Leviticus 8-14
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Leviticus 8
Leviticus 8
Leviticus 8 (NKJV)
Aaron and His Sons Consecrated
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, the anointing oil, a bull as the sin offering, two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
3 and gather all the congregation together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.”
4 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. And the congregation was gathered together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
5 And Moses said to the congregation, “This is what the Lord commanded to be done.”
6 Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.
7 And he put the tunic on him, girded him with the sash, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the intricately woven band of the ephod, and with it tied the ephod on him.
8 Then he put the breastplate on him, and he put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate.
9 And he put the turban on his head. Also on the turban, on its front, he put the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
10 Also Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.
11 He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its base, to consecrate them.
12 And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to consecrate him.
13 Then Moses brought Aaron’s sons and put tunics on them, girded them with sashes, and put hats on them, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
14 And he brought the bull for the sin offering. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering,
15 and Moses killed it. Then he took the blood, and put some on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and purified the altar. And he poured the blood at the base of the altar, and consecrated it, to make atonement for it.
16 Then he took all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar.
17 But the bull, its hide, its flesh, and its offal, he burned with fire outside the camp, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
18 Then he brought the ram as the burnt offering. And Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram,
19 and Moses killed it. Then he sprinkled the blood all around on the altar.
20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.
21 Then he washed the entrails and the legs in water. And Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
22 And he brought the second ram, the ram of consecration. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram,
23 and Moses killed it. Also he took some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
24 Then he brought Aaron’s sons. And Moses put some of the blood on the tips of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses sprinkled the blood all around on the altar.
25 Then he took the fat and the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh;
26 and from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord he took one unleavened cake, a cake of bread anointed with oil, and one wafer, and put them on the fat and on the right thigh;
27 and he put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and waved them as a wave offering before the Lord.
28 Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar, on the burnt offering. They were consecration offerings for a sweet aroma. That was an offering made by fire to the Lord.
29 And Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before the Lord. It was Moses’ part of the ram of consecration, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
30 Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.
31 And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of consecration offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’
32 What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire.
33 And you shall not go outside the door of the tabernacle of meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration are ended. For seven days he shall consecrate you.
34 As he has done this day, so the Lord has commanded to do, to make atonement for you.
35 Therefore you shall stay at the door of the tabernacle of meeting day and night for seven days, and keep the charge of the Lord, so that you may not die; for so I have been commanded.”
36 So Aaron and his sons did all the things that the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.
Focus verse 6-12
Three step process of The consecration of Aaron and his sons as Priests.
1. Wash them (symbolic of washing away of sin And sinful flesh in Baptsim)
2. He Put the holy Garments upon them (Symbolic of puting on of Christ)
3. He anointed them with oil ( symbolic of thefilling of the holy Spirit.
All these was done by Moses and not by Aaron. Moses was a shadow of Christ. Signifying:
Christ himself is the one that washes our sins and removes our sinful flesh in baptism Colossians 2:11-13 ( bapsyims is called the circumcision of Christ)
It is Christ himself who clothes us with his body
It is Christ himself who fills us with his Spirit.
Leviticus 9
Leviticus 9
Leviticus 9 (NKJV)
The Priestly Ministry Begins
1 It came to pass on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
2 And he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.
3 And to the children of Israel you shall speak, saying, ‘Take a kid of the goats as a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering,
4 also a bull and a ram as peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today the Lord will appear to you.’ ”
5 So they brought what Moses commanded before the tabernacle of meeting. And all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.
6 Then Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord commanded you to do, and the glory of the Lord will appear to you.”
7 And Moses said to Aaron, “Go to the altar, offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. Offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded.”
8 Aaron therefore went to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
9 Then the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him. And he dipped his finger in the blood, put it on the horns of the altar, and poured the blood at the base of the altar.
10 But the fat, the kidneys, and the fatty lobe from the liver of the sin offering he burned on the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
11 The flesh and the hide he burned with fire outside the camp.
12 And he killed the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled all around on the altar.
13 Then they presented the burnt offering to him, with its pieces and head, and he burned them on the altar.
14 And he washed the entrails and the legs, and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.
15 Then he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and killed it and offered it for sin, like the first one.
16 And he brought the burnt offering and offered it according to the prescribed manner.
17 Then he brought the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
18 He also killed the bull and the ram as sacrifices of peace offerings, which were for the people. And Aaron’s sons presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled all around on the altar,
19 and the fat from the bull and the ram—the fatty tail, what covers the entrails and the kidneys, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver;
20 and they put the fat on the breasts. Then he burned the fat on the altar;
21 but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved as a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.
22 Then Aaron lifted his hand toward the people, blessed them, and came down from offering the sin offering, the burnt offering, and peace offerings.
23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of meeting, and came out and blessed the people. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people,
24 and fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.
Focus verse 7 ( the summary of the whole chapter)
This was the beging of the Priestly Ministry.
Important things to note about this ministry
Aaron the High Priest had to offer a sin offering to atone for his sins and then offer another sin offering to atone for the sins of the people.
This shows us that this priestly ministry is not a perfect ministry because the High Priest who antones for the sins of the people is himself defiled with sins and needs to atone for himself.
The Prestood of Christ in Contrast is different.
Hebrews 7:26–28 (NKJV)
26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;
27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.
28 For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.
He is Undefiled, Holy, Harmless and without sin and seprate from sinners.
He is the emblem of perfection, without any weakness.
The sacrifice of himself that was offered once is enough to atone for the sins of all forever.
Leviticus 10
Leviticus 10
Leviticus 10 (NKJV)
The profane fire of Nadab and Abihu
1 Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them.
2 So fire went out from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
Defination of Profane fire:- Hebrew “esh zorah”: Esh means fire and Zorah is adjective which identifies something as “strange” “illegitimate” “unacceptable”. Best transaltion is “Strange fire” KJV or “unauthorized fire”.
The nature of the Sins of Nadab and Abihu. (what they did was wrong in several levels)
All of this was done presumptiously that is without any commandments or instruction from the Lord to offer incense before him
According to the Instruction given by the Lord In Exodus 30:7-8, only the High Priest- Aaron- was to offer incense before the Lord and that at specific times during the day (Morning and Evening).
Nadab and Abihu by offering Incence before the Lord, They were guilty of a presumptious and unwarranted intrusion intro a sacred office which did not belong to them
“Strange/ illegitimate Fire” infers that not only the incense was strange but the fire upon which the incense was placed in was Illegitimate fire.
Acccording to the instruction given by God, the fire was to be taken from the altar , hence by making their own common fire and presenting before the Lord, they showed complete irreverence and carelessness in regards to sacred office of priesthood to which they were appointed.
Therefore the same Fire that came down, in the previous chapter, in acceptance of their burnt offering and sin offering and their persons now comsumed them when they presumtiously acted is disregard to the ordinance of God.
Lessons to be learned
As ministers of God, ( we are all ministers of God), we must not act presumptiously in anything we do in the Kingdom.
We must not be presumptuous in our service to God. Everything we perform must be in accordance to the command and intruction of God. We must seek God to know his will and what we ought to do in the service to which we have been appointed.
Jesus said the the desciples in Luke 17:10 “10 So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ””
We must keep ouselves free from presumptious sins Psalms 19:13 “13 Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, And I shall be innocent of great transgression.”
Presumptious sin is what killed Nadab and Abihu
Presumptious Sins is what also killed the 250 people that offered incense in Numbers 16:35.
Presumptious sin was what caused Moses to not enter the promise land when he hit the rock instead of speaking to it as he was commanded.
Presumptious sin is what caused Saul to be rejected as king when he -after waiting for Samuel for 7 days - took upon himself to sacrifice unto God which was not appointed for him to do but for Samuel.
Presumtious sin is what got KIng Uzziah to be striken by God with leprosy after he presumed to go in to the temple to offer incence
We must be careful not to allow our passions, emotion and the circumstance of our situation to cause us to act hastily and presumptiously to do a thing which God has not commanded.
We must keep ourself from being guilty of presumptious intrusion into an office which God has not called us to nor appointed us
We must be satisified and content in the role which God has called us too.
If we presumptious intrude into an office which God has not apointed us, we will meet the fate of Nadab and Abihu and Korah and his companions dathan and Abiram whom the earth open itself up and swallowed
3 And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying: ‘By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; And before all the people I must be glorified.’ ” So Aaron held his peace.
Third Lesson
Those who would come near God to minister before Him must respect him, must be reverent before him. This is what “be regarded as Holy ” means
Psalms 89:7 “7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.”
Hebrews 12:28-29 “28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire.”
“Before all the People I must be glorified”, means God will be given the respect he demands and deserves. He will act accordingly to these effect with vegence upon those who publicly act in contempt of of him and his ordinances.
4 Then Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.”
5 So they went near and carried them by their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had said.
6 And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, “Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled.
7 You shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.
Conduct Prescribed for the Priests
8 Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying:
9 “Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations,
10 that you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean,
11 and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.”
The Priest were commanded not to drink wine or strong drink as they ministered in the tabernacle so they could be sober and be able to discern between what is holy and unholy and between unclean and clean.
Therefore they priest duties was to teach God’s people to discern between what is holy and unholy and between what is clean and unclean.
12 And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were left: “Take the grain offering that remains of the offerings made by fire to the Lord, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy.
13 You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons’ due, of the sacrifices made by fire to the Lord; for so I have been commanded.
14 The breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering you shall eat in a clean place, you, your sons, and your daughters with you; for they are your due and your sons’ due, which are given from the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
15 The thigh of the heave offering and the breast of the wave offering they shall bring with the offerings of fat made by fire, to offer as a wave offering before the Lord. And it shall be yours and your sons’ with you, by a statute forever, as the Lord has commanded.”
16 Then Moses made careful inquiry about the goat of the sin offering, and there it was—burned up. And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,
17 “Why have you not eaten the sin offering in a holy place, since it is most holy, and God has given it to you to bear the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?
18 See! Its blood was not brought inside the holy place; indeed you should have eaten it in a holy place, as I commanded.”
19 And Aaron said to Moses, “Look, this day they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, and such things have befallen me! If I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord?”
20 So when Moses heard that, he was content.
Leviticus 11
Leviticus 11
Leviticus 11 (NKJV)
Foods Permitted and Forbidden
1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them,
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth:
3 Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat.
4 Nevertheless these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you;
5 the rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you;
6 the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you;
7 and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.
8 Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you.
9 ‘These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers—that you may eat.
10 But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you.
11 They shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination.
12 Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales—that shall be an abomination to you.
13 ‘And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,
14 the kite, and the falcon after its kind;
15 every raven after its kind,
16 the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind;
17 the little owl, the fisher owl, and the screech owl;
18 the white owl, the jackdaw, and the carrion vulture;
19 the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
20 ‘All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you.
21 Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps on all fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth.
22 These you may eat: the locust after its kind, the destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.
23 But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you.
Unclean Animals
24 ‘By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening;
25 whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening:
26 The carcass of any animal which divides the foot, but is not cloven-hoofed or does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches it shall be unclean.
27 And whatever goes on its paws, among all kinds of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening.
28 Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It is unclean to you.
29 ‘These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind;
30 the gecko, the monitor lizard, the sand reptile, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
31 These are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
32 Anything on which any of them falls, when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is any item of wood or clothing or skin or sack, whatever item it is, in which any work is done, it must be put in water. And it shall be unclean until evening; then it shall be clean.
33 Any earthen vessel into which any of them falls you shall break; and whatever is in it shall be unclean:
34 in such a vessel, any edible food upon which water falls becomes unclean, and any drink that may be drunk from it becomes unclean.
35 And everything on which a part of any such carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it is an oven or cooking stove, it shall be broken down; for they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.
36 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean, but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean.
37 And if a part of any such carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown, it remains clean.
38 But if water is put on the seed, and if a part of any such carcass falls on it, it becomes unclean to you.
39 ‘And if any animal which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until evening.
40 He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.
41 ‘And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be an abomination. It shall not be eaten.
42 Whatever crawls on its belly, whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet among all creeping things that creep on the earth—these you shall not eat, for they are an abomination.
43 You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them.
44 For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
45 For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
46 ‘This is the law of the animals and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,
47 to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.’ ”
The laws given to distinguish between the clean and unclean animal.
The people of Israel could consume what was clean however they could not consume unclean animals nor touch their dead carcasus.
Application for the New Testament Church.
These laws don’t apply to us because in Christ Jesus all creatures have been made clean and acceptable in the eyes of God.
1 Timothy 4:3-5 “3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; 5 for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.”
So we as believers are not under obligation to keep such laws under the New Testament.
Why did God give them such laws.
God did not give them specific reasons why they were forbiden to eat these unlclean animals. They only reason he told them to keep these laws was;
Verse 44 and 45
44 For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
45 For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
The Primary reasons that God Gave them these laws
It was to keep the Israelite distinct and special people from the other nations.
Many of these animals that were unclean such as the swine were object of iolatrious practices among the heathen.
God by giving them this laws he was isolating and restricting their interaction with the canaanites people at large inorder to keep them from being familiar with these practices and thereby slowly contaminating their lifestyle with such practices.
New Testament application
God through his Church commands us to abstain from certain activities of the world because they will lead to the defilement of our spirit and ultimetly lead to sin.
Ephesians 5:6-7 “6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.”
Ephesians 5:11 “11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.”
2 Corinthians 6:17-18 “17 Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.” 18 “I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.””
2 Corinthians 7:1 “1 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”
With this specific laws and many other laws, God was testing the obedience of his people and teaching them self-denial and the government of their fleshly apetite.
There is a natural tendency of man to desregard the commandments of God for sake of satiying ones’ belly.
Adam and Eve disobeyed God for the sake of their stomach.
Proverbs 28:21 “21 To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.”
Paul writes to the philipians about people who have turned from the Lord because of their fleshly apetites.
Philippians 3:18-19 “18 For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.”
So God was teaching the People of Israel through this laws to govern thier fleshly apetatite lest it leads them astray from the Commandment of God. They have to learn to consider the command of God more imprortant than food for their belly.
Job 23:12 “12 I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food.”
3. The unclean unimals were well known to spread diseases, hence God by is infinite wisdom by giving such laws was keep Israel from such diseases.
Leviticus 12
Leviticus 12
Leviticus 12 (NKJV)
1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean.
3 And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4 She shall then continue in the blood of her purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.
5 ‘But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her customary impurity, and she shall continue in the blood of her purification sixty-six days.
6 ‘When the days of her purification are fulfilled, whether for a son or a daughter, she shall bring to the priest a lamb of the first year as a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
7 Then he shall offer it before the Lord, and make atonement for her. And she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who has borne a male or a female.
8 ‘And if she is not able to bring a lamb, then she may bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’ ”
The Woman after Childbrith , should would unlcean/ unpure for a total of 40 days if the child is male and if it a Female she shall be unclean 80 day.
Once this period has passed in order to be inorder to be clean and pure she has to offer a sin offering of atonement.
Why is the woman unclean when she gives birth to a child whether male or female and has to offer a sin offering. How does child birth become unlean or unpure.
It was a reminder of the sinful nature that was being passed down to the next generation.
the Blessing of Genesis 1:28, to increase and multiply has become a curse after the fall because the sinful nature is increasing and multiplying the face of the earth.
Psalms 51:5 “5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.”
Why double the days of uncleaness for a female baby in comparison to the males’
It is the recognisition that every Female that is born has the stigma upon her that she carries from Eve as having brought the fall of humanity.
Inorder to be pure the woman had to offer a sin offering: Forshadow that all of these would be taken away in Christ.