Dedication of First Born

Saturday, December 19, 2015
Leviticus 12:1-8 KJV

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. 5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: 7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This [is] the law for her that hath born a male or a female. 8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Who did the Lord speak to and what did He tell the person to say to the children of Israel concerning a woman's first born man child? (v.1-8)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
2) How likely would your mother have been to keep this law of the Lord, if believers were stilll bound to the law in this present age of grace? Please explain your answer.

LIFE LESSONS
3) God gave His people laws to show them how impossible it is for any human being to keep them.
4) The Law represented God's standard for holiness.
5) Only Jesus Christ could perfectly fulfill all of the commandments of the law, so that we would not have to.