K. Rules for the Priests

“At the heart of the worship rituals is the office of the priest.  In order that the many sacrifices and offerings be holy unto God, the priests themselves must be holy.”

DEFILEMENT FOR DEAD   Leviticus 21:1-4

HOLY APPEARANCE   Leviticus 21:5,6

NONAPPROVED MARRIAGES   Leviticus 21:7,8

HARLOT DAUGHTERS   Leviticus 21:9

RULES FOR HIGH PRIEST   Leviticus 21:10-15

BLEMISHED NOT TO SERVE   Leviticus 21:16-24

UNCLEAN NOT TO TOUCH HOLY   Leviticus 22:1-9

OUTSIDER NOT TO EAT   Leviticus 22:10-16

L. The Sabbatical Year

“In addition to the weekly Sabbath for rest and worship, there is also to be a rest for the land on each seventh year.”

SABBATH REST FOR LAND   Leviticus 25:1-7

PROVISION FOR POOR AND ANIMALS   Exodus 23:10,11

M. Year of Jubilee

“Every 50 years there is to be a special yearlong Jubilee, beginning on the Day of Atonement with the solemn blowing of trumpets.  It is to be a holy year, like the Sabbatical year, in which the land is to lie fallow.  One of the most remarkable features of the Jubilee is the concept of redemption, in which inheritances are restored, slaves are set free, and property formerly sold may be either repurchased or automatically returned.  It is both a nobly humanitarian provision and a foretaste of even greater spiritual redemption in the era of the Messiah.”

FIFTIETH YEAR FOR LIBERTY   Leviticus 25:8-10

TO BE HOLY YEAR   Leviticus 25:11,12

PURCHASE OF PROPERTY   Leviticus 25:13-17

BOUNTIFUL SIXTH YEAR   Leviticus 25:18-22

NO LAND IN PERPETUITY   Leviticus 25:23,24

REDEMPTION OF PROPERTY   Leviticus 25:25-28

REGARDING HOUSES   Leviticus 25:29-31

RULES FOR LEVITES   Leviticus 25:32-34

RELEASE OF SERVANTS   Leviticus 25:39-43

REDEMPTION OF SERVANTS   Leviticus 25:47-55

All quotations taken from The Daily Bible.