Leviticus 24-25 PREVIEW: In Leviticus 24-25, we learn about the penalty for blasphemy from the second of two narratives contained in Leviticus, and we discover all the implications of the Year of Jubilee. Leviticus Outline: Care of the Tabernacle Lamps Read Leviticus 24:1-4 The Bread of the Tabernacle Read Leviticus 24:5-9 The Penalty for Blasphemy Read Leviticus 24:10-23 The Sabbath of the Seventh Year Read Leviticus 25:1-7 The Year of Jubilee Read Leviticus 25:8-17 Provisions for the Seventh Year Read Leviticus 25:18-22 Redemption of Property Read Leviticus 25:23-34 Lending to the Poor Read Leviticus 25:35-38 The Law Concerning Slavery Read Leviticus 25:39-55 Care of the Tabernacle Lamps Read Leviticus 24:1-4 1. Who was in charge of ensuring that the lamps burned continually (v. 3)? 2. What were the lamps constructed of, and what was the substance that burned in them (vv. 1-4)? Leviticus 24-25 Page 1
3. Who was responsible for providing the substance that burned in the lamps (v. 2)? The Bread of the Tabernacle Read Leviticus 24:5-9 4. How many loaves of bread were baked for the Tabernacle, and where and how were they placed (vv. 5-6)? 5. Who was allowed to eat the bread of the Tabernacle, and where were they restricted to eating it (v. 9)? (See also 1 Samuel 21:4-6 and Matthew 12:3-4.) The Penalty for Blasphemy Read Leviticus 24:10-23 6. There are only two narrative sections in Leviticus, and both of them relate acts of blasphemy that lead to death. The first narrative is about Nadab and Abihu in Chapter 10. Who is the second narrative about (v. 10)? 7. What did this person do in this narrative (vv. 10-11)? 8. What was initially done to this person and why (v. 12)? (See also Numbers 15:34.) Leviticus 24-25 Page 2
9. What final judgment was passed upon this person (vv. 13-14, 23)? 10. What ordinances were put into place to govern what this person did (vv. 15-16)? 11. Why is a man who kills another man to be put to death (v. 17)? (See also Genesis 9:6, Exodus 21:12, Numbers 35:30-31, and Deuteronomy 19:11-12.) 12. What is required of a man who kills an animal belonging to another (vv. 18, 21)? 13. What is required of a man who causes disfigurement to his neighbor (vv. 19-20)? (See also Exodus 21:23 25 and Deuteronomy 19:21.) The Sabbath of the Seventh Year Read Leviticus 25:1-7 14. Every seven years the children of Israel were to let the land rest. What were they not allowed to do during the seventh year (vv. 4-5)? Leviticus 24-25 Page 3
15. Although they were to let the land rest (v. 4), the food that grew of its own accord could be eaten. Who could eat it (vv. 6-7)? 16. During this seventh year, what two other things were the children of Israel required to do? (See Deuteronomy 15:1 2 and 31:9 13.) The Year of Jubilee Read Leviticus 25:8-17 17. How often did the Year of Jubilee occur (vv. 8, 10)? 18. What did the children of Israel do differently on the Day of Atonement during the Year of Jubilee (vv. 9-10)? 19. How was the Year of Jubilee the determining factor in the purchase price of land (vv. 14-16)? Provisions for the Seventh Year Read Leviticus 25:18-22 20. What was the expectation of the children of Israel in order for them to live safely in the land and for the land to yield its fruit (vv. 18-19)? Leviticus 24-25 Page 4
21. If the children of Israel were to ask the question, What shall we eat in the seventh year, since we shall not sow nor gather in our produce? what would be God s answer (v. 21)? Redemption of Property Read Leviticus 25:23-34 22. Why couldn t a portion of the land of Israel be sold permanently (vv. 23-24)? 23. If a man became poor and sold his land, what three ways existed for him to rightfully get his land back (vv. 25-28)? 24. How and when could a house sold within a walled city be redeemed (vv. 29-30)? 25. How and when could the home of a Levite be redeemed (v. 33)? Lending to the Poor Read Leviticus 25:35-38 26. Usury is the sum paid for the use of money, or interest. From whom could the children of Israel take no usury (vv. 35-37)? Leviticus 24-25 Page 5
27. How were the children of Israel to help a fellow Israelite if he became poor (vv. 35-37)? The Law Concerning Slavery Read Leviticus 25:39-55 28. How were the children of Israel to treat a fellow Israelite if they became poor and sold themselves into slavery (vv. 39-40)? 29. The children of Israel were allowed to own slaves. Who could they own as a slave (v. 44)? 30. If a slave that was owned by one of the children of Israel had children, what became of those children (vv. 45-46)? 31. If an Israelite became poor and sold himself into slavery, how could he be redeemed out of slavery (vv. 47-49)? 32. If that Israelite wanted to obtain redemption from slavery, how would he determine the price of his release (vv. 50-52)? 33. Why were Israelites who sold themselves into slavery released in the Year of Jubilee (vv. 54-55)? Leviticus 24-25 Page 6