Unvowing a vow
Offerings and their values, tithes: Leviticus 27 Following earlier warnings about not making rash vows, God gave a way out for …
Category Archives: Leviticus
Idols? Don’t go there
Obedience and the price of disobedience: Leviticus 26 No idols. Keep the Sabbath. No worries: Leviticus 26:1-2 Do not make …
Social responsibility for farmers and business everywhere
Sabbaths: Leviticus 23–25 Right in the middle of a list of Sabbaths and feasts and festivals and fasts, there’s an …
Who chose the High Priest?
More rules for priests and offerings: Leviticus 21–22 The short answer? God. The position of High Priest in ancient Israel started …
On child sacrifice
Rules for moral and holy living: Leviticus 18–20 The first child sacrifice was a near miss: Abraham’s hand was stayed …
Life after atonement for sin
Day of atonement and ban on eating blood: Leviticus 16–17 It wasn’t a death threat; it was a warning: Leviticus …
What does it mean: clean and unclean?
Explanation of clean and unclean: Leviticus 11–15 Clean can mean different things to different cultures, and even to different people …
Learning about the sacred through separation
Aaron and his sons are ordained: Leviticus 8–10 The point of these complex rituals—sacrifices, blood, burnt offerings, strict rules for priests (including not …
Does God need animal sacrifices?
Rules for offerings: Leviticus 1–7 Does God need the blood and fat of animals? God created the heavens and the …
The command to tithe
Offerings and their values, tithes: Leviticus 27 This is the first command for tithing. Previously, God had said it was all …
Pride comes before a fall
Obedience and the price of disobedience: Leviticus 26 God knew (and knows) all too well what people are like. He …
Explaining the Sabbath: it all belongs to God
Sabbaths: Leviticus 23–25 The Israelites were to enjoy Sabbaths beyond the sixth-day of rest. There were also days for harvest …
Priests: be holy because God is holy
More rules for priests and offerings: Leviticus 21–22 The priests had a special place in Israelite society. God instructed that: …
Staying holy: moral codes
Rules for moral and holy living: Leviticus 18–20 There were more than a few rules. The first set of rules …
The Israelites’ day of atonement
Day of atonement and ban on eating blood: Leviticus 16–17 The priests were ordained with sacrifices and (by our standards) …
Clean and unclean
Explanation of clean and unclean: Leviticus 11–15 The long list of things that can make someone unclean, and how to …
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