The Boundaries of the Land 1 The Lord gave Moses 2 the following instructions for the people of Israel: “When you enter Canaan, the land which I am giving you, the borders of your territory will be as follows. 3 The southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. […]
Monthly Archives: August 2017
Numbers 35
The Cities Assigned to the Levites 1 In the plains of Moab across the Jordan from Jericho the Lord said to Moses, 2 “Tell the Israelites that from the property they receive they must give the Levites some cities to live in and pasture land around the cities. 3 These cities will belong to the […]
Numbers 36
The Inheritance of Married Women 1 The heads of the families in the clan of Gilead, the son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh son of Joseph, went to Moses and the other leaders. 2 They said, “The Lord commanded you to distribute the land to the people of Israel by drawing lots. He also […]
Leviticus 1
Sacrifices Burned Whole 1 The Lord called to Moses from the Tent of the Lord’s presence and gave him the following rules 2 for the Israelites to observe when they offer their sacrifices. When you offer an animal sacrifice, it may be one of your cattle or one of your sheep or goats. 3 If […]
Leviticus 2
Grain Offerings 1 When any of you present an offering of grain to the Lord, you must first grind it into flour. You must put olive oil and incense on it 2 and bring it to the Aaronite priests. The officiating priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil and all of the […]
Leviticus 3
Fellowship Offerings 1 When any of you offer one of your cattle as a fellowship offering, it is to be a bull or a cow without any defects. 2 You shall put your hand on the head of the animal and kill it at the entrance of the Tent of the Lord’s presence. The Aaronite […]
Leviticus 4
Offerings for Unintentional Sins 1 The Lord commanded Moses 2 to tell the people of Israel that anyone who sinned and broke any of the Lord’s commands without intending to, would have to observe the following rules. 3 If it is the High Priest who sins and so brings guilt on the people, he shall […]
Leviticus 5
Cases Requiring Sin Offerings 1 Sin offerings are required in the following cases. If you are officially summoned to give evidence in court and do not give information about something you have seen or heard, you must suffer the consequences. 2 If you unintentionally touch anything ritually unclean, such as a dead animal, you are […]
Leviticus 6
1 The Lord gave the following regulations to Moses. 2 An offering is to be made if any of you sin against the Lord by refusing to return what another Israelite has left as a deposit or by stealing something from him or by cheating him 3 or by lying about something that has been […]
Leviticus 7
Repayment Offerings 1 The following are the regulations for repayment offerings, which are very holy. 2 The animal for this offering is to be killed on the north side of the altar, where the animals for the burnt offerings are killed, and its blood is to be thrown against all four sides of the altar. […]