Understnding the Prsh Levitius 1:1-11:45 Prsht HShvuh ynymv Vyikr (Levitius) 1:1-11:45 Sh mini (Eighth) We will Lern how to 1) interret the min theme (subjet) of Prsh (weekly reding from the Torh), 2) mke themti onnetions to tht Prsh (study the Sritures relted by ommon theme [subjet], line uon line nd reet uon reet) 3) lern how to gin greter understnding of the Prsh we re looking t through its themti onnetions to other ortions of Sriture. The Glory of Adoni Fills the Tbernle vs. Aering to the Peole Sometimes the Torh n be onfusing beuse it doesn t lwys hve wht hs hened in the ext order. Mny times it les story out of the right le in order to relte it themtilly with nother ortion of the Sriture. Red Levitius 8. Think bout where you ve seen this toi before... Red Exodus 29:1-46. Did you see how the entire seven dy onsertion (mking holy) eremony ws ommnded bk in Exodus 29:1-46? Exodus 29:37 sys tht the Mishkn must undergo seven dy onsertion eremony (s reorded in Levitius 8). 1
If you go bk nd study, you will see tht Moses writes down the fulfillment of ll of the ommndments (given in Exodus 25:1-30:10) in Exodus 35:1-40:38 exet for the onsertion eremony. Moses hose to write down the fulfillment of the onsertion eremony in the book of Levitius! II. Sorting Out the Detils The Mishkn ws ereted nd the Glory of Adoni filled it on the first of Nissn (Exodus 40:1 nd 33-35). This dy ws lso the of the seven onsertion dys mentioned in Exodus 29:1-46 nd Levitius 8. The first Divine reveltion given to Moses from the Mishkn ws reorded in Levitius 1-5, to show Am Yisrel how they ould drw nigh to Adoni through srifie. Levitius 1:1 follows right fter Exodus 40:34-35 where we re told tht Moses ouldn t enter the Mishkn G b beuse the of Adoni filled it. How do we know this? Clory beginning A. Red Exodus 3:1-5, Exodus 24:9-18, nd Exodus 40:34-35 with Levitius 1:1. Conerning the resene of Adoni, how re ll of these Sritures themtilly relted? b In eh instne there is suernturl reveltion of Adoni tht hinders Moses from drwing loser! Drw line to onnet the Sriture to the suernturl reveltion: blood Exodus 3 Exodus 24 Exodus 40 The mountin is on fire nd nnot be redily rohed. The glory of Adoni fills the Mishkn nd revents roh. There is burning bush tht nnot be redily rohed. Exodus 3 there is burning bush tht nnot be redily rohed. Exodus 24 the mountin is on fire nd nnot be redily rohed. Exodus 40 the glory of Adoni fills the Mishkn nd revents roh. Thinking bout how Adoni ommunited to Moses, how re these ssges themtilly relted? In ll three ssges it sys tht Adoni to Moses. In Hebrew the word is Vyikr (lled). In ll three ssges, we n see iture of the suernturl relm (re) (where Adoni lives) rehing out to the nturl relm (re) (where Moses lives) in order to bring the two together. lled How re they relted to the urose for Adoni lling (Vyikr) to Moses? In ll three stories, Adoni (Vyikr) Moses in order to give R lls him DIVINE! Reveltion 2
Now, we n know tht Levitius 1:1 is no different thn Exodus 3 nd 24 where Adoni hs to ll (Vyikr) for Moses, llowing him to drw ner. B. If you look bk to Prsht Terumh nd Tetzveh you will see mny duties ssoited with the servie of the riests only. In those sidrs there ws no mention t ll of ny tye of instrutions for the offering of srifies by the Isrelites! The ommndments direted to Am Yisrel were the first ommndments given to Isrel from the Mishkn (Levitius 1-5). In ft, the instrutions for the riests (Levitius 6:1-7:38) were given on Mount Sini (Levitius 7:37-38)! Now tht the Mishkn is built, it will need to go through seven-dy onsertion (mke holy) eremony before it n oerte s le where Am Yisrel n roh Adoni through srifie. This brings us to the end of Prsht Tzv nd the beginning of Prsht Sh mini. Here re few oints to think bout. 1. As of the first of Nissn, the Shekhinh Glory of Adoni filled the Mishkn. It is built nd oerting; however, srifies from the Isrelites won t be brought until AFTER the seven-dy onsertion eremony. 2. Until the building of the Mishkn nd the sntifition (being mde set-rt/holy) of the Levites, who hs fulfilled the role of "High Priest" for Isrel? M This should not surrise us. Remember how he ws intereding (rying for the eole) for Am Yisrel mny times before? Also, he is the only one who is ble to roh losely to Adoni. Red Levitius 8:1-36. Who is erforming ll of the riestly duties? M Moses Moses One gin, we see tht Moses is erforming the riestly duties. Why? Beuse, until this oint, he is working s High Priest for Am Yisrel. 3. How will Moses role s High Priest hnge fter Aron nd his sons re onserted? He will no longer funtion s. Aron nd his sons will tke on this resonsibility. riest 4. The seven-dy onsertion eremony is time of hnge, where Moses will ss on the riesthood into the hnds of Aron nd his sons. During this time, Moses trined them in their duties ording to ll tht Adoni gve him in ommndment. III. We hve seen tht the Shekhinh Glory of Adoni filled the Mishkn fter Moses ereted it on Nissn one. And, the seven-dy onsertion time begn on tht dy. Then, on the eighth dy Adoni gve Moses new set of instrutions. A. Red Levitius 9:1-6, wht event will our on this eighth dy? 3
The Glory of Adoni will er before the. B. We've lerned tht the Torh will reet ertin words or hrses in order to teh us mny truths. Wht hrse is reeted numerous times in Levitius 9:1-24 hint, red Levitius 9:7, 8, 15, 16, nd 17? d ner Where ws Aron suose to drw ner to nd wht ws suosed to hen t tht lotion? To the. He drew ner to the ltr to srifies. We've lredy lerned tht the min theme tught by Levitius is bout how to drw nigh to Adoni. The Hebrew word for offering is orbn (!Brq). The root for the word offering/orbn is brq, whih mens oming ner! As you n see, this understnding of its mening is TOTALLY LOST in the trnsltion! The rreeting of the hrse drw/ome ner mkes stronger our understnding tht we must drw nigh to Adoni through blood srifie t the ltr! There is no other wy. C. Who is erforming the blood srifie ritul? A drw nd his. At the beginning of the seven dys of onsertion, Moses erformed the blood ritul. Now, Aron nd his sons erform the blood ritul. Aron is now ting s the Levitil High Priest. Moses hs suessfully mde the trnsfer of the riestly duties (tht he one held) to the Levites. D. Wht gret event hens fter Aron finished the onsertion offerings? The Shekhinh ers to the nd the srifie. From this oint onwrd, Am Yisrel my drw ner to Adoni through the blood ritul. The Shekhinh tht hd left beuse of the sin of the golden lf hs returned. Wht is the differene between the ernes of the Glory of Adoni here in Levitius 9 versus the erne fter Moses built the Mishkn in Exodus 40? In Exodus 40, the Glory of Adoni the Mishkn. In Levitius 9, the Glory of Adoni to the eole nd me out to the ltr (from the Mishkn). lter Aron ome How does this differene in Adoni s Glory themtilly relte to the Mishkn before nd fter the eighth dy? f eole s filled ered sons eole o offer onsumes Before the eighth dy, the story s fous ws on the Glory 4
f of Adoni the Mishkn. This is where Adoni met with Moses to give him filling DIVINE REVELATION (Exodus 25:22). Beginning on the eighth dy, the story s fous is on the Glory of Adoni oming out to the to et the srifies of Am Yisrel so tht they ould to Him individully. d n Drw ner lter OFFERING CONSECRATION PRIEST WORSHIPPER GLORY ALTER EIGHTH DAY ADONAI SHMINI A D O N A I O P D R P T L U I O P P T A E A R Y T F G L O R Y P L Z I A E H C V A S P R N M E D R A K S J I H I G F S H D L D S H M I N I E T T A O T S Y I I T M P R H E K R M T N Q R E N O G C O N S E C R A T I O N W G N I R E F F O J F E 5