The Pentateuch

God is holy; man is sinful; and God graciously forgives man’s sin because a blameless animal—which illustrated Christ dying for the sins of the world—died in man’s place.

Leviticus: Key Verse

Leviticus 20:26 "Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy."

1. The Angelic Conflict in which Satan attempts to take God’s authority.
2. God’s Redemption Plan through the seed of Eve to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
3. God made his unconditional covenant with Abraham to make him into a great nation and to bless the world through Abraham’s seed—specifically Jesus Christ.
4. God formed the Hebrews into a nation in Egypt and later at Sinai God made them his priest nation.
5. God’s redemption plan, through Israel, was on schedule, even though Satan repeatedly tried to stop God’s plan.

1. God gave Moses the Leviticus revelation after the Israelites had left Egypt in 1445 BC, and while they were in the Sinai area.
2. The Israelites left Sinai in Nisan (April), 1445 BC, after receiving the law.

1. Atonement, 55 times
2. Holy, 90 times
3. Priest, 178; Priests, 13; total 191 times
4. Offering, 273; Offerings 58; total 331 times
5. Sacrifice, 36; Sacrifices 8; 44 times
6. Sin, 82 times

1. Moses
2. Aaron
3. Sons of Levi

1. God revealed his instructions for the priestly ministry to Moses. God instructed about the offerings and sacrifices, the dedication and service of the priests, and regulations and warnings about how Israel was to live.
2. Nadab and Abihu, sons of Aaron ignored God’s instructions for their priestly service and instead did it their way. They suffered ultimate discipline, the sin unto death.
3. The regulations included the laws for clean and unclean, holy living, annual festivals, national blessing or discipline, and free will dedications.

1. Five Sacrifices (1-7)
2. Priestly Mediators (8-10)
3. Clean and Unclean (11-15)
4. Day of Atonement (16)
5. Holy Living (17-25)
6. Blessing or Cycles of Discipline (26)
7. Free Will Offerings of Dedication (27)

Chapter 1: Burnt Offering

Chapter 2: Grain Offering

Chapter 3: Peace Offering

Chapter 4: Sin Offering

Chapter 5: Sin and Trespass Offerings

Chapter 6: More on Sin and Trespass Offerings

Chapter 7: More on Sin and Trespass Offerings

Chapter 8: Dedication of the Priests

Chapter 9: First Priestly Service

Chapter 10: Nadab and Abihu

Chapter 11-15: Clean and Unclean

Chapter 16: Day of Atonement

Chapter 17: Blood, Life, Death

Chapter 18: Sexual Sin and Perversion

Chapter 19: Regulations for Life – Be Holy

Chapter 20: Death Penalty Sins for God’s Separated People

Chapter 21: Regulations for Priests – Defilement

Chapter 22: Regulations for Priests – Offerings

Chapter 23: Annual Feasts

Chapter 24: The Holy Place, Blasphemy, and Justice

Chapter 25: Sabbath and Jubilee Years

Chapter 26: Blessings or Cycles of Discipline

Chapter 27: Free Will Offerings of Dedication

1. God’s Attributes, especially holiness, (See 11.45; 19.2)
2. Substitution, 1
3. Sin Barrier, 1
4. Hebrew calendar,
5. Five Levitical sacrifices and offerings, 1-7
6. Aaronic priesthood, 8-9
7. Levites, 10
8. Nadab and Abihu rebellion, 10
9. Divine Discipline, 10
10. Sin Unto Death, 10
11. Human Good, 10
12. Clean and unclean, 11-15
13. Day of Atonement, 16
14. Holy people—national values, 18-20
15. Capital punishment, 20
16. Sabbath and Five Annual feasts of Israel, 23
17. Sabbath, 25
18. Jubilee years, 25
19. Cycles of discipline, 26
20. Mosaic Law, 26
21. Abrahamic Covenant, 26
22. Free Will Vows, 27

1. Burnt (Voluntary)—Reconciliation
2. Grain (Voluntary)—Positional Relationship with God
3. Peace (Voluntary)—Fellowship with God
4. Sin (Required)—Confession of Sin
5. Guilt (Required)—Confession of Sin

1. Why the regulations? The priests were to teach the people to distinguish between holy and profane, clean and unclean (Leviticus 10.10-11; 11.47). To do this God revealed divine viewpoint about diet (Leviticus 11), disease (Leviticus 13-14), and other physical uncleanness (Leviticus 12, 15).

1. The laws for uncleanness and purification served to highlight 1) God’s holiness, 2) man’s sin, 3) the distinction between relationship with Yahweh (LORD) their God and religion around them, and 4) to point out Israel’s priest nation status. An unclean person was prohibited from participating in the tabernacle services.

1. Passover—Redemption
2. Unleavened Bread—Separation from past to new life with God
3. Firstfruits—Thanksgiving and God provides
4. Pentecost—Thanksgiving and God Provides over and above
5. Trumpets—Called the Lord’s attention to Israel’s need of his blessing
6. Day of Atonement—God graciously forgives sin
7. Booths—God gives fatherly care and protection

1. First—mental and physical illness, economic downturns, military losses (26.14-17)
2. Second—loss of influence, drought, famine, economic failure (26.18-20)
3. Third—domestic terror, culture and society breakdown, (26.21-22)
4. Fourth—disease, military invasion, national vassalage, famine (26.23-26)
5. Fifth—culture and social disintegration, religious anarchy, national destruction and exile (26.27-39)

1. Attributes of God
2. Sin Barrier
3. Fellowship with God
4. Priesthood of every church age believer
5. Divine good vs. Human good
6. Divine Discipline
7. Separation from wrong crowd and religion
8. Importance of the ministry
9. Ritual with reality is valuable—communion
10. Cultural and societal breakdown