(Christians may do these things in a "spiritual" sense and changing the approach to dealing with justice, but reality is that these laws are for the land of Israel and the times before Christ explained proper Justice and Mercy.) CHRISTIAN DO meditate on these verses, OLD and NEW. Gain better ground at the righteousness in Judgement of the Lord.
The Temple, the Sanctuary and Sacred Objects
- Not to build an altar of hewn stone (Ex. 20:22) (negative).
- Not to mount the altar by steps (Ex. 20:23) (negative).
- To build the Sanctuary (Ex. 25:8) (affirmative).
- Not to remove the staves from the Ark (Ex. 25:15) (negative).
- To set the showbread and the frankincense before the L-rd every Shabbat (Ex. 25:30) (affirmative).
- To kindle lights in the Sanctuary (Ex. 27:21) (affirmative).
- That the breastplate shall not be loosened from the ephod (Ex. 28:28) (negative).
- To offer up incense twice daily (Ex. 30:7) (affirmative).
- Not to offer strange incense nor any sacrifice upon the golden altar (Ex. 30:9) (negative).
- That the kohein shall wash his hands and feet at the time of service (Ex. 30:19) (affirmative). See Kohein.
- To prepare the oil of anointment and anoint high kohanim and kings with it (Ex. 30:31) (affirmative). See Kohein.
- Not to compound oil for lay use after the formula of the anointing oil (Ex. 30:32-33) (CCN145).
- Not to anoint a stranger with the anointing oil (Ex. 30:32) (negative).
- Not to compound anything after the formula of the incense (Ex. 30:37) (CCN146).
- That he who, in error, makes unlawful use of sacred things, shall make restitution of the value of his trespass and add a fifth (Lev. 5:16) (affirmative).
- To remove the ashes from the altar (Lev. 6:3) (affirmative).
- To keep fire always burning on the altar of the burnt-offering (Lev. 6:6) (affirmative).
- Not to extinguish the fire on the altar (Lev. 6:6) (negative).
- That a kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary with disheveled hair (Lev. 10:6) (negative). See Kohein.
- That a kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary with torn garments (Lev. 10:6) (negative). See Kohein.
- That the kohein shall not leave the Courtyard of the Sanctuary, during service (Lev. 10:7) (negative). See Kohein.
- That an intoxicated person shall not enter the Sanctuary nor give decisions in matters of the Law (Lev. 10:9-11) (negative).
- To revere the Sanctuary (Lev. 19:30) (today, this applies to synagogues) (CCA18). See Synagogues, Shuls and Temples.
- That when the Ark is carried, it should be carried on the shoulder (Num. 7:9) (affirmative).
- To observe the second Passover (Num. 9:11) (affirmative).
- To eat the flesh of the Paschal lamb on it, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs (Num. 9:11) (affirmative).
- Not to leave any flesh of the Paschal lamb brought on the second Passover until the morning (Num. 9:12) (negative).
- Not to break a bone of the Paschal lamb brought on the second Passover (Num. 9:12) (negative).
- To sound the trumpets at the offering of sacrifices and in times of trouble (Num. 10:9-10) (affirmative).
- To watch over the edifice continually (Num. 18:2) (affirmative).
- Not to allow the Sanctuary to remain unwatched (Num. 18:5) (negative).
- That an offering shall be brought by one who has in error committed a trespass against sacred things, or robbed, or lain carnally with a bond-maid betrothed to a man, or denied what was deposited with him and swore falsely to support his denial. This is called a guilt-offering for a known trespass (affirmative). See Asham: Guilt Offering.
- Not to destroy anything of the Sanctuary, of synagogues, or of houses of study, nor erase the holy names (of G-d); nor may sacred scriptures be destroyed (Deut. 12:2-4) (CCN157). See The Name of G-d.
(Exo 20:22) And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
(Exo 20:23) Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
(Exo 25:8) And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
(Exo 25:15) The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
(Exo 25:30) And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
(Exo 27:21) In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
(Exo 28:28) And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
(Exo 30:7) And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
(Exo 30:9) Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
(Exo 30:19) For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
(Exo 30:31) And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
(Exo 30:32) Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
(Exo 30:33) Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
(Exo 30:37) And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.
(Lev 5:16) And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
(Lev 6:3) Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
(Lev 6:6) And 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:
(Lev 10:6) And 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.
(Lev 10:7) And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.
(Lev 10:9) Do 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:
(Lev 10:10) And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
(Lev 10:11) And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
(Lev 19:30) Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
(Num 7:9) But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
(Num 9:11) The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
(Num 9:12) They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
(Num 10:9) And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
(Num 10:10) Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
(Num 18:2) And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
(Num 18:5) And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
(Deu 12:2) Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
(Deu 12:3) And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
(Deu 12:4) Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
(1Co 3:16) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
(1Co 3:17) If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
(1Co 8:10) For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
(Rev 7:15) Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
(Rev 11:19) And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
(Eph 2:21) In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
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