LEVITICUS

"Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD."

Leviticus 19:18

IMPORTANT PHONE USERS

Please download the PDF to view all of the notes on Leviticus, certain page elements are hidden in phone view due to the layouts not lining up.

Download the Notes on Leviticus

PAGE ELEMENTS

OUTLINE - LEVITICUS - 03 - GOD'S PEACE

LOVE

Communion

1-7

Burnt Offering: all goes to God
Grain Offering: all goes to priests
Peace Offering: some to priests, most to you
Sin Offering
Guilt Offering

PATIENCE

Sanitary Laws

Clean & Unclean Animals

Animals Vs.1-8
Fish Vs.9-12
Birds Vs.13-19
Winged Insects Vs.20-23
Swarming Things Vs.29-38

FAITHFULNESS

Social Laws

18-22

Immoral laws
Reverence (fear) Laws
Penalty Laws
Laws for Priests
Sundry Laws for Priest

JOY

Consecration

Jesus Consecrated His Priesthood
Moses Consecrated the Priesthood Vs.1-9
Moses then sacrificed Vs.14-36

KINDNESS

Sanitation Laws

12-15

Motherhood - isolate 40 days for a boy, 80 days for a girl.
Leprosy - ways to identify leprosy then isolate for 7 days. If it persists
Leprosy Healed by God -Ceremony – Prodigal Son 2 Birds
DISCHARGE

GENTLENESS

Spiritual Laws

23-25

Religious Festivals
Gravity of Laws
Sabbatical, Jubilee & Redemption

PEACE

Commitment

9-10

Aaron obeys
God’s fire
Peter and Paul
Nadab and Abihu
Ananias and Sapphira
Eli loses his 2 sons, Hophni & Phinehas

GOODNESS

Sanitizing Laws

16-17

Day of Atonement

Jesus Death
All acceptable animals must be slaughtered at the Tent of Meeting

SELF CONTROL

Submission Laws

26-27

Blessings & Curses
Valuations for Vows

COMMUNION - 1-7

Burnt Offering - Leviticus 1:1-17 – all goes to God
- 1-9: Young bull, skinned 6:8-13 Burn everything 7:8 Priest keeps
- 10-13: Sheep/Goat all night, ashes skin, hide
- 14-17: 2 Turtle doves or 2 pigeons removed in AM Genesis 3:21? Sprinkle blood around the altar
Grain Offering - Leviticus 2:1-16 – all goes to priests
- 1-3: Fine flour, oil, frankincense 6:14-23 Aaron/priests
- 4-13: Baked unleavened cakes Ordination offering by
- 14-16: Early ripe – roasted, oil, incense priests burn all Portion to fire, rest to Aaron/priests
Peace Offering - Leviticus 3:1-17 – some to priests, most to you
- 1-5: Bull 6-11: Sheep 12-17: Goat
  - Blood sprinkled around altar, Burn all fat, both kidneys & lobe of liver.
- 3 Types of Peace Offerings:
  - Thanksgiving – 7:11-18
  - Votive – 7:16
  - Free Will – 7:16
- 7:15-18 – Eat meat on third day – or cut off
- 7:19-21 – You must be clean – or cut off
- 7:22-27 – Eat no fat or blood or cut off
- 7:28-38 – Breast to Aaron, right thigh to priests, rest goes to you, common meal.
Sin Offering - Leviticus 4:1-35
- 1-12: Priest – Bull, sprinkle blood 7x before sanctuary, pour rest at altar
- 13-21: Congregation – Bull Burn remainder outside of camp.
- 22-35: Individuals – Burn fat and kidneys on altar
  - Leader: male goat Wipe blood on horns altar, pour rest at base
  - Commoner: female goat, burn – all fat and kidneys
  - Commoner: female lamb 6:24-30 Meat – priests, boiled in bronze pot.
Guilt Offering - Leviticus 6:1-30
- 1-13: Doesn’t give witness, touches unclean thing touch human uncleanness, swears thoughtlessly all unknowingly – shall confess then sacrifice: Female lamb/goat – treated as sin offering
- 14-19: Acts unfaithfully to Lord’s holy things – unintentionally Sacrifice – ram – as sin offering – make restitution + 1/5
- 6:1-7: Sins knowingly, deceives, steals, extorts Sacrifice – ram – as sin offering – restitution + 1/5
- 7:1-10: priests who serve shall eat

CONSECRATION - 8

Jesus Consecrated His Priesthood - 1 Peter 2:5,9; Ephesians 6:10-15; Revelation 1:6; 5:10; 10:6
Moses Consecrated the Priesthood Vs.1-9
- Washed Aaron & sons – baptism Colossians 3:11-12
- Put on tunic & girded with sash – gird loins with Truth
- Robe – Robes of white Revelation 19:8
- – shield of faith
- – breastplate of righteousness
- – helmet of salvation
- – Crown of life
- Urim & Thummim – sword of the Spirit
  - Urim – Light = Holy Spirit - Revelation 1:7; 4:5; 5:6
  - Thummim – Perfection = Word of God - 1 Corinthians 13:10
- These were a means of revelation used by the High Priest in giving YAWEH’S answers to inquiries from the people
Hebrews 8:10-12
- Moses then Anointed with oil: Vs.10-13
- Tabernacle and all in it
- Altar 7x, utensils, basin
- Aaron on the head
Today our prayers are the anointing: see James 5:14
Moses to Aarons sons:
- Clothed them in tunics – Robes of white
- Girded with sashes – Girded with truth
- Bound caps on them – Helmut of salvation
Moses then sacrificed Vs.14-36
- Vs.14-17: Sin offering – bull – for Aaron and his sons
- Vs.18-21: Burnt offering – ram
- Vs.22-29: Ordination offering – blood on ear, thumb, toe
- Vs.30-36: Sprinkled blood on Aaron & sons
Jesus did everything for us

COMMITMENT - 9-10

Aaron obeys and offers his Sin offering, Burnt offering, Peace offering.
God’s fire then consumed the Burnt offering and the people saw it.
Peter and Paul great example of commitment in New Testament.
Nadab and Abihu offer strange fire and are consumed by the fire of God. “By those who come near Me, I will be treated as holy. And before all the people, I will be honored.”
Ananias and Sapphira great example of lack of commitment, Acts 5:1ff 1 Samuel 2:12-17; 22-25; 3:13; 4:17
Eli loses his 2 sons, Hophni & Phinehas 1 Samuel 8:1-3 – Samuels 2 sons were Joel & Abijah were dishonest.

SANITARY LAWS - 11

Clean & Unclean Animals
- Vs.1-8
  - Those who chew the cud and have a split hoof are clean. But not the camel, shaphan, rabbit, pig
- Vs.9-12
  - Those with fins and scales are clean, not those without.
- Vs.13-19
  - Those who are scavengers and preditors are unclean.
- Winged Insects Vs.20-23
  - Only locust, crickets, grasshoppers, are clean. If you touch an unclean animal you will be unclean until evening. Whatever walks on paws is unclean to you.
- Swarming Things Vs.29-38
  - Mole, mouse, great lizard, gecko, crocodile, sand reptile, chameleon.
- Today – identify what is unclean to read, listen and watch, ie TV shows, movies etc.
  - Matthew 16:6-12 beware leaven of the Pharisees 1 Corinthians 5:6-8; 2 Timothy 4:3-5; Galatians 5:19-23

SANITATION LAWS - 12-15

Motherhood Leviticus 12
- Isolate 40 days for a boy, 80 days for a girl. Time for healing, nurturing and bonding – Romans 14:1f weaker brethren
Leprosy Leviticus 13
- Ways to identify leprosy – then isolate for 7 days.
- If it persists – tear his clothes, uncover his head, cover his mustache cry ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ – live alone outside the camp.
- Church discipline – Matthew 18:15-20; 1 Corinthians 5:1-5
- Garments with leprosy – 7 day isolation, growth wash 7 more days, still a mark then burn the garment
- If mark fades – tear out mark, keep garment, 7 days isolation. Wash
Leprosy Healed by God Leviticus 14
- Ceremony – Prodigal Son
- 2 Birds – old man/new man – [Romans 6:6-7]; or Barabbas/Jesus [John 18:39-40]
- Earthen ware vessel – your body – 2 Corinthians 4:7
- Living water – Word of God John 4:10; 7:38; 1 Corinthians 10:4; Christ is the Rock Leviticus 14:5-6; 50,51,52; Numbers 19;17; Red heifer Leviticus 15:13; Genesis 26:19
- Cedar wood – cross –1 Kings 5 Solomon lined temple with cedar – 2 Corinthians 2:15-16
- Hyssop – applicator for blood – Exodus 12:22; Psalm 51:7; Hebrews 9:19; Exodus 24:8
- Scarlet String – Messiah – Leviticus 14:4,6; 51,52; Numbers 19:6; Hebrews 9:19
- Scarlet Thread – Genesis 38:28; Joshua 2:18,21; Song of Solomon 4:3
See James 5:13-20 – Lost soul who is weary, spiritually sick, calls elders (priest) takes his confession, prays for him, prayer restores him into the fold and Jesus raises him back into the spiritual realm.
See also 2 Corinthians 2:5-11; Luke 15:11-32 Prodigal son, also lost sheep, lost coin
Shave and wash, live outside his tent 7 days, shave and wash, 8th day give guilt offering, 2 lambs, flour, oil.
Blood on his ear, thumb, big toe, oil on ear, thumb, big toe. Just like Aaron in Leviticus 8:23; Then Oil on top of his head, 8:12. Now he is restored, consecrated, to do the work of God.
Leprous House – empty the house, priest sees mark, isolate for 7 days
Mark grows – tear out stone and all plaster, re-plaster.
- If mark breaks out again – tear down the house.
- If mark has not returned – the house is clean.
*Slaughter one bird in earthenware vessel over living water,
Dipping the living bird, cedar, hyssop, scarlet string in the blood. Sprinkle the house 7 times, releasing the living bird. Possibly for church discipline as well.
See 2 Timothy 2:16-18; 2 Peter 2:10-22; 1 John 2:18-19; Jude 1:10-13; Malachi 1:6-14
Leviticus 15
- Anything he touches or sits on becomes unclean and needs washing.
- Anyone he touches or spits on becomes unclean and need washing.
- Both are unclean until evening. Not isolated.
- Becomes clean from discharge – count off 7 days –
- On 8th day give 2 turtledoves to priest one for sin one for burnt offering.
- Same for seminal emission and menstrual cycle,
- Thus they won’t defile the Tabernacle and die.

SANITIZING LAWS - 16-17

Day of Atonement - Leviticus 16 Jesus death – Hebrews 9:11-14; 27-28; 10:12
- High Priest dresses like a priest, linen – tunic, sash, turban, 8:13
- Sin offering – Bull, Burnt offering – ram for self and family
- Sin offering two goats Burnt offering – ram for people
- Enter the Holy of Holies with firepan and incense to hide ark of covenant.
- Enter again the Holy of Holies with the blood of the bull from sin offering.
- Enter again the Holy of Holies with blood of goat from sin offering.
- He has made atonement for himself, the priests, the people.
- He has made atonement for holy of holies, tent of meeting, altar.
- Lay hands and confess sins upon the scapegoat, send it to the wilderness
- Take off holy garments, bathe dress.
- Offer the burnt offering for himself, his family and the people, the two rams.
- You will be clean from all your sins. Done on the 10th day of the 7th month
Leviticus 17
- All acceptable animals must be slaughtered at the Tent of Meeting or that man shall be cut off.
- Anyone who eats blood shall be cut off.
- Anyone who eats a dead animal or torn animal must wash and bathe or be cut off
Give thanks to the Lord always - 1 Thessalonians 5:18; 1 Timothy 4:3-5; 1 John 1:7

SOCIAL LAWS - 18-22

Leviticus 18 Immoral Laws - 2 Peter 2:12ff, Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 5:1-5
- 1-18 – Not have sex with blood relatives or cousins
- 19-23 – No sex during menstruation, adultery, human sacrifice, homosexuality, bestiality,
- 24-30 – Keep my statues, or be spewed
Leviticus 19 Reverence (fear) Laws
- Philippians 2:3,4; Matthew 7:12
- 1-8 – You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. 1 Peter 1:14-16
- Reverence your father and mother, and keep My Sabbaths, no idolatry
- Eat the peace offering in two days, burn what’s left on third day or be cut off
Leviticus 20 Penalty Laws - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; 1 John 5:16,17
- 1-16 – Death to those who: sacrifice children to Molech, who turn to mediums and spiritists or who practices the art, who curse their father or mother, commit adultery, lies with father’s wife, lies with his daughter-in-law, homosexuals, marries a mother and daughter, bestiality,
- 17-21 – These shall be cut off: lies with their sister, lies with menstruous woman, lies with aunt, uncle’s wife, brothers wife.
- 22-27 – Keep My statues or be spewed out, You are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy!
Leviticus 21 Laws for Priests - 1 Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9
- 1-9 – The priest shall not be defiled with a dead person except parents, virgin sister, cannot marry a relative; cannot make baldness on head, cut edges of beard, cut their flesh, not marry a harlot or divorcee, his daughter not be a harlot, he shall be holy for I the Lord am holy.
- 10-15 – The High Priest shall not uncover his head, nor tear his clothes. Not leave sanctuary while serving for any reason. Approach any dead person not even parents, must marry a virgin,
- 16-24 – Cannot serve if he has a defect, blind, lame, disfigured, deformed. Broken foot or hand, hunchback, dwarf,….
Leviticus 22 Sundry Laws for Priest - 1 Corinthians 11:27-32
- 1-9 – Cut off if: approach unclean, can’t eat holy food if a leper, has discharge until clean
- 10-16 – No laymen may eat holy food, sojourner or hired man to priest. But a priests slave and those born in his house may eat of it.
- 17-33 – Their sacrifices must be with no defects, so you shall keep My commandments

SPIRITUAL LAWS - 23-25

23. Religious Festivals - Hebrews 10:23-25; Acts 20:7; Romans 14:5-9
- 1-3 Sabbaths – 7th day of every week, complete rest, no work
- 4-14 Passover – 14th day of 1st month – at twilight is Passover. On the 15th begins the Feast of unleavened bread.
- 15-21 Pentecost – 50 days after the Sabbath of Passover.
- 22-44 Day of Atonement – 10th day of 7th month, Lectureships = Feasts? Feast of Booths – 15th day of 7th month Feast of Fall? Festival of Salvation
24. Gravity of Laws - 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22; 2 Peter 1;5-11
- 1-9 – High Priest must keep lamp stand burning, fresh bread every Sabbath.
- 10-17– Israelite’s son cursed God, witnesses lay hands on him, congregation stoned him
- 18-23– Eye for an eye, one standard for all. Matthew 5:7; James 2:13; Matthew 18:15-20
25. Sabbatical, Jubilee & Redemption
- 1-7– Every 7th year leave the land go fallow
- 8-22– Jubilee, every 50 yrs.
- 23-55 –Redemption
- 23-34 –Redeeming property
- 35-46 – Lend without interest to a brother, release an Israel slave at Jubilee
- 47-55 – Redeeming an Israelite slave before Jubilee

SUBMISSION LAWS - 26-27

26. Blessings & Curses Hebrews 12:3-11
- 1-13 Blessings
- 14-39 Curses Hebrews 6:4-8
- 40-46 Repent
27. Valuations for Vows
- 1-8 People
- 9-25 Possessions
- 26-34 Restrictions