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, […]
MARCH 22, 2022 Leviticus 13:12-13 And if leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the one who has the sore, from his head to his foot, wherever the priest looks, then the priest shall consider; and indeed if the leprosy has covered all his body, he shall pronounce him clean who has the sore. It has […]
MARCH 21, 2022 Leviticus 13:8 And if the priest sees that the scab has indeed spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy. If Biblical leprosy was not the result of some air-borne bacteria but was the manifestation of a person’s internal corruption, what evil would be the cause for such an affliction? When […]
MARCH 20, 2022 Leviticus 13:2 When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes on the skin of his body like a leprous sore, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests. From a biblical point of view, leprosy […]
MARCH 19, 2022 Leviticus 12:2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying: “If a woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean.” If there are concepts and principles embedded within every command God gave to Israel including, as we have […]
MARCH 18, 2022 Leviticus 11:45 For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. Because He is holy, we are to be holy in emulation of His character and as proper representatives of His kingdom. Even standing alone, this declaration should resonate within […]
MARCH 17, 2022 Leviticus 11:1-3 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth: Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat.’” For many years I have jokingly confessed that, […]
MARCH 16, 2022 Leviticus 10:16-17 Then Moses made careful inquiry about the goat of the sin offering, and there it was—burned up. And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying, “Why have you not eaten the sin offering in a holy place, since it is most holy?” At the very outset of the […]