Land Inheritance 1-2 Godspoke to Moses: “Command the People of Israel. Tell them, When you enter Canaan, these are the borders of the land you are getting as an inheritance: 3-5 “Your southern border will take in some of the Wilderness of Zin where it touches Edom. It starts in the east at the Dead […]
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Numbers 35
Cities for Levites and Asylum-Cities 1-3 ThenGodspoke to Moses on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho: “Command the People of Israel to give the Levites as their part of the total inheritance towns to live in. Make sure there is plenty of pasture around the towns. Then they will be well taken care of with […]
Numbers 36
The Daughters of Zelophehad 1 The heads of the ancestral clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh—they were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph—approached Moses and the leaders who were heads of the families in the People of Israel. 2-4 They said, “WhenGodcommanded my master to hand over the inheritance-lands […]
Leviticus 1
Whole-Burnt-Offering 1-2 Godcalled Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting: “Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, When anyone presents an offering toGod, present an animal from either the herd or the flock. 3-9 “If the offering is a Whole-Burnt-Offering from the herd, present a male without a defect at the […]
Leviticus 2
Grain-Offering 1-3 “When you present a Grain-Offering toGod, use fine flour. Pour oil on it, put incense on it, and bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. One of them will take a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all the incense, and burn it on the Altar for a memorial: a Fire-Gift, […]
Leviticus 3
The Peace-Offering 1-5 “If your offering is a Peace-Offering and you present an animal from the herd, either male or female, it must be an animal without any defect. Lay your hand on the head of your offering and slaughter it at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. Aaron’s sons, the priests, will throw […]
Leviticus 4
The Absolution-Offering 1-12 Godspoke to Moses: “Tell the Israelites, When a person sins unintentionally by straying from any ofGod’s commands, breaking what must not be broken, if it’s the anointed priest who sins and so brings guilt on the people, he is to bring a bull without defect toGodas an Absolution-Offering for the sin he […]
Leviticus 5
1 “If you sin by not stepping up and offering yourself as a witness to something you’ve heard or seen in cases of wrongdoing, you’ll be held responsible. 2 “Or if you touch anything ritually unclean, like the carcass of an unclean animal, wild or domestic, or a dead reptile, and you weren’t aware of […]
Leviticus 6
1-6 Godspoke to Moses: “When anyone sins by betraying trust withGodby deceiving his neighbor regarding something entrusted to him, or by robbing or cheating or threatening him; or if he has found something lost and lies about it and swears falsely regarding any of these sins that people commonly commit—when he sins and is found […]
Leviticus 7
1-6 “These are the instructions for the Compensation-Offering. It is most holy. Slaughter the Compensation-Offering in the same place that the Whole-Burnt-Offering is slaughtered. Splash its blood against all sides of the Altar. Offer up all the fat: the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the two kidneys and the fat encasing them at […]