APRIL 3, 2022 Leviticus 16:34 This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel, for all their sins, once a year. Today, I’d like to focus on the word “everlasting” and consider what it means. In my simplistic mind it means that something is intended to last forever — […]
APRIL 2, 2022 Leviticus 16:29-30 This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you. For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all […]
April 1, 2022 Leviticus 16:29-30 This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you. For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all […]
MARCH 31, 2022 Leviticus 16:23 Then Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of meeting, shall take off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there. There are several examples of how different articles, once used in the Sanctuary, are forever regarded as holy. Obviously, the furnishings […]
MARCH 30, 2022 Leviticus 16:21 Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable […]
MARCH 29, 2022 Leviticus 16:8-9 Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the Lord’s lot fell and offer it as a sin offering. As I said in the previous devotional, Jewish tradition teaches that each of the goats used […]
MARCH 28, 2022 Leviticus 16:8-9 Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the Lord’s lot fell and offer it as a sin offering. After presenting a sin offering for himself and his household, the next step in the service […]
MARCH 27, 2022 Leviticus 16:6 Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house. It is important to see that, before the earthly High Priest could make atonement for the people, it was necessary that he acknowledge his own transgressions — and in a very […]
MARCH 26, 2022 Leviticus 16:8 Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat. While there are certain elements of the Yom Kippur service that occurred frequently throughout the year, there are other elements that were performed only on this day and at no other […]
MARCH 25, 2022 Leviticus 16:4 He shall put the holy linen tunic and the linen trousers on his body; he shall be girded with a linen sash, and with the linen turban he shall be attired. These are holy garments. It is understood that the High Priest had two different types of garments. The first set of garments […]
MARCH 24, 2022 Leviticus 14:1-2 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “This shall be the law of the leper for the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest.” Jewish tradition teaches that, if and when a leper was cleansed, he was to appear before the priest in an appointed place outside the camp — […]
MARCH 23, 2022 Leviticus 16:2 And the Lord said to Moses: “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.” This and the ensuing three chapters in Leviticus begin what is commonly called, […]
