2415b-16a. 17-21 (laws on blasphemy, and certain cases of injury to man and heast).
252>-7, parts of vv.8-55, perhaps in particular vv.8-. 10s. 13-15. 17-22. 24-25. 35-40a. 43. 47. 53.55, Land to lie fallow in the sabbatical year vy.2-7; land not to be sold beyond the next Jubile vy. 15-15 ; and four regulations for the relief of the impoverished Israelite y.%, ν 85.835 (usury not to be exacted of him), vv.39. 40a. 43, νν. 1. ὁ. 65,
261. (certain fundamental religious duties).
To the original Law of Holiness belong also, in all probability, Ly 1127.910. 1522 41 (animals permitted, and prohibited, for food) ; ef. 20%,
The nucleus of Ex 3113148 (on the Sabbath); and of Nu 1538 (the law of ‘ tassels’)
The original nucleus of H, when compared with the Book of the Covenant, will be seen to deal very much less fully with civil and criminal law, and more fully with the moral and ceremonial law. The only regulations relating to criminal law are those in 24'7-*!; those in ch. 25 might be classed as belonging formally to civil law ; but they are re- parded more properly as expressions of religious or
umanitarian principle. In chs. 18-20 the funda- mental moral principles underlying the Decalogue and parts of the Book of the Covenant are applied to a much larger number of individual cases than is the case in the earlier legislation. Ceremonial legislation has evidently advanced : the number of regulations relating to priests and sacrifices is noticeable. The only species of sacrifices men- tioned are, however, the same as those mentioned in Dt, viz. the burnt- and the peace-offering. The characteristic feature of this group of laws in its present form, viz. their subordination to the principle of oliness— partly ceremonial, partly moral—seems not to attach to the laws in their original form, but to be an addition due to the compiler (R*).
D. The legislation of the Priests’ Code, properly so called (P), is confined almost entirely (see ex- ceptions in Nu 27*” 35. 36) to ceremonial observ- ances, especially those relating to sacrifice and purification. The following is an outline of the subjects treated in it (directions for the construe- tion of the tabernacle and its parts omitted) :—
Gn 17 Circumcision.
Ex 121-13 the Passover; vv.1+20 Feast of Unleavened Cakes;
vv.449 qualifications for partaking in the Passover. 28 the dress of the priests. ᾿ 291-87 ritual for the consecration of the priests. 2988-42 the daily burnt-offering. 80228 composition of the anointing oil, and the incense. 8112-17 (expansion of H), 3514 the Sabbath to be observed under pain of death.
Ly 1 ritual of the burnt-offering.
ΡΝ »ν meal- (or cereal-) offering.
δ.» »» _ peace- (or thank-) offering.
4-513’ritual of the sin-offering, and cases in which it is to be offered.
514-67 (Heb. 51425) cases in which a guilt-offering (Oy'x) is prescaned (the ritual of the guilt-offering follows in 71:
68-30 (Heb. 61-23) 78:38 regulations, in the main ancillary to those in 1-67 (Heb. 1-5), relating to the sacrifices there prescribed :—
6®15 the dress of the priest who offers the burnt-offering ; fire to be always burning on the altar of burnt-offering.
61¢15 the priests’ portion of the meal-offering.
LAW (IN OLD TESTAMENT)
Ly 619-25 the high priest’s daily meal-offering.
624-99 disposal of the flesh of the sin-offering.
710 the priests’ share of the burnt- and meal-offering.
71-21 on the species of peace-offering, and the conditions under which the flesh is to be eaten.
722-27 fat and blood not to be eaten.
73-34 the officiating priest's share of the peace-offering.
1012¢. 146 the priest’s share of the meal- and peace-offering (substantially a duplicate of 616 and 783...
101-20 the flesh of the people’s sin-offering (413-21) to be eaten by the priest.
11-16 Laws of Purification and Atonement :-—
11 Clean and unclean animals.
111-25. 41-47 animals clean and unclean as food (H's law on the subject, with slight expansions).
11249 on uncleanness caused by contact with the carcases of certain animals.
12 purification after child-birth.
13-14 Leprosy (in man, clothing, and houses; diagnosis of symptoms, and ritual of purification).
15 Purification after certain natural secretions.
16 Ceremonial of the annual Day of Atonement.
17-26 Supplementary additions in various parts (as 1921f); redactional additions harmonizing chs. 21-22 with the principles of P; in ch. 23 the parts not assigned above to H (the Day of Atonement, vv.26-82; and regulations for the observance of the other sacred seasons, fuller than those of H, but not so minute as those of Nu 28-29); 2414 the lamps in the tabernacle; 245 the shewbread ; in ch, 25 additions, partly consisting of more detailed regulations, esp. regarding the redemp-
y tion of land, and partly extending the benefits of the Jubile from lands to persons.
27 the commutation of vows and tithes.
Nu 514 Lepers, and other persons ceremonially unclean, to be excluded from the camp.
65-8 a supplement to Ly 514-67 (Heb. 51425), prescribing that, in case the defrauded person is dead, and there be no next-of-kin, the compensation is to be paid to the priest offering the guilt-offering.
get Dedicated things to belong to the priest receiving
em.
511-31 law of ordeal for a woman suspected by her husband of unfaithfulness.
61-21 the law of the Nazirite.
622-27 the formula of priestly benediction.
84 instructions for fixing the lamps upon the golden candlestick.