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Leviticus, Part 2 and Numbers, Part 1: Holy Days, Holy People
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Lesson OneSacred Time: Sabbath and Jubilee (Lev 25)13 Activities
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Lesson Text: Leviticus 25
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In | Workbook: Sabbath in the Pentateuch
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In | Sacred Time
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In | Jubilee
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Behind | Agricultural Context
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Behind | Workbook: The Sabbath, Ancient and New
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In Front | Jesus and the Sabbath
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In Front | Jesus and the Jubilee
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In Front | Christians, Sabbath and the Jubilee
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In Front | Christianity Today: Jubilee 2000: Poor Nations Get Debt Relief
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In Front | Workbook: Jubilee 2000: Poor Nations Get Debt Relief
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Lesson TwoSacred Time: Pilgrimage Festivals (Lev 23, Num 9, 28-29; Deut 16)12 Activities
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Lesson Text: Leviticus 23; Numbers 9, 28-29; Deuteronomy 16
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In | Workbook: Sacred Days
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In | Pilgrimage Holidays
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In | Agricultural, Historical and Prophetic Context
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In | Workbook: Prophetic Dimensions of the Pilgrimage Holidays
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Behind | Seasons, Gods and Israel's Calendar
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Behind | Onsite: The Story of the Bible in a Sheaf of Wheat
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Behind | Onsite: Booths in the Wilderness - Recalling the Past, Anticipating Eternity
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In Front | The Biblical Calendar and the Church Calendar
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In Front | Workbook: The Biblical Calendar and the Church Calendar - Overlap and Expansion
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Lesson ThreeSacred Community (Lev 11-20)14 Activities|3 Assessments
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Lesson Text: Leviticus 11-20
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In | Workbook: Scale Disease
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In | Scale Disease
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In | Uncleanness and Impurity
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In | Rites of Purification
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In | Imperfection
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In | The Democracy of Impurity
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Behind | Impurity and Access to the Divine
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In Front | Holiness Today
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In Front | Christians and Defilement
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In Front | Our Daily Bread: The Leviticus Reminder
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In Front | Workbook: Guiding Questions - Leviticus
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Lesson FourPeople Ready (Num 1-10)15 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson Text: Numbers 1-10
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In | Workbook: Censuses
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In | The People Are Ready
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In | Workbook: The Meaning of ‘Eleph
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In | The Levites
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In | The Purity of the Camp
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In | Trumpets
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Behind | Tribal Encampments
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Behind | Organization of the Camp
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In Front | Numbers Matter
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In Front | Onsite: The Aaronic Benediction
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In Front | Our Daily Bread: God’s Way
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In Front | Ecclesiology: Commissioner Phil Needham
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Lesson FivePeople Not Ready (Num 11-20)20 Activities
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Lesson Text: Numbers 11-20
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In | Literary Structures
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In | Chiasm Joshua
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In | Workbook: Moses’ Chiastic Speech
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In | Chronic Faithlessness
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In | Rebellion of the People
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In | Rebellion of the Priests
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In | Rebellion of Moses
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In | The Bible Project: Numbers
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Behind | Geography
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Behind | Onsite: Water from the Rock
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Behind | Ethnic Diversity
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Behind | Quail
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In Front | Judgment Is Inevitable
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In Front | Lost and Second Chances
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In Front | Painting Pictures of Egypt: Sara Groves
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In Front | Our Daily Bread: Are You a Complainer?
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In Front | Workbook: The Uniqueness of Leviticus and Numbers
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Lesson 5, Activity 13
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Behind | Ethnic Diversity
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Israel had come from an ethnically diverse Egypt, especially at the lower end of society where captive slaves were numerous.
A “mixed multitude” (Ex 12:38, KJV) left Egypt, proving that their common bond was having escaped death by the blood of the lamb. This group reemerges in Numbers 11:4 as a troublemaking “rabble” (NIV).
There were forms of racism right at the top. Moses’ Nubian (“Cushite”) wife was despised by Aaron and Miriam, and for that Miriam in particular was judged harshly and publicly (Num 12:1ff).
God had chosen His people not because they were mighty or righteous—or because they were ethnically pure. They were meant to be an inclusive community for outsiders who accepted the terms of God’s covenant.