Regulations for Conduct of Priests Read Leviticus 22:1-16

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1 Leviticus PREVIEW: In Leviticus 22-23, instructions continue about the priests' conduct and Israel's annual feasts are outlined. Leviticus Outline: Regulations for Conduct of Priests Read Leviticus 22:1-16 Offerings Accepted and Not Accepted - Read Leviticus 22:17-33 Feasts of the Lord Read Leviticus 23:1-2 The Sabbath - Read Leviticus 23:3 The Passover and Unleavened Bread - Read Leviticus 23:4-8 The Feast of Firstfruits - Read Leviticus 23:9-14 The Feast of Weeks - Read Leviticus 23:15-22 The Feast of Trumpets - Read Leviticus 23:23-25 The Day of Atonement - Read Leviticus 23:26-32 The Feast of Tabernacles - Read Leviticus 23:33-44 Regulations for Conduct of Priests Read Leviticus 22: Service to the Lord was a holy vocation; the Tabernacle and all its furniture and implements were to be considered holy because they were anointed with oil (see Exodus 40:9). When was a priest (who also was anointed for service and considered holy) not to approach the holy things which the children of Israel dedicate to the Lord (vv. 1-3)? Leviticus Page 1

2 2. What defilements are listed that would make a priest unclean and keep him from serving (vv. 4-6)? 3. What were the priests excluded from while they had uncleanness upon them (v. 3)? 4. What was a defiled priest restricted from doing (v. 4)? 5. A priest who touched anything that was unclean was considered unclean until when (v. 7)? What two things did he have to do in order to be made clean again (v. 6)? 6. What was critical for the priest to know and do? Why (v. 9)? 7. The offerings of animals sacrificed to God in the Tabernacle were considered holy and were also provision for the priests. In addition to the priest himself who was allowed to eat of this food (v.11-13)? Who was not allowed to eat it (v )? Leviticus Page 2

3 Offerings Accepted and Not Accepted - Read Leviticus 22: What two characteristics were required of an animal sacrificed for a vow or freewill burnt offering (v )? 9. What imperfections are listed that would disqualify an animal from being offered as a freewill offering (v )? 10. When and how was a sacrifice of thanksgiving to be offered (v. 29)? When could you eat your offering of thanksgiving (v.30)? Feasts of the Lord Read Leviticus 23: A convocation is a meeting, an assembling of God s people. Whose feasts were the feasts declared to be (v. 2)? How were the convocations described (v. 2)? The Sabbath - Read Leviticus 23:3 12. The Sabbath was considered a holy convocation of the Lord. What was to be done on the Sabbath (v. 3)? What was not to be done (v. 3)? Leviticus Page 3

4 The Passover and Unleavened Bread - Read Leviticus 23: Passover, celebrated on the fourteenth day of the first month, was a commemoration of what event? (See Exodus 12.) 14. The Feast of Unleavened Bread, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month, was to commemorate what event? (See Exodus 12:17-20.) 15. What were they to do and not do on the first and seventh days of the Feasts of Passover and Unleavened Bread (vv.7-8)? What were they to do each of the seven days (v. 8)? The Feast of Firstfruits - Read Leviticus 23: When was the Feast of Firstfruits commemorated (v. 11)? 17. What was waved on the Feast of Firstfruits (vv )? 18. What was offered on the Feast of Firstfruits (v )? Leviticus Page 4

5 19. What did the Feast of Firstfruits foreshadow? (see 1 Corinthians 15:20) The Feast of Weeks - Read Leviticus 23: How long after the Feast of Unleavened bread was the Feast of Weeks to be commemorated (vv )? 21. What was offered by the people from their dwellings during the Feast of Weeks? What was included within the items that were offered (v. 17)? 22. What was offered by the priests during the Feast of Weeks (vv )? 23. What did the Feast of Weeks foreshadow? (See Acts 2:1-4.) Leviticus Page 5

6 The Feast of Trumpets - Read Leviticus 23: What was done on the Feast of Trumpets that differentiated it from the other feasts (v. 24)? The Day of Atonement - Read Leviticus 23: What were the people to do to themselves on the Day of Atonement (v. 27)? What were they not to do on that day (v. 28)? The Feast of Tabernacles - Read Leviticus 23: In addition to being a holy convocation and not working (v. 35) and making an offering by fire (v. 36) what were the children of Israel to do on the Feast of Tabernacles (vv )? Leviticus Page 6