The article presents information on the definition of Bikkoret based on its usage in the book of Leviticus 19:20 which means ambiguous in the Biblical Hebrew. It notes that the word signifies a man sleeping with a maidservant who was half-owned by one master. Romantic betrayal and status ...
If the second goat is "for" Azazel, Leviticus 16:8 would violate an enormous volley of laws and ordinances, including the First Commandment (Exodus 20:3-6, also see Exodus 22:20, 2 Chronicles 34:25, 1 Corinthians 10:20, and for a similar ritual that certainly doesn't involve a ...
The ceremony is described in Leviticus, where it is said that one lot shall be cast for God and one for "Azazel." Modern scholars usually interpret Azazel (ʽazāzēl in Hebrew) as being the name of a demon living in the desert, but ancient biblical translators thought ʽazāzēl ...
apparently domesticated 20,000 years ago, sheep are thought to have been among the next animals to be domesticated, perhaps about 10,000 years ago, probably in Mesopotamia. They were noted for their lack of aggression, they were of a size which was easily manageable, they had fast sexual ma...
Priests were held to a higher standard than non-priests for they could not marry harlots, although again, there was no specified punishment for doing so ( Leviticus 21:7 Leviticus 21:14 ). A priest's daughter, on the other hand, could be burned for harlotry ( Lev 21:9 ); the intent...
Recessive genes often become dominant and endow the fetus with various kinds of diseases or congenital malformations. This seems to have been the force of the Hebrew tebel[l,b,T], a word that occurs only in Leviticus 18:23 and 20:12. It comes from balal [l;l'B], meaning "to confuse...
What also must have been crystal clear to anyone but a snooping Roman censor is that the story of Barabbas, besides reminding of the upside-down festival of Saturnalia, only makes sense in light of the ritual of the scapegoat (Leviticus 16:7-10, or see our article on the name Azazel),...
Leviticus 2:13- You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. Luke 14:34-35- “Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall...
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God’s festivals all have great meaning in His plan of salvation for all mankind. What is the festival meaning of each of the biblical festivals? God’s annual festivals and holy days represent His plan of salvation for mankind. Though given to ancient Israel (Leviticus 23), Jesus, the dis...