Day 35. Leviticus 16-18

Leviticus 16-18

Leviticus 16

¹And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;

Remember, back in Leviticus 10, god killed Nadab and Abihu for burning god's favorite incense with strange fire.

God then tells Moses that Aaron isn't to go behind the vail, or he'll die. He's supposed to offer a bullock and a ram as offerings. And he's to offer two goats and another ram.

⁷And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

⁸And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.

One of the goats is actually the scapegoat. The first scapegoat was a ram. It was the one that was stuck in the thicket when Abraham was going to sacrifice Isaac in Genesis 22. That scapegoat wasn't as lucky as this one.

⁹And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.

¹⁰But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

This scapegoat gets released into the wilderness.

¹⁵Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:

I think I'd rather be the scapegoat who gets released than the sacrifice goat who gets killed.

¹⁶And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

¹⁷And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.

Remember, this is the punishment that Aaron has to do, so he can continue to be the high priest. He is forced to atone for the sins of his sons, even though the sons were killed for their sin, it wasn't enough, god wanted more killed.

²¹And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

²²And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

Wow, something doesn't get killed in this whole blood bath. It's still amazing. The picture is The Scapegoat, by William Holman Hunt, 1854.

²⁹And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

³⁰For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

This is a part of Yom Kippur. the Day of Atonement.

³³And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.

³⁴And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Having a scapegoat is the ultimate lack of responsibility. Not only are you not punished for your own faults, someone/something innocent is given the blame. Many christians believe Jesus is the scapegoat. He died for their sins. Do you teach your children that it is ok for them to do whatever they want?

Leviticus 17

³What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,

If you kill an animal...

⁴And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

⁵To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.

You HAVE to offer some of it to god. For every killed animal, a piece of it must go into the tabernacle.

⁷And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.

This is the first use of the word devil(s).

If a man offers a burnt offering or sacrifice and doesn't take any of it to the tabernacle, that guy is kicked out.

¹¹For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

¹²Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

Blood makes the atonement, it is how you absolve yourself in front of god. It's the only way to get back into the good after doing a wrong.

¹⁵And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.

Eating something that dies on it's own will only make you unclean for the rest of the day. That's not so bad.

Leviticus 18

³After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

Don't do the things that they did in Egypt. Be your own people.

⁶None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

This is the prohibition against incest... kind of. It's not stated to not have sex, it just says don't see then naked, but that really means "don't have sex with them".

Here's the list:
Father, Mother, father's wife (not mother), sister, half sister, niece, granddaughter, aunt (both mother and father's sister), uncle, uncle's wife, daughter in law, sister in law, woman and her daughter (regardless of your fantasies), woman and granddaughter (regardless of if she's a GILF), woman and sister (damn), woman on her period, neighbor's wife.

²¹And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

Apparently sacrificing (burnt offering) children to Molech was common.

²²Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

This is the verse that says that it's not ok to be gay. Leviticus 18:22 is the "don't be gay" verse. How anyone who is gay can justify being a christian is beyond my ability to comprehend. The two do not go together. I'm not advocating kicking gay men out of church, I wonder how a gay man could ever think that a religion that uses the bible was correct.

²³Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

Don't have sex with animals. The verses are back to back. Bestiality is as bad as homosexuality; the punishment is the same. (not my opinion, it's straight from the bible)

²⁹For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

According to the bible, gay men are an abomination. This law was never repealed. Jesus didn't do away with the law. People will claim he did away with the "ceremonial" law, but not the "moral" law.

³⁰Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

Was having sex with the entire family a common practice in Egypt?

Points to ponder:

1. Is having a scapegoat shirking responsibility?

2. It's convenient how the religious leader was also the secular leader (was there an actual separation or were all law violations sins directly aimed at god?) and therefore, were able to receive a part of every animal that was killed.

3. Do you believe Christianity and Judaism can coexist with a homosexual? How do you justify that? If you reject Leviticus 18:22, what other parts do you reject? If you are gay, how can you chose to worship a god who has said that you are an abomination?

Day 34. Leviticus 13-15

Leviticus 13-15

Leviticus 13

²When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:

Leprosy, all my parts are falling off of me...

Except, this isn't real leprosy.

Leprosy is also called Hansen's Disease. It's a disease cause by Mycobacterium leprae. According to Wiki, leprosy does not cause body parts to fall off, but they can become numb and/or diseased. Real leprosy isn't contagious.

The word used in the Hebrew bible is Tzaraath, there isn't an English word for that, so early translators used the word leprosy.

³And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

Tzaraath apparently means "smiting". The disease is a punishment for sin.

When did Moses get to be an authority on skin diseases? Oh, he's not an authority, the Torah was given to Moses word for word on mount Sinai. Or, there's a tradition for treatment that's been passed down from generation to generation.

If you are unclean, you are stuck in your house for seven days. If the infection doesn't spread, you get seven more days of lockup. If after that time, the plague turns into a scab, the person is clean.

If the infection spreads the person is unclean.

¹⁴But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.

eeew.

¹⁵And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.

Or it's a punishment from god.

²⁹If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;

I'd say a bearded lady is a plague...

³⁰Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.

A yellow hair?

³⁸If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;

³⁹Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.

Freckles are not unclean.

⁴⁰And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

⁴¹And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.

Going bald is not unclean.

⁴²And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.

Having sores on your bald head, that is unclean.

⁴⁵And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

The covering is a veil that goes down to the upper lip. The person must announce to others that they are unclean, so clean people don't accidentally bump into them.

⁴⁷The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;

Clothes can also be diseased.

⁵²He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.

Diseased clothes, that don't heal within a week, get burned.

Leviticus 14

²This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:

He has to take two birds, with cedar and scarlet, and hyssop, and kill one of the birds. Then the rest of the stuff (including the live bird) have to be dipped into the blood of the killed bird. Then they let the blood loose.

⁸And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.

We see that they are still living in tents here.

On the last day, the guy has to shave off all his body hair, and wash, and he's finally clean.

¹⁰And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.

Then the priest kills most of the animals.

¹⁴And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:

This was the same ritual that Moses did to Aaron and his sons. The hear, do, go cleansing ritual.

If the guy is poor, then one of the lambs can be two doves.

³⁴When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;

³⁵And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:

This seems to have been translated by someone who is very poetic. He's also almost apologetic to have to bother the priest about his house.

"It seems to me, there is, as it were, a plague in the house".

³⁷And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;

³⁸Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:

It seemeth to me, as it were, that the house has mold, possibly black mold, as it were.

After a week, if the plague spreads, the house will be disassembled, and then rebuilt with other building material.

If it comes back, the plasce is unclean.

⁵⁴This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

⁵⁵And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,

⁵⁶And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:

⁵⁷To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.

If you are going to be a levitical priest, I recommend studying the law of leprosy. If you aren't, then it's really not that important.

Leviticus 15

²Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.

Whoo hoo, leviticacisms!

If you are oozing, you are unclean. Don't touch anyone, don't leave your house, wash your bed and your clothes, take a bath.

For most of these issues, to get to be clean, you need to wash with water, usually running water. Even after washing, you are unclean until even (evening). So, for the rest of the day, you are unclean.

¹⁴And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:

Having an oozing sore is a sin, for that you must sacrifice two birds.

¹⁶And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

Having sex, to climax makes you unclean.

¹⁸The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

Women who have sex are also unclean.

¹⁹And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.

Having your period makes you unclean. Everything a woman touches while she is having her period becomes unclean. Anyone who touches a woman on her period becomes unclean.

²⁴And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

If you have sex with a girl while she is on her period, you are unclean for seven days, just like she is.

²⁵And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.

If her period lasts longer than a week, she's unclean that whole time.

²⁸But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.

²⁹And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Having a period longer than a week isn't a medical issue, it's caused by sin.

³¹Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.

So, the reason that god gave these laws was so that no one who is unclean will go and defile the tabernacle.

³²This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;

³³And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.

The leper laws were mostly for priests. The oozing laws are for everyone.

Points to ponder:

1. Do you go to church when you have a running sore? Does a bandaid or other bandage make you clean?

2. Do you go to church when you are on your period?

3. Do you believe that women during their period are unclean?

4. Do you believe the whole bible to be correct and as valuable to everyday life today as it was 3 thousand years ago? If so, do you not touch other people during the week of your period?

Day 33. Leviticus 10-12

Leviticus 10-12

Leviticus 10

¹And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.

Going through what we've read so far, I don't see the exact specifications for god's incense.

²And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

God ate them. Burning the wrong incense will get you devoured by god.

The drawing to the right is apparently before they were consumed.

³Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

Aaron didn't express any outrage that his sons were killed. Moses made sure of that.

⁴And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.

⁵So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.

Again, we see that Aaron's sons were still of a higher class than anyone else. Aaron's sons couldn't carry out their dead brother, it took some cousins to do that. But then, priests aren't supposed to touch any dead thing.

⁶And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.

Moses doesn't even let the brothers cry for their dead.

⁹Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

It is kind of a leviticacism, but it deals directly with the levites.

Next, is the story of one day when there was too much food left over. Well, of course there's going to be leftovers, two of the people who were supposed to eat were killed by god.

¹⁶And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,

¹⁷Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?

Why wasn't Moses back there feeding his face day in and day out?

¹⁹And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?

²⁰And when Moses heard that, he was content.

Moses didn't stop to think that god was killing people he didn't like, so since Aaron wasn't killed yet, god obviously wasn't too angry.

Leviticus 11

²Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

Here we get the list of edible and non-edible animals. Well, the others are edible, just not for Hebrews.

³Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

Animals that are clovenfooted include pigs, deer and sheep.

⁴Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

Camels don't have split toes.

⁵And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

⁶And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

Coney's are rabbits. Hares are also rabbits.

⁷And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

In order to be eaten, it has to pass both of the criteria, cloven footed AND chews cud. If it only does one, it's unclean.

You'll note this is the first time where the list of unclean animals is presented, it is roughly 1334. Yet somehow, Noah knew the difference back in 2348.

⁸Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.

Don't eat them, don't touch their dead bodies.

⁹These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

Fish with fins and scales are clean.

¹⁰And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:

Catfish are an abomination. Shellfish are an abomination.

Next is a list of the birds that are unclean/abominations.

Eagle, ospray, vulture, raven, owl, hawk, swan, pelican, stork, heron, lapwing...

bat.

¹³And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; ¹⁹And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

That's right, if you didn't know this, bats are fowl.

Next is a list of insects that you can eat.

²¹Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;

Locust, beetle, grasshopper... Wait, did that say that these animals had 4 legs?

²⁹These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,

Don't eat them.

³⁰And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.

No more escargot. No more... chameleon soup.

Next is a warning to not touch any of the unclean animals dead bodies.

³⁹And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.

You will be unclean if you touch the dead body of a clean animal. Even means when the sun goes down.

⁴²Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

⁴³Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

Something with more feet is abominable.

⁴⁴For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Exactly what kind of defiling are we talking about?

⁴⁵For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

God likes to harp on the Egypt thing. Which is odd, because he's telling these people as they are wandering. They are still eating quail and manna, I'd assume they'd kill for a pig right about now.

⁴⁶This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

⁴⁷To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.

So, now we see that this is the law of the clean and unclean animals. How did Noah know?

Leviticus 12

²Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.

Childbirth makes one unclean. Being unclean is a sin. Therefore giving birth is a sin.

³And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Don't forget to do that.

⁴And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

After giving birth to a boy, a woman is basically unclean for 33 days.

If she gives birth to a girl, she's unclean for two weeks, and needs to be purified for 66 days. Giving birth to a girl is twice as sinful as giving birth to a boy.

⁶And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:

A woman who gives birth must bring a sin offering. There, you see, giving birth is a sin. If she can't afford a lamb, she can bring two turtledoves.

Points to ponder:

1. I've asked you to ponder this before, but think about it again... Where did Noah get the list of unclean animals 1000 years before?

2. Giving birth is a sin.

3. What kind of incense produces an essence that will incense god to kill?

Day 32. Leviticus 7-9

Leviticus 7-9

Leviticus 7

¹Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.

Looks like this chapter is going to be more of how to kill things.

²In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.

Leviticus 1 was about the burnt offering, this is more about the trespass offering.

The priest is to offer the fat, the rump, the fat on the innards, the fat on the kidneys. The caul above the liver and the kidneys themselves are not to be burned.

⁵And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.

We don't know how well done it's supposed to be.

⁶Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.

Of course they get to eat it.

⁸And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered.

The skin doesn't get burned, the skin doesn't get thrown away, the skin belongs to the priest. The priest gets the leather.

⁹And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it.

The priest gets the bread.

¹²If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.

¹³Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.

If it's a thanksgiving offering, then leaven is acceptable.

²⁰But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

An unclean person can not eat offerings.

²³Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.

Right there, in the middle of the rules for the offerings, we have another leviticacism. Don't eat the fat.

²⁴And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.

You can use the fat for other things, but not for eating. Other uses are... um... grease maybe?

²⁵For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.

Eating fat of offerings will get you kicked out. Looks like we are back to offerings again.

²⁶Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

Nope, it was just one verse about eating the fat of offerings.

²⁷Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

Don't eat blood. You will be kicked out.

²⁹Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.

And, back to offerings.

³¹And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.

³²And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.

Chris Rock said daddy gets the big piece of chicken. Aaron's sons get the big piece of meat.

The right shoulder goes to the priest who did the cutting.

³⁷This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;

³⁸Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.

So, we've had burnt offerings, meat (flour) offerings, sin offerings, trespass offerings, and peace offerings. Moses was apparently on mount Sinai when that happened. That's odd, because it doesn't seem like the conversation has moved from anywhere. The last place we were told anyone was was in Leviticus 1:1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, and now, they are on mount Sinai.

Leviticus 8

God continues to talk to Moses.

²Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;

³And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Moses must have really liked his nephews. We don't get to hear at all about what happened to his own kids.

So Moses gathers everyone, washes Aaron and his sons, and then dressed him.

¹⁵And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

Aaron was probably thinking, how come I get in trouble for making a golden calf, and in the meantime, you get to kill a real calf and sprinkle it's blood around like it is something all mighty.

¹⁸And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

¹⁹And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.

Then they killed the ram.

²²And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

²³And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

Then they killed the other ram. Moses took some of the blood and put it on Aaron's right ear, right thumb, and big toe of right foot.

There seems to be a bunch of crap on the internet about why there was blood put on those places. This guy says: the ear symbolizes that we should be careful for what we hear. The thumb symbolizes what we do; the toe symbolizes where we go. Apparently that's the common theory behind it. The Blood of Consecration by Henry Morris. It seems like people are trying to give meaning to a weird ghastly ritual.

Then Moses put some of the bread on the altar, and gave some to Aaron and his boys.

³⁰And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

That's the holy hallucinogenic oil.

³³And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.

Is James Arthur Ray related to Moses?

³⁶So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

You really have to wonder why Aaron had so much allegiance for Moses. Moses is relatively new to being a Hebrew, remember, he didn't find out until he was at the burning bush. Aaron probably knew about his brother, but I'd expect some sort of resentment from him, with his brother who grew up entitled suddenly coming to the family and then leading them off into the desert. But, we never see Aaron questioning Moses. He seems to follow him blindly.

Leviticus 9

After the 7 days in the sweatlodge, Moses calls out Aaron, and gives them a calf and a baby ram to eat.

⁴Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear unto you.

Also a full cow, and adult ram, and some bread.

⁹And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:

You probably picture the Aztec altar where there were human sacrifices as bloody altars, places that had body parts laying around, where cadavers were just flung and left where ever they landed. The altar in the tabernacle was probably just as gruesome. There are priests with blood over them, an altar with blood, blood poured around it, it's smokey, and if you are inside, you are probably tripping on holy anointing oil.

Anyway, they killed everything, and put it on the altar.

²²And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.

²³And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.

²⁴And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

God personally consumed the offering with fire. The people saw it, they believed... it won't last.

Points to ponder:

1. They have been in the wilderness for just over a year now, they are already sacrificing animals that have been born on the trip.

2. I really find it odd that the Levites became the entitled class. It's especially odd considering Jacob's blessing, that also went to Simeon.Genesis 49:⁶O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

⁷Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

That doesn't seem like Levi will never have to work. It says they will be scattered. Levi was scattered, but not as a punishment, they were placed in part of everyone else's land. They got it easy. (but that's later on)

3. You will often hear people claiming verses are taken out of context (especially if they disagree with the verse). Many people believe there are verses that can stand alone, and verses that you need to see what comes before and after in order to understand. John 3:16 is an example of a stand alone verse, why? because it's a happy verse. Happy verses don't need anything further around them. Verses that espouse hatred and violence always seem to need some sort of context. There are many verses that we'll come across in Leviticus that the verse in front and the verse behind have nothing to do with anything else. Like in Leviticus 7, where it jumps from offerings, to don't eat blood.

If you look at the context of John 3:16, (John 3:17) it might change your perception of the verse. John 3:17 says that god didn't send his son to the world to condemn the world, but that the world could be saved. It doesn't say that Jesus won't condemn the world, it just says that wasn't his only mission. You are still probably going to go to hell. Like Daniel Tosh said, "what would Jesus do? So I lit him on fire and sent him to Hell"Context only matters if you don't like what a verse says.

Day 31. Leviticus 4-6

Leviticus 4-6

Leviticus 4

²Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:

These are the punishments for ignorant sins.

³If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.

⁴And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.

A sin of ignorance. Not knowing the law is no reason for not atoning for it. A priest sins, the price is a bullock (cow).

⁶And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.

The bible isn't just full of laws, there's bizarre rituals too!

⁷And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

The people aren't to eat blood, blood is for god.

¹³And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;

How can an entire society sin through ignorance?

¹⁴When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.

The price for one priest is the same price as for a multitude.

¹⁷And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.

People always claim that satanist are out in the woods sacrificing cows to satan. Maybe they are just Hebrews following levitical law?

²²When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;

²³Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:

The leader must offer a male goat.

²⁷And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;

²⁸Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.

A commoner must offer a female goat.

³²And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.

Or a female sheep.

Leviticus 5

¹And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

This chapter will have a lot of leviticacisms. These are laws that the people have to follow. There are actually 613 laws. These are the 613 Mitzvot. Most are found in Deuteronomy and Numbers, but some are here in Leviticus.

²Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

Don't touch dead things.

These first few verses in chapter 5 are trespasses. Touching dead things is as bad as swearing which is as bad as making an oath to do bad things to someone.

⁶And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.

⁷And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

A female sheep, or goat or two pigeons is the punishment.

¹¹But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.

You could also bring flour.

I find it odd that the people are able to make offerings of flour when they are currently out gathering manna each day.

¹⁷And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

Even though you don't know you are breaking the law, you still have to pay. The punishment is a ram.

Leviticus 6

²If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

If you lose something, or break something that you borrowed or were keeping for your neighbor, you have to restore it, along with 20% interest.

⁶And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:

And... a ram.

⁹Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.

¹⁰And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.

¹¹And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.

The priest doesn't just get to spend all day killing animals and eating them, he also has to dump the ashes outside the camp.

Odd, that they would have a camp law. When the rest of the laws seem to imply that the people are raising grains for flour, and tending other animals.

¹³The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.

Yes, that law is still in full effect.

¹⁴And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.

¹⁵And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.

¹⁶And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.

That's great, a handful of the flour will be burned, the rest is to be eaten by Aaron and his sons. Why is the offering so much more than is required? To feed Aaron.

¹⁸All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.

Only the sons of Aaron get to eat it.

²⁵Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.

All the meat gets to be eaten by the priests.

But not the blood.

³⁰And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.

The people aren't to eat (drink) blood. That's another one of those interesting things about Jesus, why would he say to drink his blood, when people aren't allowed to eat/drink any blood.

Points to ponder:

1. Ignorance of the law doesn't give you a pass, it just changes the thing you have to offer to atone.

2. Priests sins are as grievous as if everyone in the community had sinned.

3. I wish my dad founded a religion that meant that I'd never have to do any work except prepare my meals all day long.

Day 30. Leviticus 1-3

Leviticus 1-3

Leviticus 1

¹And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

Ah, Leviticus. One of my favorite books. This is another of the books of Moses. Leviticus contains a lot of laws, mostly that deal with the Levites. Remember, Moses set up his brother and his nephews with being the main chief priests for all time. But he didn't just stop there, no. He also created a position of honor for the rest of his tribe. This book deals mostly with them and rules for them. There will be a lot of abominations. I'll try to highlight them all.

Chapter one tells the priests how they are to prepare the animals that are offerings.

First is the bullock.

⁵And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

If people actually sacrificed as many animals as is mentioned, these people would be master butchers.

⁹But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

The front part is cooked, the back part is burned. Kosher and non-kosher. Exactly why the back isn't Kosher, I'm not sure. Some websites say it's because of the sciatic nerve and because of blood vessels.

The next sacrificial animal is sheep. Again, can't eat the legs.

The final offering animal is turtledoves or pigeons.

¹⁵And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:

Wringing is much more human than other methods of head removal of doves.

Leviticus 2

¹And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

Meat, again, means food other than what we call meat.

²And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:

Basically, the priest gets to make a piece of flat bread.

There are several types of "meat" offerings: flour, baked in an oven, baked in a pan, and baked in a frying pan.

⁹And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

The first part goes to god.

¹⁰And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.

Someone's got to finish off the bread, should we give it to the homeless? No, let's give it to the priests.

¹²As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.

The priests get to have a well balanced diet. Animal flesh, flat breads, and now fruits.

¹³And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

God likes salt. Additionally, how hard would it be for people in the desert to get salt? Not only do they have to give up their animals and flour and fruit, now they have to give up some of their main preservative. It's not like the priests needed to store any of their food, they were continually offering sacrifices. It was the average people who were giving up their things.

Leviticus 3

¹And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.

No one is entirely sure the reason behind the sacrifice of peace offering. It's probably given because the person has been blessed, and wants to give back.

¹⁷It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

That verse is a good... um... leviticacism. There's all these rules about what priests have to do to prepare offerings, and then BAM, a rule that affects the common Joe. I was reading about priests, and now I learn that we shouldn't eat fat or blood.

Points to ponder:

1. Priests probably couldn't be vegetarians. Part of their job was consuming all this flesh.

2. How many people could have been fed by the rear part of the cows that were ritually sacrificed over the years?

3. There is no law against selling the un-kosher parts of the animal to people who aren't Hebrew.

Day 29. Exodus 37-40

Exodus 37-40

Exodus 37

¹And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:

I still wonder how a guy who spent his days making bricks and building a store cities for an unnamed pharaoh was able to make what was supposed to be one of the most beautiful things ever created.

First he made the ark.

¹⁰And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:

Then he made the table.

¹⁶And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.

And the things for the table.

¹⁷And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:

Then he made the candlestick.

²⁵And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.

Then he made the altar.

²⁹And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

Finally, the guy who was extremely great at making tables and arks and doing other work with gold, was also a great enough guy, to make the hallucinogenic oil.

Exodus 38

¹And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

²And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

After making the fancy gold things, he set about to make the brass things.

¹⁰Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

He also did some silver work.

¹⁶All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

There wasn't anyone else who was with them in the desert who could have done anything? We are to believe that this guy is a carpenter, goldsmith, silversmith, brass-smith, and now he's also good with fabrics.

¹⁸And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

He does needlework too.

Apparently there were some other people with him.

²²And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.

²³And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

Well, just Bezaleel and Aholiab. They did it all.

Next we get the weight/volume of the gold, silver, and brass that were used to make the tabernacle.

²⁶A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

Modern christianity seems very caught up in capitalism. Modern christians tend to be right wing republican. They are very anti-socialism. Most of the tea-party people are conservative. (I believe they just don't want to pay to help other people, but they'll claim they are against socialism). One second they will praise the free market, then on Sunday, they'll praise Jesus. They'll claim they believe and follow the whole bible, not just pick and choose the verses they like, even though it's obvious they don't. Verse 26 says that everyone who was numbered paid the same for building the sanctuary. If everyone pays for something for the common good (or bad) of the community, that's socialism. God is a socialist.

Exodus 39

¹And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.

They can also make clothes.

¹⁴And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

They are jewelers.

²⁷And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,

The Hebrews were in a hurry to leave Egypt and didn't have time to let their bread rise, but they did have time to take yards of fine linen.

³²Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

The two guys, who if we believe the story of captivity that they were city building slaves, were able to produce all of these things.

⁴³And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

Moses really like it. Good for Moses.

Exodus 40

God tells Moses:

²On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

God then gives instructions of what needs to be done, including washing Aaron and his sons.

¹⁷And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

Ohhh, another date.

¹⁸And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.

Apparently the tabernacle was able to be set up by one man. Moses finally got everything set up correctly.

³⁴Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

Or, Moses was just really stoned.

³⁵And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

But Moses talked to god face to face in the tabernacle before. (Exodus 33:7,11)

Then God showed the people what days they would walk, by his cloud. If the cloud was on the tabernacle, they didn't go anywhere, if it moved, they had to pack up and follow him.

Thus ends Exodus.

Points to ponder:

1. Did two people build all those things?

2. Is it possible for two people to build those things while traveling around in the desert, seemingly without all their tools?

3. Moses has set up a society, where his family is taken care of for eternity.