March 1, 2024
“And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you” (Leviticus 25:10 ESV). Every seven years the Israelites were to keep a Sabbath for the land. God promised to bless their land with such abundance in the sixth year that it
February 26, 2024
“Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy” (Leviticus 19:2 ESV). God explained to Moses the purpose behind the laws of personal conduct for the people of Israel, namely: Holiness. The Hebrew word for “holy” is “qadosh”
February 25, 2024
“So keep my charge never to practice any of these abominable customs that were practiced before you, and never to make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 18:30 ESV). Leviticus 18:1-30 essentially expands on the 7th commandment, which is “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” (Ex. 20:14). Much of the book
February 24, 2024
“Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat” (Leviticus 16:2 ESV). The Lord told Moses to tell his brother, Aaron,
February 23, 2024
“He shall take the live bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water” (Leviticus 14:6 ESV). Why does God’s Word contain laws concerning leprosy? The laws in Leviticus are in three categories:
February 21, 2024
“And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering” (Leviticus 12:8 ESV). The law for the purification of a woman who had given birth to a male child called for the child to be circumcised on
February 20, 2024
‘And Aaron said to Moses, “Behold, today they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, and yet such things as these have happened to me! If I had eaten the sin offering today, would the Lord have approved?” And when Moses heard that, he approved’ (Leviticus 10:20 ESV). At the
February 16, 2024
“And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the Lord’s” (Leviticus 3:16 ESV). The priests were to burn the fat off of the offering as a sweet aroma to the LORD. Although a portion of the offering belonged to the priests for their
February 24, 2023
“He will lay both of his hands on the goat’s head and confess over it all the wickedness, rebellion, and sins of the people of Israel. In this way, he will transfer the people’s sins to the head of the goat” (Leviticus 16:21 NLT). Two male goats were offered by the high priest as a
February 19, 2023
“Then he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head, anointing him and making him holy for his work” (Leviticus 8:12 NLT). Moses consecrated the Tabernacle with all its implements, “sprinkling” them with the special anointing oil as the Lord commanded. Then, he washed Aaron and his sons with water, clothed him in priestly