Similar to the 10 commandments, the offerings prescribed in the first seven chapters of Leviticus start with righting wrongs that were done to God, and then move on to relationships with others. Quite interesting to me is that (Leviticus 6) when we do something against a neighbor, we need to make restitution. Payback.   Makes me think of the question asked Jesus from a guy who was trying to nitpick to death what Jesus was saying, his question was, “Who is my neighbor?” That g

As a reread through the first chapters of Leviticus, it dawns on me just how much God really likes certain smells. Almost all of the offerings mentioned in these chapters are a sweet aroma unto the Lord.   And if we turn the page to the New Testament, we find that:   God likes how you and Marcos smell For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,  to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from

The grain offering initiated in Leviticus 2, was just prior to the Million Man March in the desert that lasted 40 years (I am exaggerating for the sake of alliteration, it was probably closer to 600,000 people).   The priests got to eat part of this offering which also had frankincense in it. I didn’t know that stuff was edible. I suppose if I can eat turmeric, they can eat frankincense.     The grain offering was all about thankfulness and worship. So when the writer of Hebr

The grain offering (Leviticus 2) is interesting in that the word used in the Hebrew has no connection to grain. “Minchahs” were gifts people gave to higher-ups, like kings, often a tribute.   Abel’s sacrifice was a minchah to God, yet if either of the rival brothers had grain in his offering, it would have been Cain.   The fat foreign king who ruled Israel for a time, received a minchah from Israel (Judges 3:15). David, and Salomon, were given minchahs. All of them grainless

Moses opens the book the Levitus interestingly enough.   Now the Lord called to Moses and spoke to him… Lev 1.1   If God called to me, you can be sure I would not be talking in the third person. I’d say, “You want to know something super cool? God called ME!”   But Moses, right from the opening curtain of his account, seems to know that this is something  bigger than him. It’s not about Moses, it is about God.     I need to remember it is not about Marcos. It is about God.

(continued from yesterday)   So, let’s fast forward 1475 years (approx.) from Leviticus 5.1 to 1.8 in the book of Acts, and connect the dots.   Leviticus, as we saw yesterday, tells us that if there is a declaration of the need for a person to testify about a matter, and you were a a witness to whatever needs to be testified about, if you choose to take the easy route and say nothing, you are blowing it big time.   Big time.   Jesus said, just before taking a cloud ride upwar

Let’s suppose that you witness a shooting, and opt to keep your mouth shut. And then the police department asks that if anyone has information on the incident, please call this number: 1-800-WITNESS.   Leviticus 5.1 speaks to us about this very matter:   If anyone sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his iniquity…     So, if you have seen, heard, or e

Leviticus 5 opens up talking about people who commit certain wrongs, and it is hidden from them. Hmmm, says I, how do I do it and manage to hide it from myself? I’d have to be a pretty creative sinner.   For example, 5.4 says if anyone utters with his lips a rash oath…and it is hidden from him…   I said something and it is hidden from me?   Maybe, rather than “hidden,” I simply forgot about it? Again, a touch of creativity as I comfortably told myself, “Self, don’t remind me.

The grain offerings are pretty powerful, holy-wise. Some flour, with oil and frankincense. Burnt on the altar. Any of Aaron’s sons may eat of it. And whatever touches it becomes holy.   Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as decreed forever throughout your generations, from the Lord’s food offerings. Whatever touches them shall become holy. Lev 6.18   The holy spirit of God has touched us.

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OK I see some light. My friend Scott helped me see that there is a difference, in these early chapters of Levitucus (specifically chapter...

As I read through the names attached to the different offerings, I do not grasp how the name fits the offering. For example, we have...

Leviticus chapter four tells us about sin offerings. It mentions that if the priest sins, he brings guilt on the people.   If it is the...

The peace offering (Lev 3) is distinct from other offerings in that some of it becomes a meal. A meal for the priest and his family, and...

When I was a hippie, I would sometimes pick up a Bible and look for the “good parts.” Leviticus chapter 3 would have been so defined,...

Leviticus, chapter two. To be taken with a grain of salt.   I think we are finding five grain offerings here. We will stick to the...

First of all, I stand corrected (thank you, Dwight), yesterday I failed to mention the “provided lamb” that Abraham offered in Genesis...

Leviticus opens up talking about burnt offerings. I find three variations, I will call them Burnt A Burnt B Burnt C   But before we eat...

My Bible’s introduction to Leviticus tells me that the first seven chapters are about the sacrifices that Israel was to put into...

Hello again, after too many museless days. Just been playing a lot of catch up. Al is well.     And God has inspired him to teach, both...