From Leviticus 26-27 The book of Leviticus has its own version of covenant blessings and curses. These provided incentives for keeping the covenant and warnings against spurning the LORD. Israel failed to keep the covenant [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 24-25 Fellow Israelites who fell on hard times were in potentially dire situations. They could starve to death. Not a good way to go. During this time they were vulnerable to exploitation. In [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 22-23 This chapter describes a number of festivals to the LORD. The Sabbath (Lev 23.3), the Passover (Lev 23.4-8), the Feast of Firstfruits (Lev 23.9-14), the Feast of Weeks (Lev 23.15-22), the Feast [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 19-21 God commands his people to be holy, because he is holy. This chapter demonstrates that holiness is much more than ritual purity. It is displayed in every corner of practical life. Holiness [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 16-18 Yom Kippur, better known as the day of atonement is the most important day in the religious calendar of Israel. On that day the high priest entered the Holy of Holies of [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 14-15 Bodily discharges are not the kind of topic that attract many mouse clicks. However they are a part of life and today we learn a little bit about how they were handled [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 11-13 Skin diseases were a serious condition in Israel. Those with skin diseases were treated like they were the living dead. To be avoided at all costs. People with these conditions were banished [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 8-10 Today’s passage describes the very first sacrificial ritual of Aarons priesthood. In it the LORD gives them a command to sacrifice that he may appear to them in glory. In the same [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 5-7 The sacrificial system was the means by which the Levites received food and were provided for. Parts of the offerings they kept for food. This post is part of my bible in [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 1-4 The Levitical priests were trained butchers. They cut up animals. Blood poured and went everywhere. Cutting up and burning animals was part of Jewish life. Cutting up and burning animals was part [ Read More … ]