Leviticus Chapters 10 & 11
Aaron’s four sons were in charge of worshipping God at the Tabernacle; they saw to it that everything was done properly, in just the way God wanted it done.
God commanded incense to be burned on the gold altar. This incense was placed in a kind of cup, called a censer, probably made of bronze. The priest carried coals of fire in the cup into the Tabernacle and set it on the gold altar; he sprinkled the incense on the coals so that it would burn and send up its sweet smoke. The fire in the censer was taken from the burnt offering altar, from the fire God sent down from Heaven.
But two of Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, put other fire in their incense cups because they didn’t want to obey God. God was angry at their sin and sent down fire from Heaven that burnt them to death. Their dead bodies were carried away from the Tabernacle, out of the camp. God told Aaron and his other two sons not to show any kind of grief for them, for they had been put to death because of their sin against God.
The Lord told Moses what animals and birds and fish the Israelis could eat, for they were not to eat every kind. They could eat oxen, deer, sheep, and goats, but not camels, rabbits or pigs. They could eat fish that had fins and scales, but not those with smooth skins. They could eat doves and pigeons and quail, but they were forbidden to eat eagles, ravens, owls and swans.
Do you remember about the Leprosy that came suddenly upon Moses’ hand, making it white as snow until he put it back in his coat again? God sent it upon Moses so that he could show this miracle to the people of Israel in Egypt. Leprosy was a very dreadful disease that sometimes spread over peoples entire bodies, for no one knew how to cure it. After awhile the leprosy would eat away the persons fingers and toes.
God told Moses ands Aaron that when a man had a spot or sore on his skin that seemed like the beginning of leprosy, he must go to the priest. The priest could look at it and say whether or not it really was leprosy. If it was, the man had to go away from his family and from all the rest of the people and live in some place alone.
If God made him well, the priest would look at him again and decide whether he was well. If he was, he could come back again and live in the camp.
But he must bring three lambs, or, if he was poor and could not bring so many, he could bring one lamb and two doves or young pigeons to the Tabernacle as offerings to the Lord who had healed him.
Questions:
Why was God angry with Nadab and Abihu?
How did God punish them?
Name the two kinds of animal which the Israelis were allowed to eat. Name two which they were forbidden to eat.
Who could decide whether a man had leprosy?
Where must he live until he recovered from the disease?
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