Section Three

A Lasting Ordinance

Lots of verses talk of a ‘lasting ordinance’. In other words, in celebrating festivals and feasts and in repeating certain actions future generations would be reminded of what God had done. 1. The Festival of Unleavened Bread 2. The priests are to keep lamps burning outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant 3. The priestly tradition of wearing specific clothes in the tent of meeting is to be passed down through Aaron’s line 4. Aaron’s descendants are to be the priests 5. The fellowship offering 6. The priests are not to drink wine or any fermented drink when they enter the tent of meeting 7. The community and foreigners are to have the same set of rules to govern them 8. Celebrating the Day of Atonement 9. Not to offer sacrifices to idols 10. Trumpets to be sounded in times of battle and at feasts 11. The Offering of the Firstfruits (a festival) 12. The Festival of Weeks 13. The Day of the Atonement 14. The Festival of Tabernacles 15. The Levites (the tribe who were set aside to serve in temple, priestly or legal roles) are to be provided for financially 16. A heifer is to be sacrificed and water used for the cleansing of sin 17. A cleansing ritual that uses water 18. Solomon vows to build a temple for the purposes of burning incense, setting out consecrated bread and for making burnt offerings - especially at the time of certain feasts 19. As part of the restoration of Israel, the festivals will involve the presentation of a year-old lamb and a grain offering (consisting of a set amount of grain with a set amount of oil)