Leviticus

Leviticus 23: Sabbath and The Feast Of The Lord  Collin Leong. September 18, 2024 In Leviticus 23, God listed out the seven Feasts that Israel must celebrate in one year. God said: "These are the appointed feast of the Lord that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts." (v2) Sabbath Before God list the feasts, He spoke about Sabbath (Heb: Shabbat), which comes from the root word “shavat” (שָׁבַת), meaning “to cease,” “to rest,” or "to stop working".  Verse 3 said: "Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation." The Sabbath is not counted as a feast, as Sabbath happens weekly from Friday evening to Saturday evening, whilst a feast happens once a year at the appointed time.  This concept is deeply rooted in the biblical creation narrative, where God rested on the seventh day after creating the world (Genesis 2:2-3). It is a day of rest and worship, and no work is to be done...

A) Who is allowed to eat the offering (v1-16) God told Aaron (through Moses) to respect the sacred offering the Israelites consecrated to Him, so that he does not profane His holy name. If Aaron's descendants who is ceremonially unclean, and yet come near the offerings, the person will be cut off from my presence.  (v1-3) If Aaron's descendants has skin disease, bodily discharge, they cannot eat the sacred offerings until they are cleansed. Other things that made him unclean are touching something defiled by corpse or someone who has emission of semen, or crawling things, or made unclean by other people, or eat anything dead or torn by wild animals. He will be unclean until evening and bathe himself with water. (v4-8) Priests must perform their service to the Lord without contempt, else they are guilty and may die of it. (v9) No one outside the priest's family may eat the offering, including guests or hired worker. However, if the priest buys a slave, or if the slave are bo...