Leviticus 22-24 - Yahweh’s Appointed Times

Various Statutes for Priests

Lev 22:2 LSB - [2] "Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy [gifts] of the sons of Israel, which they set apart to Me as holy, so as not to profane My holy name; I am Yahweh.

Lev 22:15-16 LSB - [15] 'They shall not profane the holy [gifts] of the sons of Israel which they raise up to Yahweh, [16] and [so] cause them to bear punishment for guilt by eating their holy [gifts]; for I am Yahweh who makes them holy.'"

Offerings Without Blemish

Lev 22:18-19 LSB - [18] "Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, 'Any man of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel who brings near his offering, whether it is any of their votive or any of their freewill offerings, which they bring near to Yahweh for a burnt offering-- [19] for you to be accepted--[it must be] a male without blemish from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.

Lev 22:32-33 LSB - [32] "And you shall not profane My holy name, but I will be treated as holy among the sons of Israel; I am Yahweh who makes you holy, [33] who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am Yahweh."

Take my life and let it be

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal (1874)

1 Take my life and let it be

consecrated, Lord, to thee.

Take my moments and my days;

let them flow in endless praise,

let them flow in endless praise.

2 Take my hands and let them move

at the impulse of thy love.

Take my feet and let them be

swift and beautiful for thee,

swift and beautiful for thee.

3 Take my voice and let me sing

always, only, for my King.

Take my lips and let them be

filled with messages from thee,

filled with messages from thee.

4 Take my silver and my gold;

not a mite would I withhold.

Take my intellect and use

every power as thou shalt choose,

every power as thou shalt choose.

5 Take my will and make it thine;

it shall be no longer mine.

Take my heart it is thine own;

it shall be thy royal throne,

it shall be thy royal throne.

6 Take my love; my Lord, I pour

at thy feet its treasure store.

Take myself, and I will be

ever, only, all for thee,

ever, only, all for thee.

Yahweh’s Appointed Times

The Sabbath

Lev 23:3 LSB - [3] 'For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to Yahweh in all your [places of] habitation.

The Passover

Lev 23:5-8 LSB - [5] 'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the Passover of Yahweh. [6] 'Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to Yahweh; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. [7] 'On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work. [8] 'But for seven days you shall bring near an offering by fire to Yahweh. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.'"

The Feast of the Harvest

Lev 23:10 LSB - [10] "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.

The Feast of Weeks

Lev 23:15-16 LSB - [15] 'You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths. [16] 'You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh sabbath; then you shall bring a new grain offering near to Yahweh.

The Feast of Trumpets

Lev 23:24 LSB - [24] "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a rest, a memorial by blowing [of trumpets], a holy convocation.

The Day of Atonement

Lev 23:27, 32 LSB - [27] "On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. ... [32] "It is to be a sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall humble your souls; on the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until evening you shall keep your sabbath."

The Feast of Booths

Lev 23:34-36 LSB - [34] "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to Yahweh. [35] 'On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work of any kind. [36] 'For seven days you shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh; it is a solemn assembly. You shall do no laborious work.

Lev 23:42-43 LSB - [42] 'You shall live in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall live in booths, [43] so that your generations may know that I had the sons of Israel live in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.'"

To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise

Author: W. Chatterton Dix (1864)

1 To thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise

in hymns of adoration,

to thee bring sacrifice of praise

with shouts of exultation:

bright robes of gold the fields adorn,

the hills with joy are ringing,

the valleys stand so thick with corn

that even they are singing.

2 And now, on this our festal day,

thy bounteous hand confessing,

upon thine altar, Lord, we lay

the first-fruits of thy blessing:

by thee the hungry soul is fed

with gifts of grace supernal;

thou who dost give us earthly bread,

give us the bread eternal.

3 We bear the burden of the day,

and often toil seems dreary;

but labour ends with sunset ray,

and rest comes for the weary:

may we, the angel-reaping o'er,

stand at the last accepted,

Christ's golden sheaves for evermore

to garners bright elected.

4 O blessèd is that land of God,

where saints abide for ever;

where golden fields spread far and broad,

where flows the crystal river:

the strains of all its holy throng

with ours today are blending;

thrice blessèd is that harvest-song

which never hath an ending.

 

The Lamps and the Bread Before Yahweh

Lev 24:2 LSB - [2] "Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

Lev 24:15 LSB - [15] "And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If anyone curses his God, then he will bear his sin.

An Eye for an Eye

Lev 24:19-20 LSB - [19] 'If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him: [20] fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a man, so it shall be inflicted on him.