Leviticus Difficult Questions
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Hard
Questions—LEVITICUS
Prepared by Lauren Stouffer (2003)
1. Couldn’t the animals offered for sacrifices
have been more useful to the
Israelites had they been used in other ways (Lev.
1:2)? Is the whole
sacrificial
system a violation of animal rights? Why/why not?
2. Why were the actions of Nadab
and Abihu so awful that they deserved to be
devoured
by fire from the LORD (Lev. 10:1-3)?
3. Do the camel, the coney,
and the rabbit really chew the cud? Why
are these
animals
included in the list of unclean animals (Lev. 11:3-6)?
4. How could leprosy have affected the peoples’
clothing and the walls of their
houses
(Lev. 13:47-59)? Is “leprosy” in the
King James translation really
what we
would label “leprosy” today?
5. What is the purpose of the scapegoat? Was the goat, as some scholars suggest,
an
offering to Azazel, a desert demon believed to be
able to eat an animal
and with
it the sins of the nation of
6. Does Leviticus 18:5 offer salvation
by obeying the law of God? Was Christ’s
Death on the cross really necessary?
7. Does Leviticus 18:18 make it lawful for a man
to marry a second wife as long
as she is
not the sister of his other wife? Does
the Bible approve of
polygamy?
8. Does the Bible condemn homosexuality (Lev.
18:22)? Is homosexuality (Lev.
18, 20) to be dismissed just like the dietary laws on
not eating lobster?
Why/why not?
9. Do all of the crimes listed in Leviticus 20
and 24 really call for the death
penalty
(Lev. 20:1-27, 24:10-23)? How are those
laws to be understood
in a
post-modern context?
10. Does the “law of the
tooth” allow private retaliation when someone is wronged
(Lev.
24:19-20)?
11. Is charging interest on
loans permitted (Lev. 25:35-38)?
12. Does God approve of
slavery (Lev. 25:39-55)?