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God even controlled when the fruit of a young tree was to be eaten, and when it was old enough, He told the Jews, "It's sacred. Give it to Me."
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For three years, while its fruit remains uncircumcised, it may not be eaten. In the fourth year, however, all its fruit shall be sacred to the Lord as a thanksgiving feast to him. (Leviticus 19:23) |
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"The priest shall not make bare the crown of the head, nor lacerate the body. To their God they shall be sacred, and not profane his name; since they offer up the oblations of the Lord, the FOOD OF THEIR GOD, they must be holy." (Leviticus 21:5) |
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"Speak to Aaron and tell him: None of your descendants, of whatever generation, who has any defect shall come forward to offer up the food of his God. Therefore, he who has any of the following defects may not come forward: he who is blind, or lame, or who has any disfigurement or malformation, or a crippled foot or hand, or who is hump-backed or weakly or walleyed, or who is afflicted with eczema, ringworm or hernia. No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any such defect may draw near to offer up the oblations of the Lord; on account of his defect he may not draw near to offer up the food of his God." (Leviticus 21:17) |
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And the punishment for a person getting too close to God's food while unclean,
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"Such a one shall be cut off from my presence. I am the Lord." (Leviticus 22:3) |
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... the ox or sheep or goat that he offers must be an unblemished male. You shall not offer one that has any defect, for such a one would not be acceptable for you. One that is blind or crippled or maimed, or one that has a running sore or mange or ringworm, you shall not offer to the Lord; do not put such an animal on the alter as an oblation to the Lord. |
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One that has its testicles bruised or crushed or torn out or cut off you shall not offer to the Lord. (Leviticus 22:18) |
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"Besides the bread, you shall offer to the Lord a holocaust of seven unblemished yearling lambs, one young bull, and two rams, along with their cereal offering and libations. (Leviticus 23:17) |
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Here we have a new reason for the offering, the ritual for the
Nazarite, but the menu changes very little.
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One unblemished yearling lamb, one unblemished yearling ewe lamb, one unblemished ram, cereal offerings and libations, and unleavened wafers spread with oil. (Numbers 15:2) |
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begin to eat of the food of that land, you shall offer the Lord a contribution consisting of a cake of your first batch of dough. Throughout your generations you shall give a contribution to the Lord from your first batch of dough. (Numbers 15:17) |
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in-ad-ver-tence 1: the fact or action of being inadvertent : INATTENTION 2: a result of inattention: OVERSIGHT Webster's Dictionary --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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If the community itself unwittingly becomes guilty of the fault of inadvertence, the whole community shall offer the holocaust of one young bull as a sweet-smelling oblation pleasing to the Lord, along with its prescribed cereal offering and libation, as well as one hegoat as a sin offering. (Numbers 15:24) |
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Now things were falling into place and everything was going so well that God decided to share the bounty.
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The Lord said to Aaron, "I myself have given you charge of the contributions made to me in the various sacred offerings of the Israelites; by perpetual ordinance I have assigned them to you and to your sons as your priestly share. (Numbers 18:8) |
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in ADDITION to the established holocaust with its cereal offering, together with the libations prescribed for them. |
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On the first day of the seventh month you shall offer as a sweetsmelling holocaust to the Lord one bullock, one ram, and seven unblemished yearling lambs, with their cereal offerings of fine flour mixed with oil; offering three tenths of an epha for the bullock, two tenths for the ram, and one tenth for each of the seven lambs. Moreover, one goat shall be offered as a sin offering in atonement for yourselves. These are to be offered in addition to the ordinary new moon holocaust with its cereal offering, and in addition to the established holocaust with its cereal offering, together with the libations prescribed for them. (Numbers 29:1) |
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I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the ARMY OF HEAVEN standing by him on the right hand and on the left; (3 Kings 22:19) |
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one bullock, one ram, and seven unblemished yearling lambs, with their cereal offerings of fine flour mixed with oil; offering three tenths of an epha for the bullock, two tenths for the ram, and one tenth for each of the seven lambs. Moreover, one goat! |
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MEDICAL
Very early in the Bible there is a description of the first surgery.
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The Lord cast man into a deep sleep and, while he slept, took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. (Genesis 2:21) |
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"I will not afflict you with any of the diseases with which I afflicted the Egyptians; for I, THE LORD AM YOUR HEALER." (Exodus 15:26) |
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The Lord said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites: When a woman has conceived and gives birth to a BOY, she shall be UNCLEAN FOR SEVEN DAYS, with the same uncleanness as her menstrual period. On the eighth day, the flesh of the boy's fore-skin shall be circumcised, and then she shall spend THIRTY-THREE days more in BECOMING PURIFIED of her blood; she shall not touch anything sacred nor enter the sanctuary till the days of her purification are fulfilled. |
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If she gives birth to a GIRL, for FOURTEEN DAYS she SHALL BE AS UNCLEAN as at her menstruation, after which she shall spend SIXTY-SIX days in BECOMING PURIFIED of her blood. When the days of her purification for a son or a daughter are fulfilled, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent a yearling lamb for a holocaust and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering. The priest shall offer them up before the Lord to make ATONEMENT for her, and thus she will be clean again after her flow of blood. Such is the law for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl child. (Leviticus 12:1) |
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atone 1: RECONCILE 2: to MAKE AMENDS 3: reparation for an OFFENSE or injury Webster's Dictionary |
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The next passage is a bit long, but every word is necessary to understand the lack of medical knowledge demonstrated by Israel's God. Notice that the leper had not been allowed to live in the same camp with God. The priest had to go outside the camp for the examination.
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The Lord said to Moses,"This is the law for the victim of leprosy at the time of his purification. He shall be brought to the priest, who is to go outside the camp to examine him. If the priest finds that the sore of leprosy has healed in the leper, he shall order the man who is to be purified, to get two live, clean birds, as well as some cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop. The priest shall then order him to slay one of the birds over an earthen vessel with spring water in it. Taking the living bird with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, the priest shall dip them all in the blood of the bird that was slain over the spring water, and then sprinkle seven times the man to be purified from his leprosy. When he has thus purified him, he shall let the living bird fly away over the countryside. (Leviticus 14:1) |
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"When a man who has been afflicted with a flow becomes free of his affliction, he shall wait seven days for his purification. Then he shall wash his garments and bathe his body in fresh water, and so he will be clean. (Leviticus 15:13) |
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Again, Israel had nothing that even resembled medical knowledge. God's answer was that it was a sin to be sick, so all these measures must take place after the flow had stopped on its own. Again, I believe this whole passage must be read to show the complete medical ignorance of a God so obsessed with blood.
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When a woman is afflicted with a flow of blood for several days out-side her menstrual period, or when her flow continues beyond the ordinary period, as long as she suffers this unclean flow she shall be unclean, just as during her menstrual period. Any bed on which she lies during such a flow becomes unclean, as it would during her menstruation, and any article of furniture on which she sits becomes unclean just as during her menstruation. Anyone who touches them becomes unclean; he shall wash his garments, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. If she becomes freed from her affliction, she shall wait seven days, and only then is she to be purified. (Leviticus 15:25) |
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The Lord said to Moses: "Order the Israelites to expel from camp every leper, and everyone suffering from a discharge, and everyone who has become unclean by contact with a corpse. Male and female alike, you shall compel them to go out of the camp; THEY ARE NOT TO DEFILE THE CAMP IN WHICH I DWELL" (Numbers 5:1) |
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Next we are given God's recipe for what he thought was a cleansing solution. He called it lustral water, and ordered its use for several different situations. Please bear with me. This is long, but the process and ingredients are important.
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"Tell the Israelites to procure for you a red heifer that is free from every blemish and defect and on which no yoke has ever been laid. This is to be given to Eleazar the priest, to be led outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. Eleazer the priest shall take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Meeting Tent. Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight, with its hide and flesh, its blood and offal; and the priest shall take some cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet yarn and throw them into the fire in which the heifer is being burned. The priest shall then wash his garments and bathe his body in water. He remains unclean until evening, and only afterward may he return to camp. Likewise, he who burned the heifer shall wash his garments, bathe his body in water, and be unclean until evening. Finally, a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them in a clean place outside the camp. There they are to be kept for preparing lustral water for the Israelite community. The Heifer is a sin offering. He who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer shall also wash his garments and be unclean until evening. This is a perpetual ordinance, both for the Israelites and for the aliens residing among them. (Numbers 19:2) |