(and a picture of the scheme of redemption)

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1. Name: from the work of the LEVITES - though they are only mentioned ONCE (25:32-33).
2. Author: MOSES

1. Lev 12:2-6 = Luke 2:21-24 — laws of PURIFICATION
2. Lev 14:1-4 = Matt 8:2-4 — laws regarding LEPERS
3. Lev 24:9 = Matt 12:4 — priest’s eating the SHOWBREAD

3. Time: about 1450 BC - at the end of the WANDERINGS

1. Events of the book cover the space of about one MONTH
2. The book is a continuation of GENESIS and EXODUS

4. Major Theme: HOLINESS - Some form of the word appears 110 times in the book
5. Purpose of Leviticus

1. Show the holiness of GOD
2. Show the SINFULNESS of man
3. Show the way for sinful MAN to approach a holy GOD
4. Provide the laws of acceptable WORSHIP
5. Perfect & maintain HOLINESS among the nation of Israel (list deeds punishable by death)

6. Analysis of the Book: "The method of approach to God for the Jews was typical of God’s plan for man’s atonement through Christ." (Frank J Dunn, Know Your Bible, p. 61-63)

1. By DEDICATION - the law of sacrifices (5 kinds of offerings)

1. Burnt offerings - need for a SPOTLESS life - Heb 9:13-14
2. Meal offerings - need for FRUITFUL labor - John 15:8
3. Peace offerings - represents COMMUNION - Eph 2:13-14
4. Sin offerings - sins against GOD - 1 John 2:1-2
5. Trespass offerings - sins against MEN are also sins against GOD - Matthew 5:23

2. By MEDIATION - law of the PRIESTS

1. Jesus is our one and final HIGH PRIEST -

1. Hebrews 4:14-16
2. 1 Timothy 2:5

2. All CHRISTIANS function as priests today - 1 Peter 2:5, 9

3. By SEPARATION - laws of PURITY
4. By CONSECRATION - laws of the FEASTS = lives of dedicated SERVICE - Leviticus 23:4

1. PASSOVER - 23:5
2. UNLEAVENED BREAD - 23:6
3. PENTECOST - 23:15-21
4. Day of ATONEMENT - 23:27-28
5. TABERNACLES - 23:34
6. Feast of the SABBATH - 23:39-41
7. All this done in addition to other sabbaths & offerings

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