Trusting in God
Israel as a nation was to trust in God for everything. The kings were not to build fortifications an... Read More
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Week 6
On the Day of Atonement, after making the initial atonement sacrifices for himself and the people, Aaron would lay his hands on the "scapegoat", confess the sins of Israel "and put them on the goat's head" (Leviticus 16:20-22). He would then have the goat released in the wilderness. One goat was sacrificed and one goat was the scapegoat. Not only did God provide forgiveness for the sins of Israel (sacrifice paid penalty), He removed their guilt by transferring their blame and shame to the scapegoat. Read More
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Two Turtledoves
"Two Turtledoves" gets branded into our minds by The Twelve Days of Christmas, yet Leviticus 12 show... Read More
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Leviticus - Focus on Holiness
The first five books of the Bible - the Pentateuch - work together to present a more complete view o... Read More
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Spotlight on God's Grace
Although we find records of other "moral codes" from other cultures around the time of Moses, the Mo... Read More
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Week 5
Nadab & Abihu offer unauthorized (strange) fire before the LORD. Even after their elaborate ordination to the priesthood (or maybe because of it) and all the detailed instruction as to how God is to be approached and how God is to be worshipped, they decided to worship God on their own terms and approach him in a way THEY decided was best for them. Read More
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