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Sacred Responsibilities of Priests in Leviticus

Discover the purity laws for priests in Leviticus 21-22, including prohibitions, mourning customs, physical defects, and sacrifice requirements set by God. Explore the significance of priestly conduct and offerings as outlined in the Bible.

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Sacred Responsibilities of Priests in Leviticus

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  1. Leviticus 21 - 22 Holy Priests

  2. Leviticus 21 • General Laws for Priests • Read V1 - 9 • Who is the audience God is addressing? V1 • What do these verses illustrate regarding “set apart” or “be holy because I am holy?” • Illustrates the purity and separation from sin that was to characterize the priesthood; death is a picture of sin’s result in this world • Romans 6: 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. • Prohibition regarding dead bodies wasn’t just about touching a dead body, but even being in the same room as a dead body or walking over a grave or touching a tomb • What burial rites could a priest could participate? Not participate?

  3. Leviticus 21 • Why are the priests not permitted to place any bald places on their heads or shave beards or cut their flesh? Leviticus 19 • Who can a priest marry? Who is a priested prohibited to marry? • V 9 Any correlation to Leviticus 19: Don’t make your daughter a harlot? • NOTE: The shaving of heads, beards, cutting of flesh and making daughters harlots considered pagan practices

  4. Leviticus 21 • Read V 10 – 15 • Regarding mourning for the dead; have the priesthood been instructed on this issue before? Nadab and Abahu • Read Matthew 26: 65; where does the high priest stand regarding this decree and Jesus’ trial? • What is the correlation of virginity vs a harlot for a wife and holiness? • A harlot is a reminder to the Israelites of cultic prostitution in Canaan; their promised land, the land they are soon to enter

  5. Leviticus 21 • Read 16 – 24 • Ministering priest must be free from physical defects • Why does God specify that no priest with a defect may approach to offer the bread to God? • Offering: • No American Disabilities Act or EO/EEO laws, just God’s Law • What can we conclude is God’s standard for those who would come into His presence in service as priests? Be free of physical defect = Free of spiritual defect? • “Eat the bread of His God”: What does this indicate about priestly families? They could be supported by the priesthood; were barred from priestly service but not from fellowship with God

  6. Leviticus 22 • Read V1 – 9 • What things defile a Priest…make him unclean? • Have we and the priests and the Israelites heard of these things before? • Did a violate ruin a man’s career as a priest? No; just made ceremonially unclean for a period of time • What time of day do Jews start their days? Sundown • With description in these verses, how could a Jew start the new day? Clean, pure to the Lord • Read Lamentations 3: 32 • Example of Restoration? • To what is the Old Covenant pointing? • Read Colossians 2: 16-17 and Hebrews 8: 4-5; 10:1; James 4: 8

  7. Leviticus 22 • Read V10 – 16 • Who does God permit to eat the offerings? • Why? • Who does God no permit to eat the offerings? • Why? • Does this boil down to a temp vs permanent member of the household? • How does the Jewish model of slavery differ from the American model? Slaves considered and treated largely as family

  8. Leviticus 22 • Read V 17 – 30 • What animals were not acceptable by God as a burnt or freewill offering ? • Who was responsible for ensuring the animal was without blemish? The priests • What does the unblemished bull or goat tell us about God’s nature? He wants our best, not our cast-offs; He wants our bests. • Read Matthew 21: 12 – 13 • Read Malachi 1: 7 - 8 • Do you recall the significance of the 8th day a woman giving birth to a child? • Who or what does the animal without blemish foreshadow?

  9. Leviticus 22 • Read V31 – 33 • Who is God commanding to keep His commandments? • What four things are true for a believer today in relation to God?

  10. Leviticus 21 - 22 • Summary • Thoughts • Applications

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