Chapter 3—A Life Changing Lottery
Questions to Discuss of Think About
1. Why was Eli so thrilled to be chosen to perform the incense sacrifice in the temple?
2. Every day for years and years, the incense ceremony was performed in the Holy Place.
Why do you think there were so many hundreds of priests? How did someone become a priest? (There is a clue in Chapter 1)
Activities
1. Find out more about what the priests did in the temple on line or in books.
Look up http://www.templeinstitute.org/day_in_life/24_shifts.htm. for a detailed description of what the priests did each day in the temple. To find the portion about the incense ceremony, google http://www.templeinstitute.org/day_in_life/once.htm. This will take you to page #67. P. 67-76 details the incense ceremony.
2. The making of the incense for the incense sacrifice was a family secret! Read about this on p. 63-64 of a "Day in the Life of a Priest" at the website listed above.
3. Find out more about the temple itself.
This is an excellent book with overlays and good descriptions:
Rose Guide to the Temple by Randall Price, published by Rose Publishing, Inc., Torrance, CA.
This book features photographs of an authentic temple model based on the Bible, archaeological discoveries, and ancient texts and writers:
The Kregel Pictorial Guide to The Temple by Robert Backhouse published by Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids, MI.
Creative Writing
Using knowledge gained from your research about priests and the temple; write a diary of one priest and what his tasks were for one day of temple service. (http://www.templeinstitute.org/day_in_life/24_shifts.htm is a good place to get information.)
Questions to Discuss of Think About
1. Why was Eli so thrilled to be chosen to perform the incense sacrifice in the temple?
2. Every day for years and years, the incense ceremony was performed in the Holy Place.
Why do you think there were so many hundreds of priests? How did someone become a priest? (There is a clue in Chapter 1)
Activities
1. Find out more about what the priests did in the temple on line or in books.
Look up http://www.templeinstitute.org/day_in_life/24_shifts.htm. for a detailed description of what the priests did each day in the temple. To find the portion about the incense ceremony, google http://www.templeinstitute.org/day_in_life/once.htm. This will take you to page #67. P. 67-76 details the incense ceremony.
2. The making of the incense for the incense sacrifice was a family secret! Read about this on p. 63-64 of a "Day in the Life of a Priest" at the website listed above.
3. Find out more about the temple itself.
This is an excellent book with overlays and good descriptions:
Rose Guide to the Temple by Randall Price, published by Rose Publishing, Inc., Torrance, CA.
This book features photographs of an authentic temple model based on the Bible, archaeological discoveries, and ancient texts and writers:
The Kregel Pictorial Guide to The Temple by Robert Backhouse published by Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids, MI.
Creative Writing
Using knowledge gained from your research about priests and the temple; write a diary of one priest and what his tasks were for one day of temple service. (http://www.templeinstitute.org/day_in_life/24_shifts.htm is a good place to get information.)