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Let’s Practice…

1. The high priest wore fancy clothing on the Day of Atonement. True False

2. On the Day of Atonement, a goat was left in the wilderness. True False

3. Israel was allowed to offer sacrifices anywhere in the country. True False

4. The Day of Atonement was the second time each year when the priest entered the Holy of Holies.
True False
5. The word “Sabbath” means “rest.” True False

6. The Sabbath year required people not to plant crops for an entire year. True False

7. The Year of Jubilee came in the forty-ninth year. True False

8. During the Year of Jubilee, property was returned to people who had sold it. True False

9. God promised rain and good crops if the people were obedient. True False

10. Anyone could make a special vow of an animal or property to the Lord. True False

Let’s get Personal…

The need for forgiveness is universal and personal. All cultures, even those untouched by the Bible, have
customs developed to rid a people group of the taint of sin. Every person has been given a conscience that
records words and deeds, that speaks with an accusing tone of hurtful words and deeds.

Dyak elders [in Borneo] watch in a huddle as craftsmen apply the finishing touches to a
miniature boat. The craftsmen hand the boat to the elders, who bear it carefully to the
edge of the river near their village. While the entire population watches, an elder selects
two chickens from the village flock. Checking to make sure both chickens are healthy, he
slays one chicken and sprinkles its blood along the shore. The other chicken is tethered
alive to one end of the deck of the little boat.
Someone else brings a small lantern, ties it to the opposite end of the deck, and
lights it. At this point, each resident of the village approaches the little boat in turn and
places something else, something invisible, upon the deck, midway between the shining
lantern and the living chicken. Ask a Dyak what he has placed between the lantern and the
chicken, and he will reply, “Dsoaku!” (my sin).
When every resident has placed his or her dosa upon the little boat, villagers raise
it carefully from the ground and wade out into the river. Then they release the boat into
the current. As it drifts downstream, Dyaks watching from the shore grow tense. Elders
stand chest-deep in the river, holding their breath. If the little boat drifts back to shore, or
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