Law
What should a child notice in Leviticus 21?
Leviticus 21 opens with these words: “Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his…” The line to keep is Leviticus 21:6: “They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread of their God; therefore…” Carry the word “holy” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Leviticus 21:6: “They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.” What happens first in Leviticus 21?
Leviticus 21:6
“They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.”
Leviticus 21:3
“and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.”
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Practice Leviticus 21:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
TheyshallbeholytoGod,andnotprofanethenameoftheirGod;fortheyoffertheofferingsofYahwehmadebyfire,thebreadoftheirGod;shallbeholy.