Midrash “Emor” 2020
Lev. 21:1-24:23
- In the course of this Torah portion
we see a number of times that the Heavenly Father states that He is the one
“that sanctifies you.” To whom is He speaking?
- What are some of the differences between the Levites and the common man outside of tribal birth?
1. What were the consequences of an Israelite who is not a Levite that goes into the tabernacle precinct?
- How does the Heavenly Father
accomplish sanctification of the Levites?
- What is the difference between Aaron and the Levites?
- What is the difference between the
Israelites and the nations?
- What made the Israelites different from the nations?
Dictionary “Emor” 2020
Gen 4:7 IfH518 thou doest well,H3190 shalt thou notH3808 be accepted?H7613 and ifH518 thou doest notH3808 well,H3190 sinH2403 liethH7257 at the door.H6607 And untoH413 thee shall
be his desire,H8669 and thouH859 shalt ruleH4910 over him.
Gen 4:7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.
“sin’
H2403
חַטָּאת חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâ’âh chaṭṭâ’th khat-taw-aw’, khat-tawth’
From H2398; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender: – punishment (of sin), purifying (-fication for sin), sin (-ner, offering).
H2398
חָטָא
châṭâ’ khaw-taw’
A primitive root; properly to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn: – bear the blame, cleanse, commit [sin], by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend (-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin (-ful, -ness), trespassive
Question 1:
Lev_22:9 They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby when they profane it: I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
“Sanctify, hallow, consecrate, set apart” (various translations)
H6942
קָדַשׁ
qâdash kaw-dash’
A primitive root; to be (causatively make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally): – appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy (-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify (-ied one, self), X wholly.
Question 1b Given to Aaron for service:
Num 3:5 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 3:6 “Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
Num 3:7 They shall keep guard over him and over the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, as they minister at the tabernacle.
Num 3:8 They shall guard all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and keep guard over the people of Israel as they minister at the tabernacle.
Num 3:9 And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the people of Israel
The Heavenly Father has taken them for Himself:
Num 3:12 “Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,
They have been separated from the congregation of Israel:
Num 8:6 “Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and cleanse them.
Num 8:7 Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification upon them, and let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.
Num 8:8 Then let them take a bull from the herd and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another bull from the herd for a sin offering.
Num 8:9 And you shall bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel.
Num 8:10 When you bring the Levites before the LORD, the people of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,
Num 8:11 and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the LORD.
Question 1a1:
Num 1:51 When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death.
Num 1:52 The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and each man by his own standard.
Num 1:53 But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.”
Question 1c:
Exo_28:1 And takeH7126 thouH859 untoH413 thee(H853) AaronH175 thy brother,H251 and his sonsH1121 withH854 him, from amongH4480 H8432 the childrenH1121 of Israel,H3478 that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office,H3547 even Aaron,H175 NadabH5070 and Abihu,H30 EleazarH499 and Ithamar,H385 Aaron’sH175 sons.H1121
Exo_28:2 And thou shalt makeH6213 holyH6944 garmentsH899 for AaronH175 thy brotherH251 for gloryH3519 and for beauty.H859
Exo_30:30 And thou shalt anointH4886 AaronH175 and his sons,H1121 and consecrateH6942 them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.H3547
Lev 8:12 And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
Lev 8:23 And he killed it, and Moses took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
Question 2:
Deu_7:6 “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Deu_14:2 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Question 2a:
Lev_18:3 You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes.
Exo 23:23 “When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out,
Exo 23:24 you shall not bow down to their gods nor serve them, nor do as they do, but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their pillars in pieces.