Guiding Questions: Leviticus 24

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. What is the “neyr tamid?”
  2. Based upon Leviticus 24:3, does it burn 24 hours a day or does it burn from evening to morning?
  3. And, according to Leviticus 24:4, where is this “eternal light” to be?
  4. What is the function of the “hallot” which are described in Leviticus 24:5-6?
  5. And, when are they to be placed?
  6. Who actually consumes these hallot?
  7. Who are the combatants described in Leviticus 24:10 in terms of their ancestry?
  8. The curse mentioned in Leviticus 24:11 is a curse of whom or what?
  9. Why would the name of the mother and the tribe be set forth?
  10. Was there immediate appreciation of what should be done with the individual who had the curse?
  11. In Leviticus 24:14, all of those who heard the curse are to place their hands on the curser prior to his punishment. Why might this be done?
  12. What is the difference, according to Leviticus 24:15-16 between one who curses a “godlet” and one who curses “Divinity?”
  13. How does Leviticus 24:17 relate to the preceding passage—and is there any qualification as to the nature of the killing in this sentence?
  14. Leviticus 24:19-20 deal with one who has injured another. How is Leviticus 24:20 to be read, and how was it read subsequently in interpretation?
  15. Why, in Leviticus 24:21, would there be a repetition of that which is set forth in Leviticus 24:17-18?
  16. Is there any distinction in capital punishment between the Israelite and the stranger?
  17. According to Leviticus 24:23, what became of the one who cursed—and was there any question as to the legislation set forth?

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