowed and dies or is
injured, he must make
restitution
- If the owner is with the borrowed animal, the
borrower doesn't have
to pay
- If the animal was hired, the money paid
covers the loss
- Do not defraud your neighbor or rob him
- In all cases and claims
- They shall go before the judge
- The guilty party must pay back double
- Deceit
- About something entrusted with
- Find lost property and lies about it
- Swears falsely
- Make 120% restitution
- Must present guilt offering
- Capital offenses
- Murder (Ex 20:13, 21:12-14, 21:23, 22:2-3, Lev
24:17, 24:21, Num
35:16-21, Dt 5:17, 27:24-25)
- A man who kills someone breaking in is guilty
only if it happens
after sunrise
- Whoever commits murder must die
- Kidnapping (Ex 21:16, Dt 24:7, 27:24-25)
- Failure to control a known wild bull that kills
someone (Ex 21:28-29)
- In regards to the holy things
- Going upon the mountain of the Lord (Ex
19:12-13)
- Unauthorized entry to the Most Holy Place
(Lev 16:1-2)
- Non- Levites approaching the tabernacle (Num
1:51, 3:10, 3:38,
4:18-19, 18:1-7)
- Making perfume similar to the perfume for
anointing priests, or
putting it on someone other that a priest (Ex 30:33)
- Making incense similar to that used in the
tabernacle (Ex 30:38)
- Unauthorized sacrifices (Lev 10:1-3, 17:1-9)
- Rape (Dt 22:25)
- Sexual perversions (Ex 22:19, Lev 18:1-30,
20:10-16, 20:18, Dt
22:13-25)
- Promiscuity (Dt 22:13-21)
- In regards to parents
- Attack parents (Ex 21:15)
- Curse parents (Ex 21:17, Lev 20:9, Dt 27:16)
- Rebellion against parents (Dt 21:18-21)
- Breaking the Sabbath (Ex 31:12-18, 35:2, Num
15:32-36)
- j. Blasphemy (Lev 24:14)
- Idolatry (Lev 20:1-5, Num 25:5, Dt 13:1-11,
17:2-7, 27:15)
- False prophecy (Dt 18:17-22)
- Sorcery (Ex 22:18, Lev 20:27)
- Contempt of court (Dt 17:8-13)
- Wrongful accusations of capital offenses (Dt
19:16-21)
- Violations of ceremonial aspects
- Passover (Ex 12:19, Num 9:13)
- Day of atonement (Lev 23:26-32)
- Fellowship offering rules (Lev 7:20-21,
19:5-8, 22:3)
- Failure to cleanse (Num 19:13-20)
- Eating blood or fat (Lev 7:26-27, 17:10-14)
- Defiant sin (Num 15:30-31, Dt 27:26)
- Withholding justice (Dt 27:19)
- Moving boundary stones (Dt 27:17)
- Leading the blind astray (Dt 27:18)
- Accepting a bribe for murder (Dt 27:25)
- Two witnesses required for execution (Num
35:30, Dt 17:6, 19:15)
- A man must make restitution if he starts a fire
that burns someone
else's fields (Ex 22:6)
- False testimony (Ex 20:16, Lev 19:11, 19:16, Dt
5:20, 19:16-21)
- Do not spread slander
- Judges must investigate
- If guilty, do to him as he sought to do to his
brother
- Capital punishment (Dt 17:7, 21:22-23)
- Witnesses shall be the first to execute
- If someone is hung on a tree, do not leave the
body on the tree overnight
- Beatings (Dt 25:1-3)
- If the judges rule a man guilty in a dispute
- He may be beaten
- But not more than forty times
- Differing weights are prohibited (Lev 19:35-36,
Dt 25:13-16)
- Battery and negligence (Ex 21:18-19, 21:22-25,
21:28-36, 22:33-34,
Lev 19:16, 24:19-20, Dt 22:8, 25:11)
- If somebody hits someone else and he does not
die but is confined to
bed for a period of time
- The offender must compensate for his loss of
time
- See that the injured man is completely healed
- Personal injury shall be punished eye for eye
- If men are fighting and hit a pregnant woman
and she gives birth
- They will be fined whatever the court allows
- If there is a serious injury, take life for
life
- If men are
fighting and a woman seizes her husband's opponent by his private
parts, cut off her hand
- If a bull gore someone to death
- Stone the bull to death, do not eat its meat
- If the owner of the bull was negligent
- he may redeem himself by paying whatever is
demanded
- If it gores a slave, the owner must pay the
slave-owner $162.00
- If a bull gores another bull
- If owner is negligent, he must replace the
dead animal
- If he is not negligent, they must
- If a man digs a pit and an animal falls into
it, he must pay for the
loss
- Do not do anything that endangers your
neighbor's life
- Build a parapet around the roof of a house so
no one can fall off of
it
- Unsolved murder (Dt 21:1-9)
- Judges measure closest town to the dead body
- Take an unworked heifer
- Lead her into an unfarmed valley with a flowing
stream
- Elders break the neck of the animal
- Elders wash hands over the carcass and testify
to their innocence
- Rape (Dt 22:23-29)
- If a man meets a virgin pledged to be married
and rapes her in town
- Stone the woman for not screaming
- Stone them man for violating another man's
wife
- If a man meets a virgin pledged to be married
and rapes her in the
country, stone the man only
- If a man rapes a woman who is not pledged to be
married
- He must pay the woman's father $270.00
- He must marry her
- He can never divorce her
- Cities of refuge (Num 35:6-34, Dt 4:41-43,
19:1-13)
- Six centrally located cities
- Whoever kills a man without malice aforethought
may flee to there
- Whoever kills a man with malice and flees to
here can be taken back
to his town and punished
- If the killer leaves the city of refuge, the
avenger of blood may
avenge upon him
- When the high priest dies, he may return to his
property
- Response to legal matters (Ex 23:1-9, Lev 5:1,
19:15, Dt 19:15,
22:1-4, 24:16)
- Do not spread false reports
- Do not side with the crowd in perverting justice
- Do not follow the crowd in wrongdoing
- Do not show favoritism or partiality to anyone
- Failure to testify about a matter you know
about is a sin
- Do not deny justice to a poor man
- Have nothing to do with a false charge
- Do not put an innocent or honest person to death
- Do not accept a bribe
- One witness is not sufficient to convict a
person of a crime
- Do not punish a father for the sins of his son
- Do not punish a son for the sins of his father
- Render justice to an alien
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Leadership
Moses
(Ex 3:10, 18:15-20, 19:9, Dt 1:9-18)
- Sent by God to confront Pharaoh
- Seen speaking with God
- To be trusted by the people
- To represent the people before God
- Teach people the laws and decrees
- Show them how to live
Levites
- Considered holy to the Lord (Lev 21:8, Num
3:11-13, 18:1, 18:20, Dt
18:1-2)
- Do not count the Levites in a census of Israel
- Levites taken in place of the firstborn male of
all of Israel
- To be considered holy by Israel
- Levites have no inheritance of land in Israel
- Duties of priests (Lev 10:10-11, 21:6, Num
6:22-27)
- Teach Israel the law
- Determine between the clean and the unclean
- Determine between the holy and profane
- Bless Israel
- Make offerings to the Lord by fire
- Responsible for offenses against the sanctuary
and against the
priesthood
- Distinction between Levites and priests (Num
1:47-53, 3:5-10, 18:2-7)
- Sons of Aaron are priests
- Work at altar
- Work inside the curtain
- Levites
- Assist Aaron and his sons
- Levites responsible for moving the tabernacle
- The high priest (Lev 21:10-15)
- Has had anointing oil poured in his head
- Ordained to wear the priestly garments
- Hair must not become unkempt
- Cannot tear his clothes
- Cannot enter a place where there is a dead body
(Not even for his
parents)
- Cannot leave the sanctuary or desecrate it
- Must marry a virgin Levite
- Special regulations for priests (Lev 21:1-7)
- Hair
- Cannot let hair become unkempt
- Cannot shave edges of beards iii. Cannot cut
their bodies
- Clean and unclean
- Cannot make himself unclean for the dead
except
- Parents
- Brother or unmarried sister
- Son or daughter
- Cut off if offering sacrifices while unclean
- Cannot
- Tear clothes
- Drink wine or other fermented drink when
going into the Tent of
Meeting, or will die
- Can only marry a virgin Levite
- Regulations of service
- Exclusion from service at the tent (Lev
21:16-23, 22:1-3, Num
8:23-26)
- Blind or any eye defect
- Lame
- Disfigured
- Deformed
- Crippled hand or foot
- Hunchbacked or dwarfed
- Festering or running sores
- Damaged testicles
- Those with defects may eat of holy offerings
- Levites work ages
- Start at 25
- Retire at 50, but may still assist
- Treat offerings with respect
- Whoever comes near the offerings while unclean
shall be cut off
- The priests' and Levites' share of offerings (Lev
7:28-36, 10:12-15,
22:4-16, Num 18:8-19, 18:21-32, Dt 18:3-5)
- What parts of fellowship offerings
- Breast of fellowship offering
- Right thigh of fellowship offering
- Eat in a ceremonially clean place
- Eat grain offering by the altar
- Who may eat
- Priest's slaves
- A daughter who is
- Widowed or divorced
- Without children
- Who may not eat
- Priest's guests
- Priest's hired hands
- Any priest who becomes unclean
- Whoever eats a sacred portion accidentally must
pay 120%
- All wave offerings belong to the priests
- All the firstfruits belong to the Levites
- Everything devoted in Israel is the Levites'
- Firstborn is Levite's
- Redeem firstborn sons
- Redeem firstborn unclean animals
- Do not redeem firstborn ox,
sheep, or goats
- Tithe offerings go to the Levites
- Levites must offer a tenth as an offering
- Must present the best part
- Will be reckoned as from the threshing floor
or the winepress
- A priest's daughter who becomes a prostitute must
be burned (Lev
21:9)
The Judges
(Ex 18:13-27, Num 11:16-17, Dt 1:9-18, 16:18-20, 17:8-13)
- Qualifications
- Fear God
- Hate dishonest gain
- Worthy of trust
- Wise
- Respected
- Understanding
- Capable
- Selection
- By Moses at first; later by the people
- From among all the people of Israel
- Appointment
- Over tens, fifties, hundreds and thousands
- For each town in every tribe
- Service
- Easy cases- administer justice without bribes
or partiality
- Difficult cases brought to Moses; after Moses,
- Bring plaintiff and defendant to
place of
God's choosing
- Bring judge and priest to render
verdict
- Their ruling is binding
- Contempt of court punishable by death
Prophets
(Dt 18:14-22)
- A prophet
shall be put to death if
- He claims a message is from God and it is not
- He speaks in the name of other gods
- Test of validity of a prophet:
- A prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord
- It does not come true or take place
- This message is not from God
- The Prophet
- God will raise him up
- He will be just like Moses
- God will put his words in his mouth
- He will say everything God commands him
- God will call to account anyone who ignores him
The King
(Dt 17:14-20)
- Selection
- Must be chosen by God
- Must be an Israelite
- Practices
- Must not
- Acquire many horses
- Make the people return to Egypt
- Acquire many wives or his heart will be led
astray
- Acquire large amounts of silver and gold
- Upon taking throne
- Must make his own copy of the Law
- Must keep it with him
- Must read it everyday so he may
- Not be conceited over his brothers
Other servants
(Ex 31:1-11)
- God filled them with the Holy Spirit
- Given the task of building holy articles
Submission to rulers
(Ex 22:28, Dt 17:8-13, 24:8-9)
- Do not the curse the ruler of the people
- Do exactly as the priests command
- Contempt punishable by death
Military
Responsibility and Conduct
(Dt 20:1-20,
23:9-14, 24:5)
- Priest shall first come forward and address the
army
- The following may be discharged:
- Someone who has dedicated his house
- Someone who has planted a vineyard but not yet
enjoyed it
- Someone engaged to be married
- Someone married less than a year
- Someone who is faint- hearted
- Cities not a part of the inheritance
- Make a city an offer of peace
- If they accept peace, they become your slaves
- If they do not accept peace, totally destroy
them
- Totally destroy
everything in cities that are a part of the inheritance
- Do not use fruit trees to lay siege to a city
- Uncleanness in the camp
- Nocturnal emission
- Go outside of camp all day
- Wash as evening approaches
- Return to camp at sunset
- Human waste
- Designate a place outside camp
- Dig a hole to cover excrement
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Ceremonial
Aspects of the Law
The Calendar
(Ex 23:14, 23:17, 34:23-24, Lev 23:4, 23:37-39, 23:44, Num 29:40, Dt
16:16-17)
- Passover (Ex 12:1-11, 12:21-51, 34:25, Lev
23:4-8, Num 9:1-14,
28:16, Dt 16:1-7)
- Twilight, 14th day of first month (The
ceremonially unclean do it
the 2nd month)
- The Passover lamb
- Selected on 10th day
- A year- old male with no defects
- One per family
- Slaughter at twilight on 14th day, at
designated place
- Don't break the bones
- Roast meat over fire with bitter herbs
- Put blood on top and sides of doorframes
- Eat the meat with yeastless bread
- No uncircumcised male may eat it
- Don't leave any meat until morning (burn what
is left)
- Eat in haste
- Cloak tucked in belt, sandals on, staff in
hand
- Aliens may eat if they are circumcised
- Place to eat
- Eat in house, and don't leave house (first
Passover)
- Eat at designated place, remain there until
morning
- Whoever isn't on a journey must celebrate it or
be cut off
- Feast of Unleavened Bread (Ex 12:14-20, 13:2-10,
23:15, 34:18, Lev
23:6-8, Num 28:17-25, Dt 16:8)
- Begins 15th day of first month- the day after
the Passover
- 1st and 7th days are a Sabbath
- Sacred assembly
- No regular work
- 1st day offerings, year- old males, no defects;
- 2 bulls
- 1 ram
- 7 lambs
- 1 goat, as a sin offering
- For all seven days
- Get rid of all yeast in Israel
- No yeast in bread
- Present same offerings from 1st day
- A reminder that the law is to be on your lips
- Feast of Harvest (Ex 23:16, Lev 23:9-14)
- Day after the Sabbath
- Firstfruits of crops to the Lord
- Priest waves sheaf to the Lord
- Offer a year- old lamb without defect
- Eat nothing until this is done
- No one should be empty- handed
- Feast of Weeks (Ex 34:22, Lev 23:15-21, Num
28:26-31, Dt 6:9-12)
- 50 days after the sheaf wave; the first sickle
to grain
- Firstfruits of wheat harvest
- Freewill offerings in proportion to blessings
received
- Grain-wave offering
- 2 loaves
- 4.4 ltr flour
- No yeast
- Burnt offerings
- Year-old males with no defects
- 7 lambs
- 1 ram
- 2 bulls
- Sin offering- one male goat
- Fellowship offerings- 2 one year old lambs
- Wave the lambs and the bread (firstfruits)
before the Lord
- One day feast (Sabbath)
- Hold a sacred assembly
- No regular work
- Rejoice at the temple
- Feast of Trumpets (Lev 23:23-25, Num 29:1-6)
- 1st day, 7th month
- One day feast (Sabbath)
- Sacred assembly
- No regular work
- Trumpet blasts
- Burnt offerings
- 1 bull
- 1 ram
- iii. 7 male lambs
- 1 male goat as a sin offering
- Feast of Ingathering (Ex 23:16, 34:22)
- At end of year
- When crops are gathered
- Day of atonement (Lev 16:1-34, 23:26-32, Num
29:7-11)
- 10th day of 7th month
- One day feast- Sabbath
- Sacred assembly
- No work
- Deny self (fast)
- From twilight of 9th to twilight of 10th
- Offerings
- Normal daily offerings
- Extra burnt offerings, all one year old,
without defect males
- Sin offering, a year- old without defect male
goat
- Special offerings from Israel's folds
- 1 young bull
- 2 rams
- 2 goats
- Priest
- Bathe in water
- Wear sacred linen undergarments, tunic, sash
and turban
- Atonement procedure
- No one else in the tent of meeting; except
Aaron
- Offer one bull as sin offering for priest and
his house
- Cast lots at entrance to Tent of Meeting for
the goats
- Put incense before atonement cover using
- Censer of burning coals from altar
- 2 handfuls of incense
- Sprinkle bull's blood 7 times on atonement
cover
- Slaughter goat #1 and do likewise
- Sprinkle blood on horns of altar outside 7
times
- Goat #2
- Lay hands on it
- Confess the sins of Israel over it
- Send goat into desert with a caretaker to
release it
- Caretaker must wash clothes and bathe
before returning
- Take off holy garments, bathe, put on regular
clothes
- Perform burnt offerings for self and nation
- Burn fat from sin offering on altar
- Burn bull and goat remains outside of camp
- The man burning the remains must wash his
clothes and bathe
before returning to camp
- Feast of Tabernacles (Lev 23:33-36, 39-43, Num
29:12-39, Dt 16:13-15)
- Begins on 15th day, 7th month
- Seven day feast
- First and Eighth days- Sabbath
- Sacred assembly
- No regular work
- Other days: Rejoice, celebrate, live in booths
- Offerings
- First 7 days, year- old males, no defects
- Bulls: 13 on 1st day, 12 on 2nd, etc.
- Rams: 2 each day
- Lambs: 14 each day
- 8th day, year- old males, no defects
- Sin offering
- Offered each of eight days
- 1 male, year- old goat, no defects
- Sabbath Years- Every 7th year is a Sabbath year
(Ex 23:10-11, Lev
25:1-7, Dt15:1-18, 31:9-13)
- Debts
- Cancel all debts every seven years
- Don't hold back as time approaches
- Servants
- Release them after six years
- Supply them liberally when they leave
- If servant doesn't want to leave
- Poke a hole in his earlobe
- He is a slave for life
- Land
- Sow and reap 6 years
- Let land rest 7th year
- Do not reap what grows by itself
- Feast of Tabernacles
- Read the Law publicly
- In the hearing of men, women, children and
aliens
- Jubilee Year- 7 sets of Sabbath years (Lev
25:8-55)
- On the day of atonement
- Sound trumpet to consecrate 50th year
- Proclaim liberality
- Return to clan, family, property
- Land
- Treat as a Sabbath year
- Except eat what grows on its own
- Land deals
- Take years until Jubilee into account
- Land is not sold permanently
- Seller can redeem it
- Houses in cities not redeemable after 1 year,
except for Levites
- People who sell themselves as property can be
redeemed also
- Jubilee
- Return to your own property
- Return property purchased
- Free all servants
The Sabbath
(Ex 16:27-30, 20:8-11, 23:12, 31:12-17, 34:21, 35:1-3, Lev 19:3, 19:30,
23:1-3, 26:2, Num 15:32-36, Dt 5:12-15)
- Six days to work
- Seventh day is the Sabbath- keep it holy
- Do no work (includes children, servants,
animals, aliens)
- Hold a sacred assembly
- Refresh donkeys, oxen, slaves, aliens
- Do not light a fire in dwellings
- Observe always, even during plowing and harvest
seasons
- Whoever breaks the Sabbath must be put to death
- A sign so Israel would remember and know that God
is the Lord.
- Represents the six days of creation of God, and
his rest
Offerings
- Grain and drink offerings (Num 15:1-14)
- To accompany the offering of every
animal
- Lamb: 2.2 ltr flour with 1 ltr oil; 1
ltr wine
- Ram: 4.4 ltr flour with 1.33 ltr oil;
1.33 ltr
wine
- Bull: 6.6 ltr flour with 2 ltr oil; 2
ltr wine
- Regular offerings
- Daily offerings (Ex 29:38-43, Num 28:1-8)
- Once in morning
- Once at twilight
- At entrance to Tent of Meeting
- 1 one year- old lamb
- Sabbath offerings- 2 year- old lambs (Num
28:9-10)
- Monthly offerings (Num 28:11-15)
- i. On 1st of every month, on the New Moon
- 2 young bulls, one ram, 7 male lambs a year
old
- Also one goat as a sin offering
- Incense offerings (Ex 30:7-9)
- Burn fragrant incense on incense altar
- Morning and evening while tending lamps
- Mechanics of offerings
- Burnt offerings (Lev 6:8-9)
- Bulls (Lev 1:1-9, Num 15:1-31)
- Lay hands on it at entrance to Tent of
Meeting
- Priest shall sprinkle blood on all sides of
altar
- Skin and cut - Wash legs and inner parts
with water
- Sheep or goats (Lev 1:10-13)
- Slaughter at north side of the altar
- Sprinkle blood on all sides of the altar
- Wash legs and inner parts in water
- Doves or pigeons (Lev 1:14-17)
- Drain blood on the side of the altar
- Discard the crop on the east side of the
altar
- Tear open by the wings (don't sever
completely)
- Burnt offerings remain on the fire all night
- Fellowship offering (Lev 3:1-17, 7:11-21)
- Bull
- Lay hand on it at entrance to tent of
meeting
- Priest shall pour blood against altar on
all sides
- The fat covering the inner parts
- Both kidneys and the liver covering
- Lamb or goat
- Male or female without defect
- Lay hand on it at entrance to tent of
meeting
- Priest shall sprinkle the blood on all
sides of the altar
- Lamb: fat, tail, fat of inner parts,
kidneys and liver covering
- Goat: fat in inner parts, both kidneys
and liver covering
- For thanksgiving, offer also
- For vow or freewill offerings
- Meat may be eaten either the first or
second day
- The unclean may not eat of it
- Sin offering (Lev 6:24-30, 7:1-27, Num 15:22-31)
- Unintentional sin of the anointed priest (Lev
4:1-12)
- Young bull without defect
- Present at entrance to the Tent of Meeting
- Take some of the bull's blood into the tent
- Dip finger into the
blood
- Sprinkle some of it seven times
- Before the Lord in front of the curtain
- Put some blood on the horns of the incense
altar
- Pour the remainder of the blood out at the
base of the altar of the
burnt offering
- Remove the fat of the bull
- Burn the fat on the altar
- Take the rest of the bull to unclean place
outside of camp and burn
it on the ash pile
- Unintentional sin of whole Israelite
community (Lev 4:13-21, Num
15:22-26)
- Young bull without defects
- Present at entrance to the Tent of Meeting
- Elders shall lay hands on it
- Take some of the bull's blood into the tent
- Dip finger into the blood
- Sprinkle some of it seven times
- Before the Lord in front of the curtain
- Put some blood on the horns of the incense
altar
- Pour the remainder of the blood out at the
base of the altar of the
burnt offering
- Remove the fat of the bull
- Burn the fat on the altar
- Take the rest of the bull to unclean place
outside of camp and burn
it on the ash pile
- Unintentional sin of a leader (Lev 4:22-26)
- Present at entrance to the Tent of Meeting
- Priest puts some blood on the horns of the
altar of the burnt offering
- Priest pours the remainder of the blood out
at the base of the altar
of the burnt offering
- Remove the fat like in the fellowship
offering
- Burn the fat on the altar
- Unintentional sin of an Israelite (Lev
4:27-35, Num 15:27-29)
- Bring either a female lamb or a female goat
- Offering for unique sins (Lev 5:1-13)
- Bring female lamb or female goat as an
offering
- If he cannot afford a lamb, use either two
doves or two young
pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering
- Priest wrings the head of one (though not
decapitating it)
- Sprinkles blood on the side of altar
- Drain the rest at the base of the altar
- Priest offers the other as a burnt
offering in the standard way
- If he cannot afford the birds
- Bring 2.2 ltr flour to the priest
- Priest's share of sin offerings not for the
Holy Place (Lev 6:24-30)
- To be eaten by the offering priest or
any male in his family
- Whoever touches it becomes holy
- Destroy a clay pot that it is cooked in
- Wash a bronze pot it is cooked in
- Guilt offering (Lev 5:14-19, 6:1-7, 7:1-10)
- For
- Unintentional sins in regard to the holy
things
- Bring ram from the flock
- Offer it in the standard way
- Sprinkle blood on all sides of the altar
- Offer all the fat
- Make restitution
- Priest's share
- Any male in family may eat it in a holy
place
- The hide belongs to him as well
- Grain offerings belong to all of Aaron's
sons
- Grain offering or firstfruits of grain offering
(Lev 2:1-16, 6:14-28)
- Fine flour with oil and incense (firstfruits)
- Take it to the priest
- Priest burns all the incense with handful
of flour and oil
- Priest keeps rest of flour and oil for
himself
- Oven baked grain offering
- Cakes made without oil or yeast
- Wafers made without yeast should be spread
with oil
- Griddle prepared offering
- Flour mixed with oil
- No yeast
- Crumble it up and pour oil on it
- Pan prepared offering
- Use flour and oil
- No yeast
- Take to the priest
- Burn memorial portion on the altar
- Priest keeps the rest for himself
- Any male Levite may eat it in the courtyard
of the Tent of Meeting
- No yeast or honey
- Season everything with salt
- Burnt offering altar maintenance (Lev 6:8-13)
- Ashes
- Remove ashes from the altar and place beside
the altar
- Put on civilian clothes
- Take to ceremonially clean place outside the
camp
- Keep fire burning always
- Add firewood in the morning
- Offering for the anointing of priests (Lev
6:19-23)
- 2.2 ltr flour
- Half in morning, half in evening
- Prepare with oil on a griddle
- Prepared by the son who shall succeed him
- Burn it completely
- Miscellaneous regulations (Ex 23:18, 34:25, Lev
17:1-9, 19:5-8,
22:17-33, Num 15:1-14, Dt 17:1)
- No blood or yeast in any sacrifice
- Slaughter animals only at entrance to Tent of
Meeting
- Fellowship offerings must be eaten within 3
days or be burned
- Don't offer animals that are crippled or less
than 8 days old
- Don't offer an animal and its offspring on the
same day
- Thank offerings must be eaten on the same day
The Tabernacle
(Ex 36:8- 39:31, 40:1-33)
- The courtyard (Exodus 27:9-19)
- Dimensions
- North and South sides- 150 ft.
- East and West sides- 75 ft.
- Curtains around perimeter
- Finely twisted linen
- 7.5 ft. high
- North, South
- Curtains of finely twisted linen
- 20 bronze posts, with silver hooks and bands
- West side
- Curtains of finely twisted linen
- 10 bronze posts, with silver hooks and bands
- East side
- 3 bronze posts and bases as above on 22.5
ft. on ends
- 30 ft. in center has blue, purple, scarlet
yarn curtain
- The chest (ark) (Ex 25:10-16, 26:34)
- Acacia wood
- 45 in x 27 in x 27 in
- Overlay inside and outside with pure gold
- Gold molding
- 4 cast gold rings fastened to feet
- 2 poles of gold- plated acacia wood into rings
- Contains the Testimony
- Goes into Most Holy Place
- The cover of the ark (Ex 25:17-22)
- Pure gold
- 45 in x 27in
- Two cherubim
- At opposite ends of cover
- Facing each other and looking down
- Hammered out- one piece with the cover
- Wings spread upward to overshadow the cover
- Fits on top of the chest
- God gave Moses commands from between the
cherubim
- The table (Ex 25:23-30)
- Acacia wood
- 36 in x 18 in, 27 in high
- Gold overlay
- Gold molding
- Gold rim a handwidth wide all around
- 4 gold rings at the four corners
- 2 poles like those for the ark
- Pure gold utensils
- Plates
- Ladles
- Pitchers
- Bowls
- Contains the bread of the Presence at all times
- The lampstand (Ex 25:31-40, Num 8:1-4)
- 75 pounds of pure hammered gold
- One piece
- 6 symmetrical branches, 3 one each side
- 7 lamps
- To light the area in front of the stand
- Wick trimmers and trays of pure gold
- The tabernacle curtains (Ex 26:1-6)
- 10 curtains
- Finely twisted linen
- Blue, purple and scarlet yarn
- Cherubim worked into them
- 42 ft. x 6 ft. each
- 50 loops at the ends using blue material
- 50 gold clasps hold it together
- Join together in groups of 5
- The tabernacle (Ex 26:7-37)
- Tent
- 11 curtains
- Goat hair
- 45 ft. x 6 ft. each
- Covered with ram skins dyed red and sea cow
hides
- Join together 5 curtains and 6 curtains
- Fold the 6th curtain double at the front
- 50 loops on each end
- Join together with 50 bronze clasps
- Additional length to hang to the rear
- Tabernacle cover
- 10 curtains
- Finely twisted linen and blue, purple and
scarlet yarn
- With cherubim worked into them
- 42 ft. x 6 ft.
- Join together in groups of five
- 50 loops on the ends
- 50 gold clasps
- Frames
- Acacia wood
- 15 ft. x 27 in
- 2 parallel projections
- Overlay with gold
- 20 frames for north and south sides
- 40 silver bases
- West end - 6 regular frames with 12 silver
bases
- 2 corner frames doubled, with 4 silver bases
- Held together with 1 gold ring each
- Crossbars
- 15 total, 5 per side
- Center each bar from end to end at middle of
frames
- Acacia wood, overlaid with gold
- Special curtain
- Blue, purple and scarlet yarn
- Finely twisted linen
- Cherubim woven in
- 4 posts
- Acacia wood, gold overlaid
- 4 silver bases
- Gold clasps to hold curtain
- Separates Holy Place from Most Holy Place
- Put the table outside this curtain on the North
side
- Put the lampstand outside this curtain on the
South side
- Entrance
- Curtain
- Blue, purple, scarlet yarn
- With finely woven linen
- 5 posts of gold overlaid acacia wood
- 5 bronze bases
- Gold hooks to hold curtain
- Altar of burnt offering (Ex 27:1-8)
- Acacia wood
- 4.5 ft. high, 7.5 ft. wide and long
- 4 horns at each corner, 1 piece with the table
- Bronze overlaid, but hollow
- Bronze utensils- pots, shovels, bowls, forks
and pans
- Bronze grating half- way up
- 4 bronze rings to carry it
- 2 bronze- overlaid acacia poles
- Oil for the lampstand (Ex 27:20-21, Lev 24:1-4)
- Clear oil pressed from olives
- Keep lamp burning continuously
- Altar of incense (Ex 30:1-10)
- Acacia wood
- 1.5 ft. square, 3 ft. high
- 4 horns on corners- one piece with the table
- Gold overlay and molding
- 2 gold rings on opposite sides to carry it
- 2 gold overlaid acacia poles
- Set before the Atonement cover
- Used on day of atonement for blood
- Burn incense on it morning and evening while
tending lamps
- Bread before the Lord (Lev 24:5-9)
- 12 loaves
- 4.4 ltr flour per loaf
- 2 rows, 6 loaves per row on the table
- Put incense along each row
and burn it
- Put bread out regularly, Sabbath after Sabbath
- Eaten by Aaron's sons in a holy place
- The basin (Ex 30:17-21)
- Bronze basin, bronze stand
- Between the Tent of Meeting and the altar
- Put water in it
- Priests must wash hands and feet in it before
ministering
- Anointing oil (Ex 30:22-33)
- 5.75 kgs of liquid myrrh
- 2.88 kgs of fragrant cinnamon
- 2.88 kgs of fragrant cane
- 5.75 kgs of cassia
- 4 ltr of olive oil
- Becomes the sacred anointing oil
- For holy uses only
- Incense (Ex 30:34-38)
- Equal amounts of gum resin, onycha, galbanum,
frankincense
- Salt it
- Grind it to powder
- For holy uses only
- Atonement money (Ex 30:11-16)
- At time of census
- Each Israelite 20 or older must pay a ransom
when counted
- Pay $2.70 as an offering to the Lord
- Atonement for their lives
- Use it for service of the Tent of Meeting
- The silver trumpets (Num 10:1-10)
- 2 trumpets of hammered silver
- To be used for
- Calling the Israelites together
- One blast means leaders only
- Two blasts send tribes out
- The priests blow the trumpets
- Sound also when going into battle
- Sound over burnt offerings for
- Appointed feasts
- New Moon festivals
- Moving the Tabernacle (Num 4:1-33)
- Most holy things
- Kohathite clan
- Between 30 and 50 years old
- Priest's prepare for packing
- Ark and curtain
- Take down shielding curtain
- Cover this with sea cow hides
- Cover this with a solid blue cloth
- Table of the Presence
- Put blue cloth over the table of the
Presence
- Put utensils and bread on top of it
- Cover with a scarlet cloth
- Lampstand
- Wrap lampstand and accessories in a blue
cloth
- Cover with seas cow hides
- Put it onto a carrying frame
- Gold altar
- Other articles for the ministry
- Bronze altar
- Put utensils on top of it
- Kohathites come and move the items
- Must not touch the holy things
- Must not see the holy things
- Or they will die
- Oil and Incense
- Eleazar is charge of
- Oil for the light
- Fragrant incense
- Regular grain offering
- Anointing oil
- Eleazar supervises the moving of the holy
things
- Tent of Meeting
- Gershonites
- Thirty to fifty years old
- Carry
- Curtains of the Tabernacle
- The Tent of Meeting and its coverings
- Curtains of the courtyard
- Curtain of the entrance
- Equipment pertinent to these items
- Under the supervision of Ithamar
- Tabernacle support items
- Merarites
- Thirty to fifty years old
- Carry
- Frames
- Posts
- Bases
- Related items
- Under the supervision of Ithamar
Solomon's temple
(1 Kings 6:1-38, 7:13-51, 2 Chronicles 2:1 - 7:10)
The construction of Solomon's temple is beyond the scope of this study
and here is simply acknowledged.
General Purpose, Remote Altars
(Ex 20:24-26)
- Use earth materials
- No dressed stones
- No steps
Levites
- Priestly garments (Ex 28:1-43)
- To give the priest dignity and honor
- The ephod
- Gold
- Blue, purple, scarlet yarn
- 2 shoulder pieces fastened to 2 corners
- Waistband one piece with ephod
- 2 onyx stones each having the names of 6
tribes on it
- Fasten onto shoulder pieces
- With filigree gold settings
- 2 braided chains of gold
- The breastpiece
- For making decisions
- Same material as the ephod
- Square 9 x 9 inches, double folded
- 12 unique precious stones on it, with a tribe
name on each
- Attach to ephod shoulderpieces with
- Gold rings
- Gold chains
- 4 more gold rings attached to ephod with
blue cord
- Put Urim and Thummim inside breastpiece for
decision-making
- Lots
- They belong to God
- For more info on their usage: see Lev 8:8,
Nu 27:21, Du 33:8, 1 Sam 28:6, Ezr 2:63, Ne 7:65, Pro
16:33
- The robe
- Blue cloth, opening in center for head
- Woven edge of hole for a collar
- Blue, purple, scarlet yarn pomegranates on hem
- Gold bells between them
- The plate or diadem
- Gold, engraved "Holy to the Lord"
- Blue cord fastened to it
- Attach to the front of the turban
- Fits on the priest's forehead
- Bear the guilt of Israel's sin
- The tunic shall be made of fine linen
- The turban shall be made of fine linen
- The sash shall be embroidered
- The undergarments
- Made of linen
- From waist to thigh