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 […]
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 […]