Torah Portion 25 – Tsav “Commands” 24-25
Leviticus 6:8 – 8:36
6)
Olah
6:9 – Burnt offering – Burnt offering: full surrender of the worshiper symbolized by the victim animal to God, and full surrender and consecration must come before fellowship with God;
- Everything is consumed on the altar – Verses
- The fire of YHWH must be in us continually, never going out (our allegiance to him)
6:12-13 – the fire shall not be put out – (just as the candlestick) –
Mincha – grain – drawing near to YHWH and offering our lives to our fellow man
- Man has been likened to grain
6:15 – Oil – Priests and kings were anointed with oil – symbol of the Ruach – Verses
- Frankincense – Verses
6:16 – The priests lived by these gifts/offerings
- Our high priest Yahusha partakes in this role today!
6:17 – Leaven reminder – Verses
6:26 – The priests ate the sin offering (consumed the sin) – Verses
- It is holy!
6:28 – Distinction between porous and non-porous vessels (leading up to unclean meat/insects)
7)
7:15 – Eat it in one day (lots of food – big bbq’s) – Verses
- Encouraged sharing the rest with the poor.
7:18 – Disobedience to his rules takes a sweet smelling savor into an abomination
- We should be very careful to worship him as he says – Verses
7:25 – Visceral fat vs. muscular fat
7:26 – blood vs. myoglobin (a protein that has pigments, making the meat appear red)
7:36 – Why do you think YHWH wanted to keep the priests and levites fed through the offerings? – Sirach 38
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8:23 – Not what happened to Trump last month!
- Ear – Hearing
- Hands – Doing
- Toe – Walking
Imparted with divine favor, anointing, wisdom, understanding, discernment – Rom 10
8:31 – Boiling flesh – Some use this command to promote a doctrine that we must boil all meat according to Torah – Would YHWH command us to break one of his laws? – Verse
Targums: 8:1-2
Prophets reading: Verses
New Testament readings: Verses
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