Eighth (Sh'mini)
This section is called Sh'mini (Eighth) and it starts with chapter 9.
Leviticus 9:1 (NIV)
On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. Here is the rest of chapter 9.
After the seven-day inaugural service(after their hands were filled), on the eighth day, the priests entered the tabernacle to minister. They performed the first sacrificial service of the nation. Moses AND Aaron went into the tabernacle (it was always Moses alone!), and after they came out, Aaron blessed the people. Then the fire from heaven came down and consumed the alter offering!
All the people saw the glory of God.
Chapter 10
Then something happens. Aaron's sons did their own things and God's fire consumed them. The bible says they offered "different fire"(or wrong kind of fire).
The people saw God's fire consuming the sacrifice and saw the glory of God. Then they saw God's fire consuming the priests who offered wrong kind of fire.
Jesus, forgive me if I put my own thinking into action and assume that it is God's will. I am grateful for God's grace who will never give up on us.
Leviticus 9:1 (NIV)
On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. Here is the rest of chapter 9.
After the seven-day inaugural service(after their hands were filled), on the eighth day, the priests entered the tabernacle to minister. They performed the first sacrificial service of the nation. Moses AND Aaron went into the tabernacle (it was always Moses alone!), and after they came out, Aaron blessed the people. Then the fire from heaven came down and consumed the alter offering!
All the people saw the glory of God.
Chapter 10
Then something happens. Aaron's sons did their own things and God's fire consumed them. The bible says they offered "different fire"(or wrong kind of fire).
The people saw God's fire consuming the sacrifice and saw the glory of God. Then they saw God's fire consuming the priests who offered wrong kind of fire.
Jesus, forgive me if I put my own thinking into action and assume that it is God's will. I am grateful for God's grace who will never give up on us.
Ordination/consecration/filling
Leviticus 8:22, 28, 29, 31, 33
22And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. (KJV)
ordination (NIV, NAS)
consecration and ordination (Amplified)
consecration (KJV)
According to the Blue Letter Bible, the word for consecration/ordination ("millu" in Hebrew) is this.
According to the Strong's Dictionary, the Hebrew word "millu" also means "filling." Interesting.
F.B. Meyer says:
I suppose then that those who receives more requires better sacrifices. Didn't Paul say something like this??
The priests were set aside for 7 days.
Thank you, LORD.
22And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. (KJV)
ordination (NIV, NAS)
consecration and ordination (Amplified)
consecration (KJV)
According to the Blue Letter Bible, the word for consecration/ordination ("millu" in Hebrew) is this.
According to the Strong's Dictionary, the Hebrew word "millu" also means "filling." Interesting.
F.B. Meyer says:
Consecration, according to the Hebrew word, means "filling the hand." Too many of us suppose that the consecrated soul renounces all - nay, it receives all. The nets are full of fish; the baskets are full of the broken peices; the soul is full of grace and glory.
I suppose then that those who receives more requires better sacrifices. Didn't Paul say something like this??
The priests were set aside for 7 days.
Thank you, LORD.
Command (or Give an order) #2
Explaining things in simple ways is my favorite way of learning. Bibles and commentaries for kids taught me a lot. Sometimes I think of a cartoon series called The Flying House ( want to see Youtube?) I watched with my kids sometimes. I try to put myself in situations in the Bible. Sometimes I can see things more clearly.
In Leviticus 6, the LORD told Moses to keep the fire going on the alter (verse 9). This is the group of people who are used to seeing and following the fire at night and cloud (different, but looks like smoke -- something white in the sky) during the day.
Exodus 13:21-22 (English Standard Version)
21And(A) the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. 22The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.
Now they are staying in one spot and they still see the fire at night and white stuff in the sky during the day. If I were used to going through the desert by the fire and the cloud, I would think that my eyes would associate the fire and the cloud with God's holy presence. Interesting, I thought.
In Leviticus 6, the LORD told Moses to keep the fire going on the alter (verse 9). This is the group of people who are used to seeing and following the fire at night and cloud (different, but looks like smoke -- something white in the sky) during the day.
Exodus 13:21-22 (English Standard Version)
21And(A) the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. 22The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.
Now they are staying in one spot and they still see the fire at night and white stuff in the sky during the day. If I were used to going through the desert by the fire and the cloud, I would think that my eyes would associate the fire and the cloud with God's holy presence. Interesting, I thought.
Command! (Tzav)
Leviticus 6:8-8:36 ...."Command!" is what the LORD told Moses.
Chapter 6 is more detail about the sacrifices we read in Chapters 1 - 5.
Chapter 6 is where we read about Urim and Thummim...something I have been wondering about for a long time. What are they? I read that they meant 'light and perfections'.
Some commentaries I read don't mention Urim and Thummim so much. Mysterious...
Chapter 6 is more detail about the sacrifices we read in Chapters 1 - 5.
Chapter 6 is where we read about Urim and Thummim...something I have been wondering about for a long time. What are they? I read that they meant 'light and perfections'.
Some commentaries I read don't mention Urim and Thummim so much. Mysterious...
smoke, pleasing to God
The significance of Leviticus chapters one and two:
small alef ... God called Moses in the small voice.
an offering for the burnt offering was to be brought by one's voluntary will.
the smoke was 'sweet savor' or 'soothing aroma' for the LORD.
it was an atonement...
People brought an offering according to what they could bring.
The Hebrew word for for 'burnt offering' is olah. "Olah" also means "ascends".
These things above give me the image of our Father who is love.
Jesus went to the cross, not by force, but by his voluntary will.
His sacrifice was pleasing to God, a sweet savor for the LORD.
His sacrifice was for us.
Jesus ascended.
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small alef ... God called Moses in the small voice. an offering for the burnt offering was to be brought by one's voluntary will. the smoke was 'sweet savor' or 'soothing aroma' for the LORD. it was an atonement... People brought an offering according to what they could bring.The Hebrew word for for 'burnt offering' is olah. "Olah" also means "ascends".
These things above give me the image of our Father who is love.
Jesus went to the cross, not by force, but by his voluntary will.
His sacrifice was pleasing to God, a sweet savor for the LORD.
His sacrifice was for us.
Jesus ascended.
