The Bible Book Of Leviticus For Beginners: Book3 Of Old Testament

By Simon Kennard

Leviticus come from the word Levi which is the tribe of Levi. It is on this tribe that the entire responsibility of carrying out the Law fell. The entire set of rules and regulations which need to be followed are given in this book. It was written by Moses. It is also offers insights into offerings and priestly requirements.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AP Publishing
• Release date: Feb 13, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370566105

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The Bible Book Of Leviticus For Beginners Book 3 of Old Testament

Simon Kennard

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Table of Contents

Introduction

The Offerings

Burnt offerings—what and why | God’s acceptance of burnt offerings | Fellowship Offerings

The Priests and Their Duties

Instructions for accepting and officiating over the offerings from the Israelites to God

The Priesthood

Rules and regulations for the priests

The Law

Dietary laws | Laws about diseases and infections | Laws for living fairly and justly and righteously before God

The Israelite Life

The Israelite (Hebrew) Calendar | The Hebrew days and weeks | Weights and measures

Final Thoughts

Introduction

When we think of the Bible we automatically think of the Church, God, Jesus, and words like religion, miracles, and faith. But the Bible is also perceived or viewed as a book of do’s and don’ts. For some, these do’s and don’ts are a much-appreciated guidebook or life GPS. For others, however, the wisdom and instruction found in the Bible is restrictive, old-fashioned, and senseless.

What we think about the Bible or how we view it, however, doesn’t change its truth or its relevance. The absence of tangible proof that the miracles and many other events in the Bible too place does not mean this is proof of absence. Think about it like this: If you were sitting in your yard at night looking up at the sky just in time to see three shooting stars within a matter of a few seconds, would the fact that you had nothing but your word to prove that the event took place make it any less true? Of course not! The fact of the matter is that we do have a good deal of secular historical documentation that parallels to the truths and historical accounts contained in the Bible. But proving the truth of the Bible is not what this book is about.

This book, and the ones that follow for each of the other books in the Bible, is written for the purpose of providing a more in-depth understanding and knowledge of the Scriptures based upon the original text (language). This book is also for the purpose of teaching or reminding readers of the following facts about the Bible:

The Bible is a unified text in that its theme is carried out from Genesis to Revelation without contradiction in spite of the fact that it was written over a period of several hundred years by a number of different writers.

Each book, chapter, and verse hinges on the others; meaning none of the Bible can be isolated from the rest of it. The full meaning and ‘story’ is dependent on the whole text in order to be complete.

The word Leviticus is the name given to the third book of the Old Testament. The word literally means from Levi. It is also the book in which the Law of Moses is first recorded in its entirety, which makes sense because the tribe of Levi was the tribe from which all the priests were chosen. The overall theme of the book is holiness—to be holy because God is holy. The Law recorded in Leviticus was given