MAY 28, 2022 Leviticus 24:22 You shall have the same law for the stranger and for one from your own country; for I am the Lord your God. Sandwiched in between the instructions given in relation to the incident we discussed in the previous devotion is the commandment above — one law for all people. Where the congregation of the LORD […]
MAY 27, 2022 Leviticus 24:10 Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and this Israelite woman’s son and a man of Israel fought each other in the camp. This may seem a strange passage to use for the purpose of a devotion and, frankly, considering what we […]
MAY 26, 2022 Leviticus 24:5-6 And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. … You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord. This is, of course, referring to the shewbread, or a better translation would be “the bread of the face (Presence).” These twelve cakes […]
MAY 25, 2022 Leviticus 24:1-2 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Command the children of Israel that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to make the lamps burn continually.” The seven branched lamp stand, the menorah, was to burn perpetually which is to say at all times and without interruption. The […]
MAY 24, 2022 Leviticus 23:42-43 You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. Very often, the Feast of Tabernacles is referred to as the “Season of […]
MAY 23, 2022 Leviticus 23:40 And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. Sukkot, or the Feast of Tabernacles, is known for many things. It is […]
MAY 22, 2022 Leviticus 23:34 Speak to the children of Israel, saying: “The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord.” The seventh of the seven moedim — “appointed times” — is the Feast of Tabernacles, or as it is known in Hebrew, Sukkot. This is the plural form of the […]
MAY 21, 2022 Leviticus 23:27 Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. As I had previously mentioned, the seventh month is to the year what the seventh day is to […]
MAY 20, 2022 Leviticus 23:24 Speak to the children of Israel, saying: “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.” As we discussed in the previous devotion, on the first day of the seventh month, the shofar was sounded in acknowledgment of […]
MAY 19, 2022 Leviticus 23:24 Speak to the children of Israel, saying: “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.” Where the Hebrew calendar is concerned, the seventh month (called Tishri) is to the year what Sabbath is to the week. Three […]
MAY 18, 2022 Leviticus 23:22 When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the Lord your God. Throughout the Scripture, even when discussing those […]
MAY 17, 2022 Leviticus 23:15-16 And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord. The day that this […]