Section II. Exod. xxv. 10, I I, 13, 17, 18-22 ; xxx. r, 3, 5-10 ; xxv. 31, 37-39 „ ten laws about the ark, the golden altar, and the golden candle stick.
Section III. Exod. xxv. 23, 24, 25, 25, 26, 28, 29; xxvi. 31, 36, 37 ; ten laws about the table of shew-bread, the vail (before the holy of holie.$), and the hanging (before the holy place).
Section IV. Exod. xxvii. 9-19; xxx. 18-21, 25 33, 34-38 ; xxvii. 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6-8 ; ten laws about the court, the laver, the anointing oil, the incense, and the brazen altar.
Section V. Exod. xxviii. 6, 13, 15, 22, 23, 26, 27, 31, 33, 36 ; ten laws about the priests' gar ments.
Section VI. Exod. xxix. I, 4, 5, 7, 8, IO, 12, 13, 15, 16 ; ten laws about the consecration of the priests (first series).
Section VII. Exod. xxix. 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 29, 31, 35, 38-42 ; ten laws about consecra tion (second series).
The book of Leviticus contains further and more copious portions of the laws of Moses.
1st, Sacrificial Laws.-The early portion of this book is occupied with the divine directions respecting the various offerings.' This is a very prominent part of the Mosaic code. For the history and nature of sacrificial worship, and a description of the different kinds of sacrifice, we must refer the reader to other parts of this work [OFFERING ; BURNT - OFFERING, etc.] ; our object here is simply to classify these as they occur in the law. Bertheau's third group includes them all, the seven sections of which, with their respective decades of rules, are as follow : Section I. Lev. i. 2, 10, 14 ; it. I, 5, 7, 14 ; 1, 6, 12 ; ten laws about burnt-offerings, meat offerings, and peace-offerings.
Section II. Lev. iv. 3, 13, ; V. I, 4, 15, 17 ; vi. 1-7 ; ten laws about sin-offerings and trespass-offerings.
Section III. Lev. vi. 9, to, II, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 18 ; ten laws of detail respecting the burnt offerings and the meat-offerings.
Section IV. Lev. vi. 20, 21, 21, 22, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30; ten laws about the priests' tion offerings, and of detail about the sin-offerings.
Section V. Lev. vii. 1, 2, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ro ;
ten laws of detail respecting the trespass-offerings.
Section VI. Lev. vii. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 ; ten laws of detail about the peace offerings.
Section VII. Lev. vii. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, ; ten laws of general import respecting these offerings.
The next three chapters of Leviticus (viii.-x.) are narrative. They describe the consecration of Aaron as high-priest by Moses, God's commis sioner, and that of his sons, in which ceremonial the law is carefully carried out for the first time. Aaron's first official act was the blessing of the people, upon which Jehovah attested his pleasure at the proceedings by sending a fire to consume the offerings which had just been presented to him. But the Theocratic King was as swift in avenging the breach of his laws as prompt in blessing their observance. Whether from inex perience in their new office, or a profane pre sumption, which induced them to slight its prescribed duties, Nadab and Abihu, the two eldest sons of Aaron, offered strange fire before Jehovah, which he commanded them not, and there went out a fire from the Lord, and they died before the Lord' (x. I, 2). This awful event led to the promulgation of one or two special laws, one of which, spoken by the Lord directly to Aaron, is of such a nature as to have suggested the supposition that the offending priests had com mitted their fatal error under the influence of `wine or strong drink' (comp. ver. 9). The laws of sacrifice are followed by statutes on a kindred subject.
2d, Laws of Uncleanness and Rites of Purifica 14m.--There is a certain gradation traceable in the order in which these are arranged in the book of Leviticus. Bertheau's fourth group embraces them all, ending with the grand expiation (the centre point of all the legal atonements) of the day of atonement. The sections run in the manner following: Section I. Lev. xi. 2, 9, 13, 20, 24, 39, 41, 43-45 ; ten laws about animals which are unclean and clean for food.