Read Leviticus 16:1-18:30 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
16:1-34 {p} The law of the Day of Atonement
17:1-16 {p} The law of the slain animal
18:1-5 {s} Doing the statutes of Egypt and Canaan forbidden
18:6 {s} Relations with near of kin forbidden
18:7 {s} Relations with father or mother forbidden
18:8 {s} Relations with father’s wives forbidden
18:9 {s} Relations with sisters forbidden
18:10 {s} Relations with granddaughters forbidden
18:11 {s} Relations with half sisters forbidden
18:12 {s} Relations with father’s sisters forbidden
18:13 {s} Relations with mother’s sisters forbidden
18:14 {s} Relations with father’s brothers and wives forbidden
18:15 {s} Relations with daughters- in- law forbidden
18:16 {s} Relations with brothers’ wives forbidden
18:17-30 {p} Forbidden relations + Do not profane the name of YHVH + keep His statutes
Strong themes of the parashah
16:1-34 {p} The law of the Day of Atonement
17:1-16 {p} The law of the slain animal
18:1-30 {sx12+p} Forbidden relations of Egypt and Canaan
Lev 16:1-18:30 triennial Torah portions
16:1-34 {p} triennial Acharei mot, “After the death”
17:1-16 {p} triennial Asher yishchat, “Who slaughters”
18:1-30 {sx12+p} triennial K’maaseh eretz, “The practice in the land”
Lev 16:1-18:30 Chiastic structure
Download the fully expanded Lev 16:1-18:30 Acharei mot chiasm pdf.
Theme of the parashah
That which makes atonement/ that which makes abominable.
Finding Messiah in Acharei Mot
Additional readings for the parashah
Eze 22:1-19 (my notes) | Mat 15:10-20 (my notes); Mar 12:28-34 (my notes)
Studies in Acharei Mot
Lev 16:5-10, The scapegoat ceremony
Lev 16 and 17, The meaning of atonement from the ancient Hebrew pictographs
Lev 16:1-18:30, The C pairs of the structure and their historical background
Lev 18 and 19, Forbidden relations and their historical background
Day of Atonement index of studies
Further study off site
Acharei Mot – Restoration of Torah (pdf format)
Acharei Mot Torah Pearls – Nehemiah Gordon and Keith Johnson
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | LEVITICUS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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