MAY 10, 2022 Leviticus 22:10 No outsider shall eat the holy offering; one who dwells with the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat the holy thing. In the Sanctuary, anything that was considered holy could not be used for any common purpose. For instance, the shovels and pans used to gather the coals from the altar […]
MAY 9, 2022 Leviticus 22:1-2 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Aaron and his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they do not profane My holy name by what they dedicate to Me.” Pursuant to the command we read in the previous devotion, this command emphasizes the need for the […]
MAY 8, 2022 Leviticus 21:16 Speak to Aaron, saying: “No man of your descendants in succeeding generations, who has any defect, may approach to offer the bread of his God.” On the surface, this sounds pretty harsh because, after all, who is the One who creates man? Why would He allow someone to be born with a defect and […]
MAY 7, 2022 Leviticus 21:10-12 He who is the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was poured and who is consecrated to wear the garments … shall not go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord. Needless […]
MAY 6, 2022 Leviticus 21:8 Therefore you shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the Lord, who sanctify you, am holy. Though it is not clearly stated in this verse, rabbinic sources interpret this verse to say that being consecrated to “offer the bread of your God,” the priests […]
MAY 5, 2022 Leviticus 21:1-2, 4 Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: “None shall defile himself for the dead among his people, except for his relatives who are nearest to him … Otherwise he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.” On many occasions, God reminds Israel […]
MAY 4, 2022 Leviticus 20:6-7 And the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God. Like many of you, when I was a kid, I was fascinated with monster […]
MAY 3, 2022 Leviticus 20:4-5 And if the people of the land should in any way hide their eyes from the man, when he gives some of his descendants to Molech, and they do not kill him, then I will set My face against that man and against his family; and I will cut him off from his […]
MAY 2, 2022 Leviticus 20:2-3 Whoever of the children of Israel … gives any of his descendants to Molech, he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones. I will set My face against that man, and will cut him off from his people, because he has given some of his descendants to Molech, […]
May 1, 2022 Leviticus 19:35-36 You shall do no injustice in judgment, in measurement of length, weight, or volume. You shall have honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Most likely, you’ve heard the expression “he had his thumb on the […]
APRIL 30, 2022 Leviticus 19:33-34 And if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. No body likes being the […]
APRIL 29, 2022 Leviticus 19:32 You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the Lord. Not only does Scripture instruct us to honor our parents, “that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth” (Ephesians 6:3), but we are also instructed […]
