Day 33: Leviticus 10-12
Main People:
Nadab, Abihu, Aaron, Moses
Key Points:
*Nadab
and Abihu, Aaron’s sons, burnt the incense wrong and were killed in a fire
explosion. This can be taken many ways. Maybe God did it to warn of
disobedience. Maybe God did it because he knew if they couldn’t even do one
simple thing obediently, how could they do all of their priestly duties. Or
maybe (and this is my idea) God gave them specific instructions knowing if they
didn’t follow it, the wrong combination of materials would make a huge blaze.
I’ve
heard it said that if we followed the old testament guidelines (well except for
the animal sacrifice and we don’t have to do that now because of Jesus) then we’d
live longer and be healthier… Nadab and Abihu sure would have…
*The
priests had to live by high standards: no drinking alcohol before going in the
Tablernacle, must be able to distinguish between clean and unclean, and follow
the rules God gave them to the letter. A HUGE responsibility.
*They
could only eat animals who chewed cud and had split hooves. They could eat any
ocean animal with fins and scales. There is a whole group of birds not to eat.
They couldn’t eat winged insects that walked on the ground… except for a few
exceptions. They couldn’t even touch then or become unclean themselves. RATS
are unclean (I couldn’t agree more ;) )
*Rules
for Childbirth:
*if a woman has a son, she’s unclean
for 7 days. On the 8th day, the baby boy circumcised. Then she’s
unclean for 33 days while she heals from the ‘not pleasant’ parts of child
birth (trying to be vague for you guys reading this… there’s nothing glamorous
about child birth ;) )
*if a woman has a daughter, she’s
unclean for 2 weeks. After 66 days, she will be purified from the after child
birth ‘unpleasantness’.
*after the allotted days, she will
take a lamb or two turtledoves or two pigeons to be offered as a purification
sacrifice.
*I
read in my commentary that this was done to highlight her role as a new mother
and relieved her of certain duties that probably made the early days with a new
baby easier….Well, that would have been AWESOME!
Verses that Jumped Out at Me:
There isn’t one verse that jumped out
at me. The childbirth part was interesting…
Question:
Are there any
verses that jumped out at you?
Tomorrow’s Reading: Leviticus 13-15
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How could he do it! How could her father bring the guy who burned the church into their home for six months? Yeah, it was an accident and her dad’s a minister, but if he wanted to save this man’s soul why didn’t he go to the prison to do it? Spoiled and slightly judgmental, Rachel has almost as much to learn as their unwilling guest.
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