And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or anything superfluous, 19 or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, 20 or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21 no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy: 23 only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.
Aren't we all God's people?
2007-12-02 19:07:19 · 8 answers · asked by lektem 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is one of the errors in transmission.
Who reported this dicuss between Jehovah and Moses?
Was he present at the time when this conversation took place?
2007-12-02 19:30:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not that he hates them. When G-d was giving these instructions to Moses he was telling him he expected the best of the best from all of Israel. Including the Leviites who owned nothing. All the other tribes owned land, animals, houses and they were to offer the firstborn of all their animals who had no blemishes, and the best of the first fruits of the land (fruit, veggies). Aaron's seed are the Leviites. G-d said they shall have no inheritance of the land or the animals but they get the sacrifices of all the other tribes. But they must offer their first born sons to temple service. God here is saying if he won't accept deformed animals at his temple, he is not going to accept a deformed son to do temple service while the healthy sons of the Leviites do other work for their families. He wants the best of all of Israel and in turn he will make sure things go well for them.
2007-12-03 03:18:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know how you could construe that God hates dwarves. These verses are talking about the qualifications for working in the temple. Dwarves were never outlawed from the nation, nor were they ever discriminated against in any other way, so we must assume that people of all types were allowed in the temple and to live normal lives.
It's only in this generation that liberals have taught us to be so judgmental that we pretend to know the circumstances and context of everything so that we can justify condemning people we've never met or known.
This might be a good opportunity for you to choose what kind of person you want to be: mean-spirited and judgmental or kind and forgiving?
Honestly, why do you care about this?
2007-12-03 03:24:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are all given the opportunity to accept the atonement.
The law demands perfection and the law is fulfilled by Jesus Christ.
2007-12-03 03:17:32 · answer #4 · answered by djmantx 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God hates us all. For there is noone without blemish.
2007-12-03 03:15:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
you know the preachers only tell you the good things that happened.they just ignore the rest.
2007-12-03 03:10:52 · answer #6 · answered by Pariah 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Apparently we are all God's people - but some moreso than others.
2007-12-03 03:09:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
god doesn't exist.
2007-12-03 10:33:10 · answer #8 · answered by ;) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋