J. W. McGarvey's Class Notes on Sacred History I [Leviticus].

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J. W. McGarvey
Class Notes on Sacred History, Volume I (1893)

LEVITICUS.

§ I. THE LAW OF SACRIFICES, AND THE INAUGURATION OF
THE TABERNACLE SERVICE. i. 1-x. 20.

Who officiated in the consecration of the priests? viii. 6-30.
What was required of them for seven days? viii. 35.
What was done on the eighth day? ix. 1, 7, 22, 24.
What happened to Nadab and Abihu? x. 1-7.
What order was then given to the priests? and why? x. 8-11.
A neglect on Aaron's part. x. 16-20.

§ II. LAWS RESPECTING UNCLEANNESS AND PURIFICATION. xi. 1-xv. 33.

1. Clean and Unclean Beasts. xi. 1-47.

2. Uncleanness of Persons and How Removed. xii. 1-xv. 33.

§ III. THE ANNUAL ATONEMENT. xvi. 1-34.

§ IV. A GROUP OF CIVIL STATUTES. xvii. 1-xx. 27.

§ V. LAWS CONCERNING THE SANCTITY OF PRIESTS AND
VICTIMS AND THE OBSERVANCE OF HOLY DAYS. xxi. 1-xxiii. 44. [75]

§ VI. THE GOLDEN LAMPS, THE SHEWBREAD, BLASPHEMY
AND KILLING. xxiv. 1-23.

What incident led to the law against blasphemy? xxiv. 10-16.

§ VII. LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF POOR MEN AND
BONDMEN. xxv. 1-55.

§ VIII. SOME PROMISES AND THREATENINGS. xxvi. 1-46.

§ IX. LAW OF REDEMPTION FROM VOWS. xxvii. 1-34.

General Questions.

What historical matter in the book?
What the principal subject of legislation in this book? and why the name Leviticus?
Where? through whom? and within what time were these laws given? i. 1; xxvii. 34, cf. Ex. xl. 17; Num. x. 11, 12.
What other assertions in the book, of their Mosaic origin? iv. 1; v. 14; vi. 1; viii. 1, et al., to the number of about three dozen.
If they were written in a later age, and thus ascribed to Moses, what should we think of all these statements?
In that case could we ascribe a divine origin to the law? *
What origin did our Lord ascribe to the book? Mark i. 44, cf. Lev. xiv. 1-4; Matt. xxii. 36-40, cf. Lev. xix. 18.

* Note: The laws in Leviticus, and also those in Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, will be considered in detail farther on, under the heading "The Law of Moses." [76]

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