“On the eighth day, Moshe called Aharon, his sons and the leaders of Israel, and said to Aharon, “Take a male calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without defect, and offer them before Adonai.”-Leviticus 9:1-2 Finally! After much painstaking preparation, the priesthood of Israel is about to begin! And it […]

Today we begin Leviticus Chapter 9. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. As in previous chapters of Leviticus, we’re going to encounter many sacrificial rituals in this chapter. However, as I mentioned in my last post, rather than focusing on the many details of the rites and […]

By now I think you should understand that one of the main reasons we study Scripture is to extract from all of the stories, rituals, and commands the underlying heavenly or spiritual principles upon which they are based. For instance, some folks may think it’s not necessary to study Leviticus because “I’m not Jewish” or “We […]

“From the basket of matzah that was before Adonai he took one piece of matzah, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat and on the right thigh. Then he put it all in Aharon’s hands and in the hands of his sons and waved them as a wave offering before Adonai. Moshe took them out of […]

“Then the other ram was presented, the ram of consecration; Aharon and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. After it had been slaughtered, Moshe took some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aharon’s right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big […]