The People of God of the First Covenant “Sacraments”

Water Rituals Leviticus 14:8; 15:1-21; 11: Kings 7:23-26 Numbers 5:11-31 Numbers 19:1-22; 31:21-24

Rituals of Initiation Genesis 17:9-27; Joshua 5:2-7; Leviticus 12:1-5; cf. Exodus 12:4, Genesis 17:2; Leviticus 12:3 Genesis 17:5 Genesis 34:14-24

Ritual Meals Leviticus 11; Deuteronomy 14 Deuteronomy 12:3; Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 17:14 Leviticus 7:11-14 Genesis 26:28-30; 31:43-54 Exodus 24:9-11; cf. Deuteronomy 12:6-7; 14: Exodus 12; Numbers 28:16-25; Deuteronomy 16:1-8

Ritual Sacrifices Leviticus 1; Numbers 28-29; Leviticus 12:6, 8; 14:19, 22; 15:15; 30; 16:24 Leviticus 3; 7:31-34, 15; 19:6-8 –Leviticus 7:11-18 [cf. Psalm 107; 2 Samuel 15:7-8] –Exodus 29: 19-28, 31-34; Leviticus 8:22-29, Leviticus 4 – 5:13 Leviticus 5:14-6:7 Leviticus 2

Atonement Rituals See above: –Holocaust as atonement ritual –Purification (“sin”) offering as atonement ritual –Guilt offering as atonement ritual

Healing Rituals Psalms 32, 38, 88, 91 Isaiah 38 Prayer of Hezekiah

Funeral Rituals Deuteronomy 21:23; 1 Kings 14:10-14; 2 Kings 9:34-37; 2 Samuel 21:10-14 Genesis 46:4 2 Samuel 3:31-32; Job 21:33; Ecclesiastes 12:5; Jeremiah 9:17; Amos 5:16 Leviticus 19:27-28; Deuteronomy 14:1 1 Samuel 28:14; Isaiah 14:11; Ezechiel 32:27

Marriage Rituals Genesis 2:21-24; 29:15-30; 16:1-2: Deuteronomy 21:15 Genesis 24:4; 28:2; 34:12; Exodus 22:16 Song of Songs 3:11 (cf. Isaiah 61:10); 1 Maccabees 9:37-39; Isaiah 61:10; Genesis 29:23-25; Song of Songs 4:1 Jeremiah 16:9; Judges 14:12

Ordination Rituals See: conditions for admission for each of the structural elements of the People of God of the First Covenant