First Calvary Baptist Church of Rock Hill SC
Adult Bible Study Questions on the Book of Leviticus

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The Burnt Offering - Leviticus 1:1-17
Topics:  Atonement, Gifts, Holiness, Sacrifice

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1. What type of flower smells best to you?

2. *How do you prepare for important meetings or gatherings?

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3. Where did the Lord speak to Moses? (1:1)

4. From where are animals for the offering to be brought? (1:2)

5. What type of animal from the herd does the Lord require for an offering? (1:3)

6. *What was the purpose of the burnt offering? (1:4)

7. Where was the blood of a young bull to be sprinkled? (1:5)

8. *How was the burnt offering to be prepared? (1:6)

9. *Who was in charge of preparing the offering on the altar? (1:7-8)

10. What is said to be pleasing to the Lord? (1:9)

11. What type of animal from the flock did the Lord require for an offering? (1:10)

12. Where was an offering from the flock supposed to be slaughtered? (1:11)

13. Who arranged the cut pieces of the sacrifice? (1:12)

14. What part of the sacrifice was supposed to be washed? (1:13)

15. What types of birds were to be made for a burnt offering? (1:14)

16. How was a bird supposed to be prepared for sacrifice? (1:15-17)

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17. What types of personal sacrifices are difficult for you to make?

18. What does a person usually feel when everyone else is prepared for an event except him or her?

19. What might be a few reasons God gives such specific details in preparing sacrifices?

20. What are some ways we can please God today?

21. How are we sometimes reluctant to give God our very best?

22. *What are examples of when we don’t do things wholeheartedly?

23. *How important was it for the priests to be thoroughly prepared in offering sacrifices?

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24. *How can you give God your very best this week in all you do?

25. What is something you can sacrifice today that others will benefit from?

The Grain Offering - Leviticus 2:1-16
Topics:  Covenant, Fruit, Honor, Remembering, Respect
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1. When you go to a restaurant, how do you like your food prepared?

2. *What kinds of gifts have you received that you never really wanted?

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3. What type of grain offering did the Lord want to receive? (2:1)

4. *Who was supposed to present the offering to God? (2:2)

5. Who received the remainder of the grain offering? (2:3)

6. Of what were baked grain offerings to consist? (2:4)

7. How was a grain offering made on a griddle supposed to be prepared? (2:5-6)

8. Of what were grain offerings cooked in a pan to be made? (2:7)

9. Where was the priest supposed to take the grain offerings? (2:8)

10. *What was produced from the grain offering that is pleasing to the Lord? (2:9)

11. What was the most holy part of the offering? (2:10)

12. What ingredients were not supposed to be in a grain offering? (2:11)

13. For what purpose could honey or yeast be brought to the Lord? (2:12)

14. How were all the grain offerings to be seasoned? (2:13)

15. If a grain offering of firstfruits was brought to the Lord, how was it prepared? (2:14-15)

16. *What was added to the grain offerings? (2:16)

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17. *How was God pleased by the Israelites’ bringing offerings to Him?

18. *What does this passage say about presenting offerings that are like pleasing fragrances?

19. How is it that things that come into contact with God become holy?

20. How does the verse "Man does not live bread alone" (see Luke 4:4) relate to the grain offering here?

21. What is a popular perfume in stores today?

22. What is the purpose of a pleasing fragrance?

23. In what ways can our lives be a pleasing offering to the Lord?

24. How can our lives be a fragrance to people who don’t know Christ?

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25. *In what specific way can you do something that you know pleases God this week?

26. How can your life be a gift to others day by day?

The Fellowship Offering - Leviticus 3:1-17
Topics:  Fellowship, Law, Preparation, Sacrifice
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1. *How do you like your steak cooked?

2. What do you do to stay in good physical shape?

3. What is your favorite type of fatty food?

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4. How was a fellowship animal presented to the Lord? (3:1)

5. Where was a fellowship animal to be slaughtered? (3:2)

6. *From where was the fat of the animal removed? (3:3-4)

7. Who was responsible to burn the fat at the altar? (3:5)

8. What type of lamb was to be presented to the Lord? (3:6-7)

9. Where were Aaron’s sons supposed to sprinkle the blood of the lamb? (3:8)

10. *What parts of the lamb were cut off as part of the fellowship offering? (3:9-10)

11. What was the offering considered to be on the altar? (3:11)

12. What happened when a goat was offered to the Lord? (3:12-13)

13. What organs were burned in the fire to the Lord? (3:14-15)

14. *What part of the offering belonged to the Lord? (3:16)

15. The Israelites were commanded not to eat what parts of the fellowship offering? (3:17)

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16. In what way did God not want the Israelites to become lazy when they offered a sacrifice to Him?

17. Why do we live in such a fitness crazed society?

18. *What might be some causes of physical obesity?

19. *How can Christians become spiritually obese?

20. What does this passage teach you about the importance of offering sacrifice to the Lord?

21. Why would God be so concerned about how sacrifices were prepared?

22. How do we become lazy about our diets during the holidays?

23. What are ways we can offer our lives as living sacrifices to God?

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24. *What is a specific way God is calling you to get your heart in spiritual shape this week?

25. What kind of spiritual fat can you ask Jesus to cut away from your life today?

The Sin Offering - Leviticus 4:1-5:13
Topics:  Community, Disobedience, Guilt, Law, Leadership, Sin
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1. What are ways the media takes advantage of public figures?

2. *What makes juicy gossip almost irresistible?

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3. What did the Lord tell Moses to say to the Israelites? (4:1-2)

4. What happened if an anointed priest sinned? (4:3-4)

5. Where was the priest to take the blood of the slaughtered bull? (4:5-6)

6. How was the priest to carry out the remainder of the offering? (4:7-10)

7. What was done with all the rest of the bull? (4:11-12)

8. *Who was responsible if the whole Israelite community sinned unintentionally? (4:13-14)

9. How was the sin offering for the community carried out? (4:15-21)

10. *What happened when a leader sinned unintentionally? (4:22-26)

11. What was the process for a member of the community who sinned unintentionally? (4:27-35)

12. Who is held responsible for not speaking up when hearing a public charge? (5:1)

13. What is considered ceremonially unclean? (5:2-3)

14. What happens when people make careless oaths? (5:4)

15. *What must a person do when he or she discovers that he or she has sinned? (5:5-6)

16. How was a person to present an offering if he or she could not afford a lamb? (5:7-10)

17. What happened if a person could not afford two doves for an offering? (5:11)

18. How could a priest make atonement for a poor person’s sins? (5:12-13)

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19. How does this passage show how the people of Israel were responsible for one another?

20. *How are we alone responsible for the sins we commit?

21. What does today’s church need to learn about being a confessing community?

22. Why do unbelievers call Christians hypocrites?

23. *If we admitted our sins more regularly, how might we be a different people for God?

24. How did God provide forgiveness for the people of Israel?

25. What are the implications in this passage for Christian leaders regarding confession of sin?

26. How can we create an atmosphere of acceptance and forgiveness in our churches?

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27. *How can a humble confession of sin bring you closer to God today?

28. What can you do this week to share with someone the forgiveness you have received in Christ?

The Guilt Offering - Leviticus 5:14-6:7
Topics:  Deceit, Failure, Guilt, Restitution, Swearing, Unfaithfulness
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1. In your opinion what is the worst scandal that has recently hit the news?

2. *If you found a lost wallet filled with cash, why might you return it? not return it?

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3. What did the Lord say to Moses regarding unintentional sin? (5:14-15)

4. *How was restitution to be made by people who have sinned? (5:16)

5. What happened to people who sinned without knowing the Lord’s commands? (5:17)

6. What type of animal was to be offered as a guilt offering for sin? (5:18)

7. Who has been violated when someone commits an unintentional sin? (5:19)

8. *What are some ways people are unfaithful to the Lord? (6:1-3)

9. *What was an Israelite to do when he or she had sinned against another person? (6:4)

10. How were the victims of crime to be repaid for their hardship? (6:5)

11. What was the wrongdoer to bring to the priest as an offering? (6:6)

12. What happened to a wrongdoer who offered sacrifices for his or her sins? (6:7)

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13. Even if you sinned unintentionally, why would be you required to offer sacrifice to the Lord?

14. *How did the laws of restitution protect people from taking advantage of one another?

15. If your neighbor deceived you, how would God’s laws protect you from injustice?

16. How did God’s commands provide wrongdoers the opportunity to receive forgiveness?

17. If we took God’s laws more seriously, how might our world be a different place?

18. How important is it to return things you borrow in good condition?

19. *How would God’s restitution laws motivate the Israelites to be more responsible?

20. What excuses do we make for accepting responsibility for our actions?

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21. How can you be responsible in your attitude and actions this week?

22. *Who is someone you need to forgive today for a wrong he or she did to you?