Leviticus Begins by discussing types of sacrifices This

Leviticus • Begins by discussing types of sacrifices • This was done to obtain the forgiveness of sins • Many sacrifices were of food • Five categories • Burnt offering – Young bull, 1 year old lamb, or bird – The odor from the fire was thought to please God – Offered twice daily

offerings • The grain offering • Gave thanks to God for food • Flour, olive oil, incense, unleavened bread • Part was for God, rest was for the priests • The peace offering • Showed the desire for peace with God • Three types – Thanksgiving: cakes of bread w/animal – Votive: the carrying out of some promise or vow – freewill

offerings • Purification offering • Atoned for unintentional sins • Took into account status of the person and their intentions • Reparation offering • To be forgiven for offenses against another person or God - had to make restitution

Dietary laws • Kosher: means proper or clean • No road kill, no animals that dies a natural death, had to be at least 8 days old • 5 types of animals • Mammals, water creatures, birds, creeping things • Look in Lev 11 – list animals that are not allowed to be eaten

Holy Days • Passover (spring)commemorates exodus out of Egypt • Feast of Weeks: 50 days; May/June • A harvest festival, in recognition of Gods providence • Feast of Booths: final holiday before winter • Celebrates that harvest of wheat and grapes • Sept/Oct, one week, • Live in temp structures to recall the wandering in the desert

Holy days • Day of Atonement • Yom Kippur • Day of fasting and self reflection on the sins of the past year • The year of Jubilee • Every 7 years • Reminded that God owned all • All those in slavery due to debt were freed, all land sold in the past 50 years returned to original owners