Questions tagged [leviticus]
Third book of Moses, part of Torah.
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If flour seems to be accepted as sin offering/atonement, then why is blood needed?
If you cannot afford two doves or two pigeons, you shall bring two pounds of flour as a sin offering. You shall not put any olive oil or any incense on it, because it is a sin offering, not a grain ...
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What is the significance of St Paul referring to 'unclean children' in 1 Cor 7:14 vis a vis God's instructions in Lev 10:8-10?
We read in Lev 10:8-10 (NRSVCE):
And the Lord spoke to Aaron: Drink no wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons, when you enter the tent of meeting, that you may not die; it is a statute ...
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Does any non-Catholic denomination maintain Altar Lamp, following Lev 6:12-13?
We read in Lev 6:12-13 (NIV) :
The fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest is to add firewood and arrange the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat ...
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How does Catholicism contradict Brene Brown? (Lev 19:18) Practical implications?
My background: 4 years undergraduate in Catholic university including 3 unit Theology course on sex, love and marriage with M Scott Peck readings. Recently been following Brene Brown who says 'We can ...
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What Event Is Leviticus 26:22 Referring To?
Leviticus 26:
21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I
will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which ...
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Is holiness next to uncleanliness in Leviticus? (Leprosy vs Menstruation)
I was at a conference today and got to hear the pretty awesome Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers. He was explaining something I'd never heard before, and I'm probably butchering it, that holiness makes you ...
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Was Jesus opposed to homosexual activity? [closed]
The Old Testament is clear on male homosexual activity. From Leviticus 20:13:
If a man lies down with a male as one lies down with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination.
Leviticus is ...
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"Truth Matters 2013: Strange fire" conference" - What does the biblical term "strange fire" signify about the Charismatic movement?
To the half-billion plus Charismatic Christians in the world, what message does this “term” send?
What is the Biblical basis for the calling of the Charismatic movement as Strange Fire? (Audio/...
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Should the Book of Enoch be included in modern Bibles? [duplicate]
Given that Enoch is well respected by the authors of the Bible, do you believe that the Book should be included in modern Bibles? I believe it should because it is scripture based and backs up and ...
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How is the Book of Enoch ascribing all sins of fallen angels to Azazel not Scriptural? [closed]
A member by the name Jas 3.1 in his list of false doctrines against the Book of Enoch in "Why is the Book of Enoch not regarded as canonical?" stated:
"Ascribes all the sin of the fallen angels to ...
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As Christians can we support immigration control? [closed]
As Christians are we allowed to believe in immigration control or want control as to who enters the country? If yes, then how do you interrupt verses such as these, which seem to support the concept ...
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Why do the SDA abstain from pork?
In one of Ellen G White's comments in KJV Bible on Galatians 2 she concurred with the elders in Jerusalem that the Gentiles are free from the obligations of the ceremonial law
But the three leading ...
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What is the biblical basis for believing that the Feast Days / Appointed Festivals / Holy Convocations are NOT morally binding for Christians today?
By Feast Days / Appointed Festivals / Holy Convocations I mean:
The weekly Sabbath (Lev 23:3)
The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread (Lev 23:4-8)
Offering the Firstfruits (Lev 23:9-14)
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What is the biblical basis for believing that the Feast Days / Appointed Festivals / Holy Convocations are still morally binding for Christians today?
By Feast Days / Appointed Festivals / Holy Convocations I mean:
The weekly Sabbath (Lev 23:3)
The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread (Lev 23:4-8)
Offering the Firstfruits (Lev 23:9-14)
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What is the biblical basis for only keeping the weekly Sabbath while disregarding all the other feasts/holy convocations (Lev 23, Num 28, 29)?
Leviticus 23 introduces several appointed festivals/holy convocations. The chapter starts with:
The Lord said to Moses,
2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed festivals, ...
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Why did Moses have the sons of Levi run about with swords slaying family and friends?
Today's OT Reading for CoE Common Worship was Exodus 32:15-34. Although to the modern ear it appears indiscriminate no doubt it wasn't.
Please could someone explain why the Levites as the Priestly ...
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How is ignoring clear Biblical instructions in Leviticus justified?
Leviticus 11:7-8
And the pig, though it has a split hood completely divided, does not
chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or
touch their carcasses; they are ...
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Is Leviticus 18:22 condemnation of homosexuality only for idolatrous rituals?
I have heard some progressive Christians claim that Leviticus 18:22 was only condemning homosexual activities for idolatrous rituals. I know that 1 Corinthians 6:9 and 1 Timothy 1:10 was using the ...
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What is the difference between "love one another" and "love your neighbour"?
How have “love one another” and “love your neighbour” been traditionally compared or harmonized? The former occurs in the Gospel and Epistles of John, which never say “love your neighbour”. The ...
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How does one reconcile the sinlessness of Mary with her sin offering in Luke 2:24?
In Luke 2:22-24, it is written,
22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; 23 (As it is ...
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Is blond hair unclean? [closed]
According to Leviticus 13:30 is blond hair unclean?
If the priest looks at the plague and finds that it is deeper than the
rest of the skin, and the hair in it is golden yellow and thin, the ...
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Can Christians still eat meat with blood in it? [duplicate]
These are the verses in question that prohibits eating meat with blood in it:
"But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. 5 And
for your lifeblood I will surely demand an ...
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What do Catholics believe about Yom kippur and judgment?
Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement,
The Lords feast as Leviticus says. In Judaism, this is the day where God or Hashem will judge the future, what will happen the next year is decided on Yom Kippur. ...
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What is the real biblical reasons why Joseph & Mary did not offer a one year old lamb? [closed]
1 "Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: ‘When a woman gives birth and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven days, as in the days of her ...
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From the Baptist perspective: Does Leviticus 20:13 prove that God is advocating for the murder of homosexuals?
Just to clarify, so we don't get any wrong ideas here. I am a baptist. I believe that faith in Jesus Christ ALONE will save you from death and that baptism isn't necessary for salvation. I study the ...
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Why does God forbid Aaron's descendants with "defects" from offering food? [closed]
Leviticus 21:16-23
16 The Lord said to Moses, 17 “Say to Aaron: ‘For the generations to
come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer
the food of his God. 18 No man who ...
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Can we better love others by loving God? Catholicism
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Jn 13:34 has higher standard of love than Lev 19:18, but that's fine because Jesus quoted Lev 19:18 along with Dt 6:5. Indeed, when asked for the greatest commandment, Jesus gave two ...
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What does Lev 18:18 "Rival Wife" Mean? [closed]
Leviticus 18:18:
Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
I always wondered why it says it like this. Instead of, "do not marry ...
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Why does God say we shouldn't eat Crab & Pork but Jesus says that doesn't really matter
Leviticus 11:7,8 say not to eat pork.
Leviticus 11:9 says you can't eat crab / lobster.
Jesus says it doesn't matter what you eat.
Matthew 15:10,11 NIV: Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “...
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What does Leviticus 25:10 mean in context?
The Liberty Bell has an inscription with a quote from Leviticus 25:10:
Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.
My question is, what does that quote mean in its ...
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Was the Scapegoat of Leviticus an allusion to Barabbas? [closed]
There are several similarities between the selection of the Scapegoat, and the selection of Jesus as our sacrifice.
Leviticus 16:7 KJV And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the ...
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Does Numbers 5:11-22 describe sanctioned abortion? [closed]
Numbers 5:11-22 NIV
11 Then the Lord said to Moses, 12 “Speak to the Israelites and say to
them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him 13 so that
another man has sexual ...
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How do those who believe in the immortality of the soul explain Leviticus 21:11?
How do those who believe in the immortality of the soul explain Leviticus 21:11?
Leviticus 21:11 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וְעַ֛ל כָּל־|נַפְשֹׁ֥ת מֵ֖ת| לֹ֣א יָבֹ֑א לְאָבִ֥יו ...
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According to Catholicism, why was the rabbit declared as unclean for the people of Israel?
At Leviticus 11:6, the Lord, while narrating the standards that define animals which are clean or unclean for consumption by the people of Israel, describes the rabbit as follows: " The rabbit, ...
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Is Leviticus 14 describing a cure for leprosy?
It seems like a "cure" for leprosy that involves taking two birds, killing one and dipping the other in the blood of the first, then sprinkling the blood in a particular fashion, multiple times.
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What is the difference of the 10 commandments from other Biblical laws? [closed]
What distinction do The 10 Commandment have over other rules in the Bible?
Is breaking any of The 10 Commandments an immortal, unforgivable sin while other sins are not?
I just want to know the ...
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Does the Bible allow second cousins to marry? [duplicate]
I know that according to the Bible we are not allowed to marry our first cousins. But what if I want to marry my cousin whose grandfather and my grandfather were brothers, so that my father and my ...
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How do Catholics explain Mary making sin offering 40 days after Jesus' birth?" [duplicate]
The Bible reports that in accord with the requirement of the Mosaic Law, 40 days after Jesus’ birth Mary offered at the temple in Jerusalem a sin offering for purification from uncleanness. If she ...
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Why did God instruct the Israelites to perform so many different types of sacrificial offerings? [closed]
In the Bible, there are many different sacrificial offerings (Leviticus 1-5) which were to be performed in the Tabernacle/Temple.
Burnt Offering
Sin Offering
Meat offering or Drink Offering
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Conscience: Christ's sacrifice vs the blood of bulls and goats?
While reading through Hebrews I came upon the following Scripture:
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. (Heb 10:4 ESV)
However, in my recent studies, I came ...
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Wave offering; What exactly was the point?
In Leviticus 7 verse 30, This passage is written:
30 With their own hands they are to present the food offering to the LORD; they are to bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast ...
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What is the Christian position on sleeping with a menstruating woman? [closed]
Most mainstream Christian denominations teach that the Ceremonial Law has become obsolete, but consider homosexuality to be a sin that one should not do after becoming a Christian. There are quite a ...
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Why does blood need to be put on the mercy seat
In Leviticus 16:14-15 it says:
And he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with
his finger on the front of the mercy seat on the east side, and in
front of the mercy seat he ...
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Can blood disinfect a house from plague according to Leviticus? [duplicate]
We know blood is a good media of germs, bacteria, as well as toxin. But Leviticus, Ch. No.14, Verse No.49 to 53 - tells a way for disinfecting a house from plague of leprosy.
It states ‘Take two ...
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How does someone accidentally make an oath? Leviticus 5:4
How does someone accidentally make an oath (an oath that they are "unaware" they had made)? Does it mean basically all careless statements about taking a particular action are in effect an oath?
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How should we interpret Leviticus 18, 19? [duplicate]
Leviticus 18 talks about sexual morality, whereas Leviticus 19 talks about food and what to eat and what not to eat. It is quite difficult to read these two passages together. Modern Christians seem ...
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Have Christians ever followed Leviticus?
Has there ever been a group, or groups, of Christians that tried to follow Leviticus (not just parts of it, but all of it or most of it)?
Alternatively, what groups (Christian or otherwise) did try ...
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What does "holy thing" refer to in Leviticus?
In Leviticus 22:10 (and mentioned in a few other verses too) it says "...shall not eat of a holy thing..."
What does "holy thing" refer to?
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What does it mean to be clean in the context of the Old Law?
In a large number of places, the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy mention cleanliness, saying that certain persons or things are clean or unclean. I won't mention any particular passage because I ...
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What's the principle in the eyes of God behind Leviticus leprosy and unclean law?
I am reading Leviticus these days, and I have a few questions:
To take one example, I don't understand 13:13:
then the priest shall look, and if the leprous disease has covered all his body, he ...
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