JUNE 14, 2022 Leviticus 26:11-12 I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you. I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people. When God delivered Israel from Egypt, He did so to free them from the yoke of slavery so they could walk as […]
JUNE 13, 2022 Leviticus 26:7-8 You will chase your enemies, and they shall fall by the sword before you. Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall by the sword before you. As we have mentioned previously, there are many who […]
JUNE 12, 2022 Leviticus 26:5 Your threshing shall last till the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last till the time of sowing; you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. This passage conveys the message that, when God’s people walk in obedience, they will experience bountiful crops. The […]
JUNE 11, 2022 Leviticus 26:6 I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none will make you afraid; I will rid the land of evil beasts, and the sword will not go through your land. Obedience to God brings so much more than temporal blessings. Yes, it is nice to have rain to water the earth […]
JUNE 10, 2022 Leviticus 26:3-4 If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them, then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. In Hebrew, this chapter is known as tochacha — literally “warning” because, similarly […]
JUNE 9, 2022 Leviticus 24:47-48 Now if a sojourner or stranger close to you becomes rich, and one of your brethren who dwells by him becomes poor, and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner close to you, or to a member of the stranger’s family, after he is sold he may be redeemed again. As we shared in the previous […]
JUNE 8, 2022 Leviticus 24:47-48 Now if a sojourner or stranger close to you becomes rich, and one of your brethren who dwells by him becomes poor, and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner close to you, or to a member of the stranger’s family, after he is sold he may be redeemed again. In Jewish thought, the ultimate degradation […]
JUNE 7, 2022 Leviticus 25:39-40 And if one of your brethren who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave. As a hired servant and a sojourner he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the Year of Jubilee. Slavery, as we perceive it, is fundamentally evil and so how […]
JUNE 6, 2022 Leviticus 25:36-37 Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you. You shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit. In keeping with the message from the previous devotion, the Bible tells us that we are […]
JUNE 5, 2022 Leviticus 25:35 If one of your brethren becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you, then you shall help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you. In a previous devotion, we mentioned that, in Judaism, the highest form of charity is to step in and help someone before […]
JUNE 3, 2022 Leviticus 25:18-19 So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; and you will dwell in the land in safety. Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill, and dwell there in safety. The beauty of these verses is revealed in the fact that, during the […]
JUNE 2, 2022 Leviticus 25:13-14 In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his possession. And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor’s hand, you shall not oppress one another. In Rabbinical thinking, the laws of the Jubilee imply certain things about those who had lost their inheritance. Specifically, […]
