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1. FULLVIEW BIBLE STUDYWEDNESDAY NIGHT 6:00 PM

2. LEVITICUS 24: The Golden Lampstand and Shewbread

3. In the Holy Place were three sacred objects, the Altar of Incense, the Lamp and The Table of Shewbread. The priests had responsibilities to keep the Lamp burning by renewing the supply of olive oil.The Table had to be restocked with bread once each week - twelve loaves. Then the priest would eat the replaced bread there in the Holy Place before they leave.

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7. Care of the Tabernacle LampLeviticus 24:1-4The lamps in the tabernacle - standing on the solid gold lampstand - were the only source of light for the tabernacle and must be kept burning. (except when Israel was traveling)The people were to provide pure olive oil for the lampThe lampstand was to be made of pure gold, hammered out to the perfect accuracy of God’s decree (Ex 25:31). Its total weight was one talent, or about 75 pounds of solid gold.The top of the shaft and of each branch was to be made like an open almond flower; each flower held an oil lamp with a wick for burning. Almonds were also a symbol of hope and fruitfulness in the ancient Mediterranean world.

8. The Golden CandlestickIt was made of one piece; the six branches (6 being the number of man) plus the main shaft equals seven lights (7 being the number of completion).The lamp was to be tended by Aaron and his sons so that its light never went out.The Lampstand was the sole means of light as there were no windows in the sanctuary. The golden lampstand was placed on the south side in the holy place, opposite the table of showbread.

9. Symbolism of the Golden Lampstand The gold for this sacred furniture was given to the Israelites by the Egyptians, when the Jews fled Egypt. Its precious gold symbolized deity and holiness.The resemblance of the lampstand to almond branches represents for the Israelites that God is quick to fulfill his promises. (Jer 1:11-12)The golden lampstand was a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ, the future Messiah. (Jo 8:12; 1 Jo 1:5) The oil represented the Holy Spirit, the wicks represented the mortal bodies through which the oil or Holy Spirit operates. Many scholars believe that God commanded the floral design in order to remind the Israelites of the Tree of Life from the garden of Eden.

10. The Emblem of IsraelThe lampstand has long been a symbol of the Jewish people. It speaks not only of Israel, but of Jerusalem and the temple. So, it is not surprising that in 1948 when the newly established State of Israel needed a national emblem, they chose the lampstand.

11. Care of the Tabernacle BreadLeviticus 24:5-9This bread is called shewbread in Exodus 25:30, which literally means "bread of the face" in the sense of it being eaten in the presence or before the face of God. This bread of the tabernacle speaks of fellowship and communion with God.

12. The Table of Shewbread (Exodus 25:23-30)The table of shewbread, also referred to as the table of the presence, was made of acacia wood overlaid with pure gold. Its size was 2 cubits (3 feet) in length by one cubit (1 1/2 feet) in breadth and a height of 1 1/2 cubits (2 1/4 feet). It was situated on the north side of the Holy Place.Around the table was a border of gold and then a little further in, on the table top, an additional border which would hold the contents in place. The table had four legs, and two gold plated poles were inserted through golden rings attached to the legs for transporting.The purpose of the golden table was to hold 12 cakes of bread made of fine flour. They were placed there in two rows of six, each loaf representing one of the tribes of Israel (Lev. 24:8).

13. The Table of Shewbread (Exodus 25:23-30)Atop the table of shewbread on pure gold plates, Aaron and his sons placed 12 loaves of bread made from fine flour. The loaves were arranged in two rows or piles of six, with frankincense sprinkled on each row. Each week on the Sabbath, the priests consumed the old bread and replaced it with fresh loaves and frankincense supplied by the people.The replaced bread after being removed from the table could be eaten only by the priests in a holy place as a part of their share of the offerings.The original recipe for showbread is not known because preparation stopped when the temple was destroyed in approximately 70 AD.

14. Significance of the Table of Shewbread The table of showbread was a constant reminder of God's everlasting covenant with his people and his provision for the 12 tribes of Israel. The table of bread emphasizes God’s provision for Israel.(Ex 16:1-36)The Showbread became a perpetual reminder of the intimate fellowship that God shared with His people.(Ex 24:9-11)The Showbread was a symbol of Christ- the Bread of Life. (John 6:35)The Table was made of acacia wood, overlaid with pure gold which reflects the dual nature of Christ, the God-Man.

15. The case of the Egyptian blasphemerLeviticus 24:10-16This person was half Egyptian and half Hebrew, was part of the mixed multitude that went with Israel out of Egypt. (Ex 12:38) He committed the crime of blasphemy, which is to attack someone - especially God - with your words.They knew that taking the Lord's name was no small matter. But at the same time, they waited to seek the Lord's direction as to how he should be judged. God's response to the situation was to take him outside of the camp and stone him to death.

16. Punishment for Cursing the LordCursing is a broad term for two basic kinds of profanity: (1) Taking the name of the Lord God in vain, and (2) Making vulgar, harsh references to human sexuality, bodily parts and biological functions.Taking the Lord’s name in vain is a particularly brazen violation of the third commandment. (Ex 20:7)Taking God’ name in vain is using the holy name of God in a light, irreverent manner.God takes His glory and honor more seriously than we do, just because cursing and vulgarity has become a common practice does not lessen God’s hatred of the offense. (Prov 4:24)

17. God is a holy God (I Pet 1:16), Lev 11:44), and His name must be treated with the utmost respect. God will not hold guiltless those who commit blasphemy (Deut. 5:11). Believers are people who are concerned about the holiness of God, taking our role to honor and respect the name of God. (Eph 4:29; Col 3:8)

18. Provisions for law and orderLeviticus 24:17-23God stated a fundamental principle of His justice - crimes must be punished, but in proportion appropriate to the crime. God intended the “eye for eye, tooth for tooth” as a limit - so no man or judge would be able to make up his own punishment.God required the death penalty for some sixteen crimes, but God wanted the execution of law breakers to be carried out by duly constituted legal authorities.The New Testament teaches that capital punishment is God’s will for human civilization. The state, civil government, has the God-ordained responsibility to keep law and order, and to protect its citizens against evildoers. (Rom 13:1-6)

19. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 25:Special Sabbaths and JubileesThese laws were given when Israel was still in the wilderness, and not yet in the Promised Land. When they reached the Promise Land they were going to need laws that would govern the use of their land which would be divided among the twelve tribes. God wanted them to under stand that they were to possess the land but the land was owned by Him. “The land is mine”(Lev 25:23).

20. The land and its Sabbath:Leviticus 25:1-7This described a Sabbath of years for the land, where the land received a rest one year out of seven. This applied to both grain crops and fruit bearing plants. (Ex 23:11)They had to trust God that He would provide enough in the harvest of six years to see them through the seventh year of rest.During the sabbatical year there must be no systematic harvesting of self-seeding crops, or such fruits as figs and grapes. Anything of this nature that the land produces without human aid is the property of all, and people are to obtain food wherever they can find it.

21. The land and its Sabbath:Leviticus 25:1-7Giving the land some rest every seven years helped restore vital nutrients to the soil that normally are depleted by constant use.Israel’s failure to keep this command determined the length of the Babylonian captivity of Israel (2 Chronicles 36:20-21).

22. The Year of Jubilee: Leviticus 25:8-22The people were to keep count of seven Sabbatical years: to equal 49 years. Jubilee was to be proclaimed, with sound of trumpet in all parts of the country.Besides the common rest of the land, which was observed every sabbatical year (Lev 25:11,12), and the release of personal debts (Deut 15:2,3), there was to be the legal restoration of every Israelite to all the property, and all the liberty, which had been alienated from him since the last jubilee.

23. "You shall return every man to his possession”God owned the land and they were his tenants; and therefore He ties them up that they shall not have power to sell, but only to make leases for any term of years, not going beyond the next jubilee. their genealogies should be carefully preservedthe distinction of tribes should be kept upnone should grow extremely rich, by laying house to house, and field to field (Isaiah 5:8)no family should be sunk and ruined, and condemned to perpetual poverty.

24. “You shall return every man to his family”Those that were sold into other families thereby became strangers to their own; but in this year of redemption they were to return. In buying and selling of land; the buyer must not give less, nor the seller take more, than the just value of the land, considered as necessarily returning at the year of jubilee. It must be settled what the clear yearly value of the land was, and then how many years' purchase it was worth till the year of jubilee. But they must reckon only the years of the fruits (Leviticus 25:15), and therefore must discount for the sabbatical years.

25. The kinsman Redeemer: Leviticus 25:23-34The Kinsman Redeemer bought back the land that his relative had forfeited or lost because of debt. A difference was made between houses in walled cities, and lands in the country, or houses in country villages.None Israelites could not purchase land in Canaan to them and their heirs, yet they might purchase houses in walled cities.

26. The kinsman Redeemer: Leviticus 25:23-34If a man sold a house in a city, he might redeem it any time within a year after the sale, but otherwise it was confirmed to the purchaser for ever, and should not return, not even at the year of the jubilee.Dwelling houses in the cities of the Levites might be redeemed at any time, and, if not redeemed, should revert in the year of jubilee.The fields adjoining to their cities might not be sold at any time, for they belonged, not to particular Levites, but to the city of the Levites. (Num 35:4-5)

27. A law for the relief of the poor: Leviticus 25:35-55The poor must be relieved, by doing for them; and by supply, giving to them according to their necessity and thy ability.Poor debtors must not be oppressed: either for money or victuals. Loans are to be made without charging interest.A native Israelite should never be made a bondman forever. If he was sold for debt, or for a crime, by the house of judgment, he was to serve but six years and be set free in the year of Jubilee.But if he sold himself through extreme poverty, having nothing at all left him to preserve his life, and if it was to one of his own nation that he sold himself, he was to serve as a hired servant.

28. A law for the relief of the poor: Leviticus 25:35-55The Israelite who was regarded as a hired servant and a sojourner could be released from his obligation when his debt was paid. But every hired servant and sojourner was released at the Year of Jubilee.The Israelites might purchase bondmen of the heathen nations that were round about them (except of those seven nations that were to be destroyed) and give them to their families as an inheritance. Foreign slaves from debt or poverty did not have the same rights as Israelis who went into servitude because of debt. They could be held as slaves for life (assuming their debt or obligation was never paid), though they had to be treated humanely. (Ex 20:8-11)