25. SACRED RITES AND FORMS
SACRED RITES AND FORMS Primitive And Gentile Sacrifices. THE OFFERINGS OF CAIN AND ABEL.
Hebrews 11:4 OF JETHRO.
Exodus 18:12 OF BALAK AND BALAAM.
Numbers 23:14 Numbers 23:29-30 OF NAAMAN.
2 Kings 5:19 OF JOB.
Job 1:5 Dedication Gifts For Tabernacle And Temple.
WHAT GOD REQUIRED FOR THE TABERNACLE.
Exodus 25:2-7 WHAT MOSES CALLED FOR.
(Materials.)
Exodus 35:5-9 (Labour And Skill.)
Exodus 35:10-19 THE RESPONSE.
Exodus 35:20-24 MORE THAN ENOUGH.
Exodus 36:3-7 THE SUM TOTAL USED.
Exodus 38:24-31 DEDICATION OFFERINGS OF THE PRINCES.
(In Succession, On Separate Days.)
Numbers 7:10-11 (Prince Of Judah.)
Numbers 7:12-17 (Prince Of Issachar.)
Numbers 7:18-23 (Prince Of Zebulun.)
Numbers 7:24-29 (Prince Of Reuben.)
Numbers 7:30-35 (Prince Of Simeon.)
Numbers 7:36-41 (Prince Of Gad.)
Numbers 7:42-47 (Prince Of Ephraim.)
Numbers 7:48-53 (Prince Of Manasseh.)
Numbers 7:54-59 (Prince Of Benjamin.)
Numbers 7:60-65 (Prince Of Dan.)
Numbers 7:66-71 (Prince Of Asher.)
Numbers 7:72-77 (Prince Of Naphtali.)
Numbers 7:78-83 (Recapitulation.)
Numbers 7:84-88 ATONEMENT MONEY FOR THE TABERNACLE.
Exodus 30:12-16 DAVID'S GIFTS FOR SOLOMON'S TEMPLE.
1 Chronicles 18:7-8 1 Chronicles 18:11 1 Chronicles 28:14-20 DAVID'S PRIVATE DONATION.
1 Chronicles 29:2-4 HIS APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS.
1 Chronicles 29:1 1 Chronicles 29:5
WHAT THEY GAVE.
1 Chronicles 29:6-8 THEIR JOY, AND DAVID'S.
1 Chronicles 29:9 1 Chronicles 29:17 ASA'S FIDELITY.
2 Chronicles 15:18 THE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ZERUBBABEL'S TEMPLE.
Ezra 8:33-34 Taxes For Sacred Purposes.
FIRSTFRUITS.
Exodus 23:19 Deuteronomy 26:1-4
FIRSTBORN.
(Of Man.)
(Of Beasts.)
Exodus 34:19 (Of Beasts To Be Eaten.) (BEFORE THE LORD.) Deuteronomy 15:19-20 (IF IMPERFECT, AT HOME.) Deuteronomy 15:21-23
(Redemption.)
Exodus 34:20 Leviticus 27:26-27 (Rate Of Redemption.) Leviticus 27:3-7 (The Meaning Of It To Be Explained.)
TITHES.
(Paid By Abraham To Melchisedek)
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Hebrews 7:6 (Vowed By Jacob.)
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Genesis 28:22 (All Produce To Be Tithed.)
Leviticus 27:30 Deuteronomy 14:22 (Might Be Redeemed By Adding A Fifth.) Leviticus 27:31-33 (To Be Eaten Before The Lord.) Deuteronomy 12:17-18 Deuteronomy 14:23 (Or Turned Into Money For The Sacarificial Meal.) Deuteronomy 14:24-27 (A Triennial Charity Tithe-Feast.) Deuteronomy 14:28-29 (The Tithing Of The Tithes.) Numbers 18:26-32
Numbers 31:41 CONTRIBUTIONS MADE AND CALLED FOR BY HEZEKIAH.
2 Chronicles 31:3 2 Chronicles 31:5-10 NEHEMIAH BRINGS THE PEOPLE UP TO A HIGH PITCH OF FIDELITY AND ZEAL.
Nehemiah 10:32-39 SUBSEQUENT DECLENSION REBUKED.
Malachi 3:7-9 REFORMATION TO BE FOLLOWED BY GREAT BLESSINGS.
Malachi 3:10-12 Bloodless Sacrifices. THE MEAT OFFERINGS.
(Of Three Kinds.) (OF FINE FLOUR.)
(OF CAKES.) Leviticus 2:4-10 (OF ROASTED EARS OF CORN.) Leviticus 2:14-16 (Must Be Unleavened And Salted.) Leviticus 2:11-13 THE LAW OF THE MEAT OFFERING.
Leviticus 6:14-18 THE HIGH PRIEST'S MEAT OFFERING OF CONSECRATION.
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Numbers 28:5-6 THE HEAVE OFFERING OF THE FIRST BREAD OF CANAAN.
Numbers 15:18-21 THE MEAT OFFERING OF EZEKIEL'S VISION.
Ezekiel 45:13-14 THE DAILY INCENSE OFFERING.
Exodus 30:7-9 ST. JOHN'S VISION OF INCENSE OFFERED IN HEAVEN.
Revelation 8:1 Revelation 8:3-4 THE SACRED PERFUME.
Exodus 30:34-38 THE SHEWBREAD.
(Twelve Cakes For The Twelve Tribes.) Leviticus 24:5-8
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Exodus 40:23 (To Be Eaten Only By The Priests.)
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Luke 6:4 (Eaten By David And His Men.)
1 Samuel 21:4-6 Bleeding Or Animal Sacrifices.
Including Sin Offerings, which were expiatory; Burnt Offerings, which denoted total self- surrender to God; and Peace Offerings, which were eucharistic.-H.
GENERAL DIRECTION.
(The Victim Must Be Without Blemish.) Deuteronomy 17:1 Leviticus 22:18-25
Leviticus 22:27 (To Be Without Leaven, And Consumed The Same Day.)
Exodus 34:25 Leviticus 22:29-30 (The Accompaniments Of Slain And Burnt Offerings.)
Numbers 15:2-12 (STRANGERS TO OBSERVE THE SAME RULES.) Numbers 15:13-16 (What Remained Of The Offerings To Go To The Priests.) Leviticus 10:12-15 Leviticus 7:37-38 (Consecration Of The Altar.)
Exodus 29:37 (The Altar The Only Place Of Offering.) Leviticus 17:8-9 Deuteronomy 12:26-27 (Even Animals For Food Must Be Slain Before The Tabernacle.) To prevent sacrificing to False Gods.
Leviticus 17:2-6 THE SIN OFFERINGS FOR SINS OF IGNORANCE. The high-handed sinner was to be cut off.
SEE Numbers 15:30-31 (For The Sin Of The High Priest.) Leviticus 4:2-12 (Of The Whole Congregation.) Leviticus 4:13-21 Numbers 15:22-26
(Of A Ruler.) Leviticus 4:22-26 (Of One Of The Common People.) Leviticus 4:27-35 Numbers 15:27-29 EXPIATION OF LIGHTER OFFENCES.
(Three Examples Given.) (NEGLECTING TO APPEAR AS A WITNESS IN CASE OF AN OATH.)
Leviticus 5:1 (INCURRING CEREMONIAL DEFILEMENT IGNORANTLY.)
Leviticus 5:2-3 (SWEARING RASHLY.)
Leviticus 5:4 (The Offering Required.)
Leviticus 5:6 (Or In Case Of Poverty.) Leviticus 5:7-10 (Of Still Greater Poverty.) Leviticus 5:11-13 THE LAW OF THE SIN OFFERING.
Leviticus 6:25-30 THE SIN OFFERING AT THE CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS.
Exodus 29:35-36 THE SONS OF AARON REBUKED FOR NOT STRICTLY OBSERVING THE RITUAL.
Leviticus 10:16-20 THE TRESPASS OFFERINGS FOR SPECIAL SINS.
(For Withholding What Was Due To God.) Leviticus 5:15-16 (For Violating Any Of God's Rights With Regard To Israel.) Leviticus 5:17-19 (For Violating A Neighbour's Rights.)
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Numbers 5:8-10 (For Eating Unwittingly Of Holy Things.) Leviticus 22:14-16 (For Carnal Knowledge Of A Betrothed Bondmaid.) Leviticus 19:20-22 (Money Sent For The Purchase Of Victims.)
2 Kings 12:16 THE LAW OF THE TRESPASS OFFERING.
Leviticus 7:1-10 THE SIN OFFERINGS OF THE GREAT DAY OF ATONEMENT.
(The Expiation Of The Altar Of Incense.)
SEE Leviticus 16:18-19 (The High Priest Entering Into The Holy Of Holies.) Leviticus 16:2-4 (Victims Presented, And Lots Cast.) Leviticus 16:5-10 (The Sin Offering For The High Priest.) Leviticus 16:11-14 (For The People.) Leviticus 16:15-19 (The Scape-Goat Let Go.) Leviticus 16:20-22 (Change Of Vestments, And Final Offering.) Leviticus 16:23-28 THE BURNT OFFERINGS.
(Of The Herd.)
(Of The Flock.) Leviticus 1:10-13
(Of Fowls.) Leviticus 1:14-17 THE LAW OF THE BURNT OFFERINGS.
Leviticus 6:9-13 THE PEACE OFFERINGS.
(Of The Herd.)
(Of The Flock.) Leviticus 3:6-17 THE LAW OF THE PEACE OFFERING.
(The Accompanying Meat Offering.) Leviticus 7:11-14 (To Be Eaten The Same Day.) Leviticus 7:15-18 Leviticus 19:5-8 (Ceremonial Pollution To Be Shunned.) Leviticus 7:19-21 (The Eating Of Fat And Blood Prohibited.)
SEE Leviticus 7:22-27 (The Lord's Share.) Leviticus 7:29-36 THE ORDER OF SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
(The Daily Morning And Evening Sacrifice.)
(The Sabbath.)
Numbers 28:9-10 (The New Moons.) Numbers 28:11-15
(The Passover.) Numbers 28:16-25
(Pentecost.) Leviticus 23:10-14 Numbers 28:26-31
Acts 20:13-16 1 Corinthians 16:5-8 (The Feast Of Trumpets.)
Numbers 29:1-6 (The Day Of Atonement.)
Numbers 29:7-11 (The Feast Of Tabernacles.) Numbers 29:12-34 (The Grand Concluding Festival.) Numbers 29:35-39 FREEWILL OFFERINGS.
(To Sanctify An Altar.)
Exodus 24:5-6 (On Various Occasions.)
1 Samuel 16:2-5 (When Solomon Was Made King.) 1 Chronicles 29:21 (When Solomon's Temple Was Dedicated.)
1 Kings 8:62-64 (When Asa Renewed The National Covenant.) 2 Chronicles 15:9-11 (When Hezekiah Restored Religion.) 2 Chronicles 29:20-28 2 Chronicles 29:31-36 (On The Return Of The Jews From Captivity.)
Ezra 8:35 THE SIGNIFICANCE AND WORTH OF SACRIFICES.
(From The Hebrew Standpoint.)
Psalms 69:30-33 Jeremiah 7:21-22
Micah 6:6-8 (From The Christian Standpoint.)
Hebrews 10:11 Hebrews 13:10-11
Hebrews 13:15 JOY IN SACRIFICES.
Psalms 141:2 THE SACRIFICES OF THE WICKED.
Malachi 1:12-14 Inauguration Of The Hebrew Sacrificial System. THE HOLY ANOINTING OIL.
Exodus 30:31-33 THE CONGREGATION ASSEMBLED.
Leviticus 8:3-4 THE ANOINTING OF THE TABERNACLE AND ALL ITS CONTENTS.
(Ordered.)
(Executed.) Leviticus 8:10-11 THE WASHING, ROBING, AND ANOINTING OF AARON AND HIS SONS.
(Ordered.)
(Executed.)
Leviticus 8:5-9 Leviticus 8:12-13 THE THREEFOLD SACRIFICE OF CONSECRATION.
(The Sin Offering.)
Leviticus 8:2 Leviticus 8:14-17 (The Burnt Offering.)
Exodus 29:15-18 Leviticus 8:18-21 (The Peace Offering.)
Exodus 29:31-34 Leviticus 8:22-29 THE FINAL SPRINKLING WITH OIL AND BLOOD.
Leviticus 8:30 THE SACRIFICIAL MEAL.
Leviticus 8:31-32 THE SEVEN DAYS' WATCH.
Leviticus 8:33-36 AARON AND HIS SONS ENTER UPON THEIR OFFICE.
(Provision Made For The Threefold Sacrifice.)
Leviticus 9:1-7 (Aaron First Offers For Himself.) Leviticus 9:8-14 (Then For The People.) Leviticus 9:15-21 SUBSEQUENT OBSERVANCE OF THE RITUAL.
(By Solomon.)
1 Kings 9:25 2 Chronicles 8:12-13 (By Abijah After The Revolt Of The Ten Tribes.) 2 Chronicles 13:10-11 EZEKIEL'S VISION OF HEBREW SACIFICE.
(The Cleansing Sacrifices.) Ezekiel 43:18-27 (The Supply Of Offerings.) Ezekiel 45:15-17 (The Daily Sacrifice.) Ezekiel 46:13-15 (The Sacrifice On The Sabbath.)
Ezekiel 46:3-5 (On The New Moon.)
Ezekiel 46:6-7 (In The First Month.) Ezekiel 45:18-20 (At The Passover.) Ezekiel 45:21-24 (At The Feast Of Tabernacles.)
Ezekiel 45:25 (The Meat Offering.)
Ezekiel 46:11 (Entrance And Exit.) (FOR THE PRINCE.)
Ezekiel 46:12 (FOR THE PEOPLE.)
Ezekiel 46:10 Ceremonial Defilements And Purifications.
DISTINCTION TO BE MADE BETWEEN CLEAN AND UNCLEAN ANIMALS.
CLEAN ANIMALS.
(Beasts.) Leviticus 11:2-3 Deuteronomy 14:3-6
(Fish.)
Leviticus 11:9 Deuteronomy 14:9
(Birds.) Deuteronomy 14:11 (Flying Creeping Things.) Leviticus 11:21-22 UNCLEAN ANIMALS.
(Beasts.) Leviticus 11:4-8 Deuteronomy 14:7-8
(Fish.) Leviticus 11:10-12 Deuteronomy 14:10
(Birds.) Leviticus 11:13-20 Deuteronomy 14:12-20 (Flying Creeping Things.)
Leviticus 11:23 (Creeping Things.) Leviticus 11:29-30 Leviticus 11:41-44
BLOOD.
(Not To Be Eaten.) Leviticus 7:26-27
Leviticus 17:13 Deuteronomy 12:15-16 Deuteronomy 12:23-25
(The Reason.) Leviticus 17:11-12
(The Penalty.)
Leviticus 17:10 (An Instance Of Transgression.) 1 Samuel 14:32-35 FAT NOT TO BE EATEN.
Referring apparently to the portions used in sacrifice.-H.
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Leviticus 3:4 Leviticus 3:9-10 DEFILEMENT OF CLEAN MEATS.
(Beast That Died Of Itself.) Leviticus 11:39-40 (Flesh Torn Of Beasts.)
Exodus 22:31 Leviticus 17:15-16 UNCLEANNESSES OF WOMEN.
(Issue.) Leviticus 15:19-27 (Its Purification.) Leviticus 15:28-30
(Childbirth.) Leviticus 12:2-5 (The Purification.) Leviticus 12:6-8 (The Law Observed In The Case Of Christ.)
Luke 2:22-24 UNCLEANNESS OF MEN.
(Uncleanness By Night.) Deuteronomy 23:10-11 (A Running Issue.) Leviticus 15:4-12 (The Purification.) Leviticus 15:13-15 (Seminal Emission.) Leviticus 15:16-17 STRICT OBEDIENCE ENJOINED.
LEPROSY.
(The First Act Of Purification.) Leviticus 14:2-8 (The Second Act Of Purification.) Leviticus 14:9-20 (In Cases Of Poverty.) Leviticus 14:21-32 MIRIAM EXCLUDED FROM THE CAMP.
Numbers 12:14-15 PURIFYING A HOUSE FOR LEPROSY.
Leviticus 14:49-53 DEFILEMENT THROUGH CONTACT WITH THE CARCASS OF AN UNCLEAN BEAST.
Leviticus 11:24-28 Leviticus 11:31-38 DEFILEMENT THROUGH CONTACT WITH A HUMAN DEAD BODY.
(General Rule.) Numbers 19:11-13 (Death Within A Tent.) Numbers 19:14-15 (Dead Body Without Doors, Bone, Or Grave.)
Numbers 19:16 (Applies To Soldiers In Battle.)
Numbers 31:20 THE WATER OF PURIFICATION.
(Prepared.)
(Applied.) Numbers 19:17-22 SPECIAL PURITY REQUIRED OF PRIESTS.
Leviticus 21:1-4 DEFILEMENT INCIDENT TO SACERDOTAL DUTY.
Exodus 30:20-21 CEREMONIAL CLEANNESS NOT IMPARTED LIKE UNCLEANNESS.
Haggai 2:11-14 REFERENCES TO THE MOSAIC PURIFICATIONS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
(Disputes With The Jews.)
John 3:25 (The Code Observed By Christ.)
Luke 5:14 THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE.
(Symbolic.)
Hebrews 9:18-23 (Perverted By The Pharisees.)
Matthew 23:4 (Done Away By Christ.) Colossians 2:20-23 Sacraments, Worship, And Church-Fellowship.
CIRCUMCISION.
(Appointed As The Seal Of God's Covenant With Abraham.)
Genesis 17:14 (Applied By Abraham.) Genesis 17:24-26
Acts 7:8 (Required Of The Shechemites As A Condition Of Intermarriage.)
Genesis 34:24 (Enforced On Moses' Son.)
Exodus 4:24-26 (The Whole Hebrew Nation Circumcised At Gilgal.)
Joshua 5:2-9 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RITE.
(It Implied A Moral Change.) Deuteronomy 10:16 Deuteronomy 30:6
Jeremiah 4:4 (But Of No Importance To Christians.) 1 Corinthians 7:18-19 Galatians 5:11-12 Ephesians 2:11-12
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BAPTISM.
(An Ancient Type Of It.) 1 Corinthians 10:1-2 (John's Baptism.)
Luke 3:12-13 (He Announces And Baptizes Christ.)
Mark 1:8-9 (Christ Baptizes Through His Disciples.)
John 4:1-2 (The Baptism Of Suffering.) Matthew 20:22-23
Mark 10:38-39 (Christ Commands The Apostles To Baptize.)
Matthew 28:19 INSTANCES OF BAPTISM.
Acts 19:3-5 1 Corinthians 1:14-16 ITS SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE.
Romans 6:3-5 1 Corinthians 12:13
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Acts 2:38 THE LORD'S SUPPER.
(Preceded By The Passover.)
Luke 22:7-13 (And The Washing Of The Disciples' Feet.)
John 13:8-9 (The Supper Itself.) Matthew 26:26-30
Luke 22:14-20 (Its Significance.) 1 Corinthians 10:16-18 (Its Perversion.) 1 Corinthians 11:20-34
PUBLIC WORSHIP.
SEE - DUTIES TO GOD (The Service Of Praise.)
Psalms 52:9 Psalms 148:11-13 (The Attentive Hearing Of God's Word.) Ecclesiastes 5:1 SEE - SCRIPTURE.
DUTY TO KNOW AND OBEY SCRIPTURE.
Hearers Cautioned.
(Christian Use Of The Jewish Temple.)
Acts 3:1 (Worship In Heaven.) Revelation 4:9-10
MUSIC.
SEE - CIVIL AND SOCIAL LIFE.
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
Music.
(With Idol Worship.)
Exodus 32:17-18 (In The Temple Service.)
Isaiah 30:29 (Among Christians.)
Colossians 3:16 THE CHRISTIAN KISS OF CHARITY.
Romans 16:16 1 Corinthians 16:20 2 Corinthians 13:12 1 Thessalonians 5:26
1 Peter 5:14 Covenants, Vows, And Oaths.
GOD'S COVENANT.
Exodus 24:8 A NATIONAL COVENANT WITH GOD.
2 Chronicles 15:14-15 VOWS MUST BE KEPT.
Numbers 30:2 Deuteronomy 23:21-23
Proverbs 20:25 Ecclesiastes 5:4-6
Jonah 2:9 THE NAZARITE VOW.
(To Abstain From Wine, Strong Drink, And Grapes, Whether Fresh Or Dried.)
Numbers 6:2-4 (To Let The Hair Grow.)
Numbers 6:5 (To Avoid Dead Bodies.)
Numbers 6:6-8 (How To Atone For Involuntary Defilement.)
Numbers 6:9-12 (The Terminating Sacrifice.)
Numbers 6:13-21 DEVOTED THINGS, AND THEIR REDEMPTION.
(Beasts.) Leviticus 27:9-13
(House.) Leviticus 27:14-15
(Land.) Leviticus 27:16-24 (Things Laid Under The Ban Could Not Be Sold, Nor Redeemed.) Leviticus 27:28-29
VOWS ANSWERED.
Psalms 61:5-8 INSTANCES OF VOWS.
(By Jacob.) Genesis 28:20-22 (By The Hebrew People.)
(By Elkanah.)
(By Absalom.)
2 Samuel 15:7-9 (By Sailors In A Storm.)
MAKING OATHS.
(Form Of Swearing In Abraham's Time.)
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Genesis 47:29 (The Obligation And Force Of An Oath.)
Hebrews 6:16 (Oaths Before The Altar.)
1 Kings 8:31-32 2 Chronicles 6:22-23 INSTANCES OF OATHS.
(Under A Covenant Of Friendship.)
1 Samuel 20:1-3 1 Samuel 20:8-10 (To Reassure Against Violence.)
1 Samuel 19:6-7 (To Protect Posterity.) 1 Samuel 24:21-22 (To Inflict Death.)
1 Samuel 14:39 CHRIST'S TEACHINGS CONCERNING OATHS.
(Pharisaic Casuistry Denounced.) Matthew 23:15-22 (Swearing Forbidden.)