page_title: Shemini (parsha)
section_title: Leviticus chapter 9
hierarchical_section_title: Shemini (parsha) / In inner-Biblical interpretation / Leviticus chapter 9
caption_attribution_description: العربية: 12 change me! الكتاب المقدس التوضيح من الكتاب من الفصل Беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎: Біблійная ілюстрацыя да First Book of Kings, разьдзел 12 Deutsch: Biblische Darstellung Buch change me! Kapitel 12 Ελληνικά: Βιβλική εικονογράφηση του βιβλίου της change me! Κεφάλαιο 12 English: Biblical illustration of First Book of Kings Chapter 12 Español: Ilustración bíblica de libro del change me!, capítulo 12 Français&#160;: Illustration biblique du livre de la First Book of Kings chapitre 12 עברית: 12 האיור המקראי של change me! פרק हिन्दी: {{{hi}}} अध्याय change me! की पुस्तक की बाइबिल चित्रण Bahasa Indonesia: Ilustrasi Alkitab dari First Book of Kings pasal 12 Italiano: Illustrazione biblica del libro della change me! Capitolo 12 日本語: change me!12章の本の聖書の実例 Jawa: Ilustrasi Alkitab saking First Book of Kings pasal 12 한국어: change me! 12 장 장부의 성경 그림 Bahasa Melayu: Ilustrasi Alkitab dari First Book of Kings pasal 12 Nederlands: Bijbelse illustratie van change me! hoofdstuk 12 Português: Ilustração bíblica do Livro de change me!, capítulo 12 Русский: Библейские иллюстрации First Book of Kings Глава 12 中文: 圣经change me!第12章的书籍插图
context_page_description: Shemini, Sh'mini, or Shmini is the 26th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Leviticus. Parashah Shemini tells of the consecration of the Tabernacle, the deaths of Nadab and Abihu, and the dietary laws of kashrut. The parashah constitutes Leviticus 9:1–11:47. It is made up of 4,670 Hebrew letters, 1,238 Hebrew words, 91 verses, and 157 lines in a Torah Scroll.
  Jews read it the 25th or 26th Sabbath after Simchat Torah, in late March or April. In years when the first day of Passover falls on a Sabbath, Jews in Israel and Reform Jews read the parashah following Passover one week before Conservative and Orthodox Jews in the Diaspora, in such years, Jews in Israel and Reform Jews celebrate Passover for seven days and thus read the next parashah on the Sabbath one week after the first day of Passover, while Conservative and Orthodox Jews in the Diaspora celebrate Passover for eight days and read the next parashah one week later, in some such years, the two calendars realign when Conservative and Orthodox Jews in the Diaspora read Behar together with Bechukotai while Jews in Israel and Reform Jews read them separately.
context_section_description: This is the pattern of instruction and construction of the Tabernacle and its furnishings:
  Professor Gordon Wenham, formerly of Queen's University Belfast and Cheltenham College, noted that the phrase "as the Lord commanded Moses" or a similar phrase "recurs with remarkable frequency" in Leviticus 8–10, appearing in Leviticus 8:4, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 29, 34, 36; 9:6, 7, 10, 21; 10:7, 13, and 15.
  In Leviticus 9:23–24, the Presence of the Lord appeared to the people and fire came forth and consumed the sacrifices on the altar. God also showed approval by sending fire in Judges 13:15–21 upon the birth of Samson, in 2 Chronicles 7:1 upon the dedication of Solomon's Temple, and in 1 Kings 18:38 at Elijah's contest with the prophets of Baal.
caption: Jeroboam made two calves of gold. (1984 illustration by Jim Padgett, courtesy of Distant Shores Media/Sweet Publishing)
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