Leviticus

A couple things that may help with this chapter. One of the key questions that comes to mind is, why do we see having children as a blessing all over in Scripture and yet it is a cause for uncleanness here? For starters, we can’t drop that context. Children are indeed a blessing and women… Read more: Leviticus | Chapter 12

Chapter 13 continues the instruction from Yahweh to Aaron and Moses around distinctions between clean and unclean, this time related to diseases. There are two basic sections to this chapter, the treatment of human skin diseases and the treatment of diseases that are on materials. Already, based upon that second section, we can recognize that… Read more: Leviticus | Chapter 13

Chapter 14 continues the discussion on dealing with “skin diseases”, although as noted in the previous chapter, our concept of this shouldn’t be restricted by what we know modern-day as leprosy as this chapter will eventually get to how to deal with houses that have these same afflictions. Whatever we’re dealing with, it can express… Read more: Leviticus | Chapter 14

The parade of uncleanliness marches on into chapter 15 where we conclude with discharges from the human body, specifically those related to reproduction. There has been a bit of a progression here when it comes to the duration of uncleanliness. For example, in chapter 11 certain animals were permanently unclean, chapter 12 describes uncleanliness related… Read more: Leviticus | Chapter 15

Chapter 16 opens with a reference that brings us back to chapter 10, when Aaron’s two sons died after making an unauthorized sacrifice to God. Now, to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, God provides instructions to protect the high priest. But this is not the only point of the chapter. As we’ve… Read more: Leviticus | Chapter 16

Chapter 17 is in many ways a connecting and transitional chapter. Stemming back from the golden calf incident in Exodus 32, the remainder of Exodus through Leviticus 16 has primarily focused on the work of the priests (interacting with the people) in their protection against idolatry and understanding of God’s holiness, especially how to live… Read more: Leviticus | Chapter 17

Chapter 11 begins a new section in the book of Leviticus, one that deals with the various kinds of uncleanness and what is to be done to make someone clean again. This follows from the discussion Yahweh had with Aaron in chapter, which is that there are to be distinctions between what is common and… Read more: Leviticus | Chapter 11

Throughout Leviticus so far, and certainly prior to that in the back half of Exodus in the instructions on how the tabernacle was to be built. we’ve seen Yahweh be very specific about how His people were to interact with Him in worship. He cares where they do it, how they do it, who is… Read more: Leviticus | Chapter 10

Where chapter 8 prepares Aaron to be able to be able to start the priestly duties, chapter 9 kicks off Aaron’s first duties in office. After a full week of continual sacrifice to prepare Aaron and the tabernacle/altars for full time service (these are the purification (sin offerings) and burnt offerings), the eighth day arrives.… Read more: Leviticus | Chapter 9

God had laid out how to ordain the priests for service back in Exodus 29. Here, Moses executes on those instructions. The Lord tells Moses to grab Aaron and his sons along with some animals to sacrifice and the special clothes that were created for the priests and head to the tent of meeting, that’s… Read more: Leviticus | Chapter 8

As we move into chapter 5, it’s probably appropriate to try and make distinctions, where possible, among the sacrifices over the last few chapters and into this one. Although often called the “sin” offering (a reasonable translation but perhaps not exactly the concept as we normally think of it), chapter 4 should be more appropriately… Read more: Leviticus | Chapter 5

The narrative coming out of Exodus continues and the Lord calls to Moses from the tabernacle (the new tent of meeting) and begins to tell him how various aspects of the worship related to the tabernacle should be undertaken. First up, the burnt offering. Now, as we start to read and try to understand the… Read more: Leviticus | Chapter 1

Entry 3 of the 5 part narrative that kicks off the Old Testament, Leviticus picks up where Exodus leaves off. The Israelites are still camping in Mt. Sinai and have just completed construction and consecration (cleansing) of the tabernacle where God is to live among them. The thing is built, the question is how the… Read more: Leviticus | Introduction