Chapter Summary

Penalty of blasphemy.

Discussion Questions for Leviticus, Chapter 24

1. Why did the lamp need to burn continually? What did this represent? What would this action of keeping it burning have taught the people about God?
2. Why was the pure oil to come from olives? What there a specific reason? What does the reason teach you about the passage?
3. The Bread for the Tabernacle was twelve loaves. What did the twelve loaves represent? Why did Aaron and his sons eat the bread in The Holy Place? What would eating it have meant to them as well as the whole congregation?
4. What was the "veil of the testimony"? (vs. 3, ESV) Why would knowing this affect the way you read the passage? How does it shape the way you understand the previous chapters?
5. The son of an Egyptian man and Israelite woman blasphemed the Name of God. What does this tell us about how the son viewed God's Holiness? Why was the punishment so severe?
6. What would the people of Israel have learned from the stoning of the blasphemer? How would this have impacted that society?
7. How do you view the stoning? Do you understand or is it hard to reconcile with? What would help you see God's heart behind these actions?
8. "If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him, fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him." (Leviticus 24:19-20, ESV) How do you interpret this passage? Are there other passages of Scripture that help you understand what is being communicated here?
9. Why were the rules to be the same for a sojourner and a native? (Vs. 22, ESV)
10. Identify the common denominator you see in this chapter and discuss in your group.

Key Words/Phrase

Blasphemy, v. 11.

Characters

God, Moses, son of Israelitish woman.

Strong Verse(s)

15