Feb 23, 2025
LEVITICUS 17-18:
Yesterday in Leviticus we learned about
regulations concerning uncleanness caused by bodily discharges of
all kinds. Then we heard the procedures for the high priest to
perform yearly on the day of atonement.
PSALM 19:
Today’s Psalm— Psalm 19, is a famous poem
celebrating the heavens and God's...
Feb 23, 2025
LEVITICUS 15-16:
Yesterday in Leviticus 14 we heard about
sacrifices following the healing of skin diseases and after getting
rid of the diseased infection in a house. Note that the infection
in a house is probably more serious than mildew, which is the word
used in some translations. Did you happen to notice in
that...
Feb 23, 2025
LEVITICUS 14:
After hearing about the serious skin diseases
in Leviticus 13, today we hear of the regulations if someone is
healed from one. Note that these regulations were probably very
seldom performed— until perhaps when Jesus caused a wave of men who
had been healed to come with offerings.
Note that our...
Feb 23, 2025
LEVITICUS 13:
Yesterday in Lev. 11-12, we learned the animals
considered clean and edible, and those that were considered unclean
and detestable. Then we heard about the sacrifices for purification
after a woman gives birth.
PSALM 16:
Today we read Psalm 16. E.C. Olsen says that
the Old Testament is like a sundial. “It...
Feb 23, 2025
Yesterday in Leviticus, Aaron and his sons started their work, and the glory of the Lord was revealed. But right after that Nadab and Abihu died because they offered an unauthorized kind of fire to the Lord.
There are important lessons for us in that story. We will see other stories also were others who wanted to ‘do...