Leviticus

The Ram of Ordination and Qualifying the Priests to Eat Sacrifices

“…The leper is first invited to return to the camp after having been excluded from it for a long period, and only then to the altar and the tabernacle: 'He may freely enter the sanctuary, partake of sacred food, and participate in all of the rituals and festivals incumbent upon the Israelites'. 37 Something similar happens with the priests, although there is a difference between the two ceremonies that reveals the difference between these two actions. The blood of the ram of ordination is placed on the priests twice, and the second time it is taken from the altar and sprinkled on the priests (Lev 8.30), a ritual that is missing from the leper's procedure.…”

Market design, economic efficiency, and game theory for spectrum auctions

“…Myers, Geoffrey (2023) Spectrum Auctions: Designing markets to benefit the public, industry and the economy, London: LSE Press, pp. [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.spa.c.…”

Bloodless "Atonement": An Exegetical, Ritual, and Theological Analysis of Leviticus 5:11–13

“…40 The offenders are forgiven because of internal remorse, but they still need forgiveness because their violation contaminated the sanctuary. 41 In Milgrom's view, therefore, severe impurities and sinful behavior produce impurity that contaminates the sanctuary, which requires a process of purification effected by the rituals involved in the ‫חטאת‬ offering. There is a problem, however, when we come to Leviticus 4-5: impurity is never mentioned.…”

“…111 Once the impurity is eliminated, the pars pro toto principle works the other way as well, so that the blood that is still in contact with sancta becomes pure. 112 Although Milgrom explains that the view of impurity as a miasma that is attracted to the realm of the sacred was common among Israel and her neighbors, 113 he never explains explicitly, neither does the Priestly legislation, why blood is able to absorb impurity. 114 That is why Schwartz and Gilders propose that the blood, instead of absorbing the impurity and the sin, simply eliminates it.…”