Suggested Bible Reading: Numbers 3-4 Devotional Thought: Chapters 3 and 4 of Numbers form a little section by themselves and have much to say about the Levites and their appointment by God to the special work they were to perform. In chapter 3 we find the call of the Levites, the separation of their work,…
Suggested Bible Reading: Numbers 1-2 Devotional Thought: In the book of Leviticus the worship of the people is discussed, but in Numbers it is the preparation for war. In this book it is the wandering of the people of God through the wilderness that the Spirit of God particularly points out. One author has said…
Suggested Bible Reading: Leviticus 25-27 Devotional Thought: This chapter, dealing with the Sabbatical Year and the Year of Jubilee, seems to be linked with chapter 23, making chapter 24 somewhat of a parenthesis. The first 7 verses of chapter 25 deal with the Sabbatical Year emphasizing rest, while the remaining 48 verses give details regarding…
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PlayStop Popout X Every year when the Israelite would sacrifice a lamb, the next year as they prepared to sacrifice another one, they would conclude that last year’s lamb was not sufficient to satisfy God’s demanded price for sin. “For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for…
Suggested Bible Reading: Leviticus 22-24 Devotional Thought: The first 16 verses of this chapter continue instructions to the priests. This section deals in particular with how the sanctity of the “holy things” was to be preserved. It is interesting that the term is used nine times in the book of Leviticus but only once outside…
Suggested Bible Reading: Leviticus 19-21 Devotional Thought: Leviticus 19 covers a great deal of ground, ranging from what might appear to be the mundane or trivial, such as the use of weights and measures and the care of one’s beard, through certain moral issues to the question of idols and witchcraft. There is a certain…
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Suggested Bible Reading: Leviticus 16-18 Devotional Thought: The deaths of Nadab and Abihu (Lev. 10) must have put the fear of God into Aaron and the priests so that they wondered whether it was even safe to enter the tabernacle’s precincts to do their work. God made it clear that the priests needed not be…
Suggested Bible Reading: Leviticus 11-15 Devotional Thought: The book of Leviticus is divided into two main parts. The first of these deals with the worship of God’s people to God (ch 1-10) and the second with their walk with God. (ch 11-27) Chapter 11 marks the beginning of the second main section of the book.…