Ceremony

The Passover is Celebrated - II Chronicles 30:13 – 30:27 (commentary)

A large crowd gathered in Jerusalem in the second month to celebrate the Passover (v. 13). They took all the foreign incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley (v. 14). Then on the 14th day of that month, the Levites began killing the lambs for Passover as many of the worshipers ...

The Ceremony for Ordinating Priests - Leviticus 8:18 – 8:36 (commentary)

Moses led out the ram for the sacrifice to please the Lord (v. 18). After Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head, Moses killed the ram and splattered its blood against the four sides of the altar (v. 19). Moses had the animal cut up, and he washed its insides and h …

The Ceremony for People Healed of Leprosy - Leviticus 14:1 – 14:32 (commentary)

After you think you are healed of leprosy you must ask for a priest to come outside the camp and examine you (vv. 1-3). And if you are well, he will have someone bring out two live birds that are acceptable for sacrifice, together with a stick of cedar wood, a piece of red yarn, …