This is a picture of the back of my football board. I posted the front on the January 9th blog entry.
First of all please allow me to congratulate the New Orleans Saints on their Superbowl victory! I bought a shirt in New Orleans while I was there and wore it for the first time for the occasion of the big game. I also bought Who Dat sweatshirts for my husband and son which they have been wearing since I got back from Louisiana. Bourbon Street was nearly deserted during the cold snap while I was there, but this evening it looked quite packed with revelers! Very exciting!
In Chapter 22 the Lord tells Moses to tell Aaron and his sons to be respectful of the treatment of the sacred offerings. No one who was ceremonially unclean was to eat them. He reminded them that they must be free of infection or illness to partake of the sacred offerings. The only people allowed to partake of the sacred offerings were members of the priests family whom God had given permission. Nothing but perfect offerings would be acceptable. This reminds me of Cain and Abel. Cain's offering was not pleasing to God.
Chapter 23 is a record of Moses' declarations of the appointed feasts of the Lord or sacred assemblies.
Every seven days was a Sabbath day - a day of rest and sacred assembly.
The set feasts or appointed seasons were as follows:
The Passover and Unleavened Bread - On the 14th day of the 1st month at twilight was the Passover. The next day, the 15th day of the same month was the Feast of Unleavened Bread and for seven days they were to eat bread with no yeast. On the first day they were to hold a sacred assembly. Seven days they were to make offerings to the Lord and gather in a sacred assembly on the seventh day.
Firstfruits - The Israelites were to bring a sheaf of the first grain harvested to the priest the day after the harvest as a wave offering to the Lord. Also on that day they were to offer a lamb together with a grain offering and a drink offering. Only after they had made this offering could they eat bread or grain.
Feast of Weeks - Seven weeks after the Firstfruits they were to count off 50 days and bring two loaves of leavened bread as a wave offering together with seven male lambs, one young bull and two rams. They would be a burnt offering together with the grain offering and the drink offering. Then the Lord required a sin offering of a male goat. Also a fellowship offering of two lambs together with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering. On this day they were to do no work and hold a sacred assembly.
The Feast of Trumpets was to be held on the first day of the seventh month marked by a day of rest and a sacred assembly marked by blowing trumpets and an offering by fire.
The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) was marked on the 10th day of the 7th month. They were to fast, do no work, hold a sacred assembly and make an offering by fire. They fasted from the evening of the 9th day to the evening of the 10th.
The Feast of Tabernacles began on the 15th day of the 7th month and lasted 7 days. On the first day no work was allowed and for 7 days they were to present offerings to the Lord by fire. On the 8th day they were to hold a sacred assembly, do no work and present an offering by fire as a closing assembly.
These were in addition to the regular Sabbaths and gifts and freewill offerings.
Also on the 15th day of the 7th month, all natural-born Israelites were to take palm and other green leafy branches and make booths or shelters from them and live in them for seven days so that their descendants would know that this is what the Lord had them do.
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