APRIL 13, 2022 Leviticus 18:30 Therefore, you shall keep My ordinance, so that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the Lord your God. In the previous verses, the Bible makes it clear that the land of Israel cannot tolerate the type of activities described as being […]
APRIL 12, 2022 Leviticus 18:24-25 Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you. For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants. The land that God brought Israel into was a land […]
APRIL 11, 2022 Leviticus 18:7 The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. Admittedly, there are some things in Scripture that make you go “Hmmm.” Some things Scripture addresses can be a bit embarrassing to read, much less discuss, in mixed company. Nevertheless, the Creator is well aware […]
APRIL 10, 2022 Leviticus 8:6 None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness: I am the Lord. Beginning with this verse, the text begins to address what we will refer to as forbidden relationships. The expression “uncover his nakedness” alludes to the principle of honor and shame but is […]
APRIL 9, 2022 Leviticus 18:5 You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the Lord. There is an unfortunate misconception within mainstream Christianity that the laws God set forth in the Old Testament are debilitating and not conducive to life. The reality is its man’s […]
APRIL 8, 2022 Leviticus 18:1-2 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘I am the Lord your God. According to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not […]
APRIL 7, 2022 Leviticus 17:11-12 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. Therefore, I said to the children of Israel, “No one among you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger who dwells among you […]
APRIL 6, 2022 Leviticus 17:11-12 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. Therefore, I said to the children of Israel, “No one among you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger who dwells among you […]
APRIL 5, 2022 Leviticus 17:7 They shall no more offer their sacrifices to demons, after whom they have played the harlot. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations. Pursuant to what was discussed in the previous devotion, I want to address another aspect of why God insisted sacrifices were to be brought to the […]
APRIL 4, 2022 Leviticus 17:3-4 Whatever man of the house of Israel who kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp, and does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting to offer an offering to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord, the guilt of bloodshed shall be imputed […]
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 […]
