Leviticus 17 & 18
I skipped my post yesterday, so I’ll do two today–made easier by the fact that Leviticus 17 is pretty short. We’re informed that “If any man of the house of Israel kills an ox or a lamb or a goat in...
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Today we get more into the little stuff that God tells you to do in Leviticus. This is the stuff that, when I was in high school, I dismissed with trite “goodbye poly blends” and “why do you love...
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We’re covering some familiar ground here, so I think I’m just going to make a table of what all is happening: CrimePunishment Giving a child to MolechStoned by the people; God will "set my face against...
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This chapter doesn’t apply to most people. It’s all about the priesthood. “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them that none of them shall defile himself for the dead among his...
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Bet you thought I wasn’t doing my Bible read anymore, and I’d just replaced it by bro-ing out, right? WRONG. But the thing is we’re fully in the Leviticus weeds now. The first part of Leviticus 22 is...
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Leviticus, I will finish you someday. The New Testament is absolutely gripping in comparison to this, guys, I just gotta say. God tells us about the Sabbath: “Six days shall work be done; but on the...
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Leviticus 24
Talking to my good friend Kate Layzer at church today, I mentioned that I was feeling like Leviticus was grinding me down in a way that I hadn’t expected. I had thought I’d feel beaten by the various...
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So it turns out that we’re not just supposed to recognize the Sabbath each week. We actually have to rest the land once every seven years. “Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall...
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It’s been awhile since I did the Bible, but here I am, chugging along, still in Leviticus, but there’s some good news: there’s only 27 chapters of Leviticus! I’m almost there! God reminds everyone not...
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You know, when yesterday I said “sounds like God’s done talking to Moses, I wonder what’s in Leviticus 27?” I didn’t think the answer would be “actually, some more stuff about how to make offerings.”...
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