Month: October 2023

THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES

The feast of tabernacles. “Say to the children of Israel, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month, and for seven days, is the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles) to the LORD.
The first day is a holy convocation (calling together); you shall not do any laborious work [on that day].

WAVE-LOAVES,TRUMPETS AND ATONEMENT.

Wave-loaves, Trumpets and Atonement. The LORD spoke again to Moses, saying,
“Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The appointed times (established feasts) of the LORD which you shall proclaim as holy convocations–My appointed times are these

SABBATH,PASSOVER AND FIRST-FRUITS

Sabbath, passover and first-fruits. The LORD spoke again to Moses, saying,
“Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The appointed times (established feasts) of the LORD which you shall proclaim as holy convocations–My appointed times are these:

ACCEPTABLE OFFERINGS TO THE LORD

Acceptable offerings to the LORD. “Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any stranger in Israel who presents his offering, whether to fulfill any of their vows or as any of their freewill (voluntary) offerings which they presented to the LORD as a burnt offering–so that you may be accepted–it must be a male without blemish from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.

HOLINESS AND THE PRIESTS

Holiness and the Priests. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ‘No one shall defile himself [that is, become ceremonially unclean] for the dead among his people [by touching a corpse or assisting in preparing it for burial], except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother, also his virgin sister, who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may become unclean.

PUNISHMENT FOR CHILD SACRIFICE

Moreover, you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘Any Israelite or any stranger residing in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech (the god of the Ammonites) [as a human sacrifice] shall most certainly be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.