Read Leviticus 9:1-11:47 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
Lev 9:1-10:7 {p} Offerings on the 8th day + Nadab, Abihu consumed
Lev 10:8-11 {p} Intoxication forbidden for priests that they may distinguish + teach holy/ unholy; clean/ unclean
Lev 10:12-20 {p} The two sons who were left did not eat the sin offering in a holy place
Lev 11:1-28 {s} Unclean animals, sea life, birds, creeping things which may not be eaten
Lev 11:29-38 {s} Transferring uncleanness
Lev 11:39-47 {p} Uncleanness of creeping things + conclusion
Strong themes of the parashah
Lev 8:1-10:7 {s+p} Consecration of the tabernacle + priesthood
Lev 10:8-11 {p} Intoxication forbidden for priests that they may distinguish + teach holy/ unholy; clean/ unclean
Lev 10:12-20 {p} The two sons who were left did not eat the sin offering in a holy place
Lev 11:1-47 {s+s+p} The law of clean and unclean animals
Lev 9:1-11:47 chiastic structure
Theme of the parashah
The consecration of the priesthood and the people.
Finding Messiah in Shemini
This separate post is coming.
Additional readings for this parashah
Eze 36:16-38 | Mat 3:11-17
Studies in Shemini
Lev 8:1-10:7 strong theme and the deaths of nadab and abihu
Lev 9-10 strange fire and its hebrew root meaning
Lev 11-13 clean and unclean defined from scripture usage
Lev 11 the health benefits of eating clean
Further study off site
Shemini – Restoration of Torah (pdf download)
Shemini Torah Pearls – Nehemiah Gordon and Keith Johnson
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