Sunday February 11, 2024 A desire to observe.  In part of our reading today, we have a dilemma.  There were some that had become unclean because of a human corpse, and because of that, they would be c...  Read More

Saturday February 10, 2024 Same dedication gift.  In our reading today, we have one entire chapter mostly devoted to describing the offerings from each tribe for the dedication gift for the altar when...  Read More

Friday February 9, 2024 Preparing for battle.  In today’s reading, we get a count of the number of men who could serve in the army by tribe.  “All the Israelites twenty years old or more, everyone who...  Read More

Thursday February 8, 2024 Breaking down pride.  God clearly instructs His people that if they do well and honor God, they will be blessed.  However, He also warns them that if they do evil, He will br...  Read More

Wednesday February 7, 2024 Fear the Lord. There are several examples in today’s reading where God instructs the actions of one person towards another based on the fear of the Lord.  Here is one, “You ...  Read More

Tuesday February 6, 2024 A holy sacrifice.  Our reading today deals a lot with sacrifices and what is acceptable to the Lord.  As we read through the text, we should ask ourselves, “how does this appl...  Read More

Monday February 6, 2024 Failure to act is complicit.  The Israelites, nor any of the alien residing in Israel, were to give their children to Molech (Leviticus 20:2).  Offering their children to Molec...  Read More

Sunday February 5, 2024 All their sins.  After finishing making atonement, the live male goat was to be presented.  We read, “Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess ove...  Read More

Saturday February 3, 2024 For their own good.  As we read through all the laws God sets forth for the Israelites, one realizes how detailed some of this becomes.  This communicates just how serious un...  Read More

Friday February 2, 2024 Holiness and righteousness.  There are a couple of times where God says “you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy” (Leviticus 11:44-45).  God is holy, so we...  Read More

Thursday February 2, 2024 Holiness and glory.  Part of our reading today is about Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu.  They “each took his own firepan, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and presented un...  Read More

Wednesday January 31, 2024 Forgiven.  I have highlighted each time I read the phrase, or something similar, “he will be forgiven” in our reading today.  You can find some as an example in Leviticus 5:...  Read More