Devotions from Leviticus

Passage Read: Exodus 39 - Leviticus 2 Meditation Verse: Leviticus 1:17 The burnt offerings are to be cut in pieces and burned on the altar, and that should be shocking, but it's not until the Lord mentions tearing the bird offerings open without completely severing…

Passage Read: Leviticus 3-6 Meditation Verse: 5:1 It is a sin to withhold testimony if someone has seen something or learned about some happening. It is not just a sin to give false testimony, it is sin to withhold testimony when you know something about…

Passage Read: Leviticus 7-10 Meditation Verses: 8:33-34 Ordination was the process by which Arron and his sons were set apart from the rest of the people to serve the Lord. They were to represent the Lord to the people, so they needed an extra degree…

Passage Read: Leviticus 11-14 Meditation Verses: 13:43-46 It is interesting that the priests are given responsibilities beyond sacrifices and spiritual things. The priests have medical duties, specifically to determine whether a member of the community has an infectious skin disease, or if clothing or homes…

Passage Read: Leviticus 15-18 Meditation Verses: 18:26-27 Neither native nor alien living among the Israelites are to perform any of these perverse deeds. Because of these sins, the land was defiled. Our sins affect our environment. The land is made unclean and sickened by our…

Passage Read: Leviticus 19-22 Meditation Verse: 22:9 The Lord says this multiple times in these few chapters, that He is the one who makes His people holy, therefore they are to do His commands and not defile themselves. Because God makes them holy, therefore they…

Passage Read: Leviticus 23-26 Meditation Verses: 26:40-42 The Lord has been very good to Israel, allowing them back into the land He promised to their forefathers, even though they do not all love the Lord or have repented of their sins. Did they pay for…

Passage Read: Leviticus 3-6 Meditation Verse: 5:17 Someone who sins unintentionally shall still bear his punishment. How does one who sins unintentionally find out about his sin? Either someone else notices and tells him, or the Lord brings punishment and the man looks for the…

Passage Read: Leviticus 7-10 Meditation Verses: 7:12-18 Not every offering was a direct reminder of sin, not every offering had to do with seeking forgiveness. The peace offering could be for thanksgiving or in response to a vow or just freely given in delight over…

Passage Read: Leviticus 11-14 Meditation Verse: 14:57 The Israelites needed to know when they were clean and when they were unclean for the sake of their neighbors and for the sake of God's sanctuary. No one was allowed in the sanctuary when they were unclean;…

Passage Read: Leviticus 15-18 Meditation Verse: 16:16 Our sin and our uncleanness disgust God and defile His sanctuary. Even if all the unclean people are kept away from the sanctuary, still once a year it would need to be cleansed and atoned for by blood…

Passage Read: Leviticus 19-22 Meditation Verses: 19:16-18 This section of commands speaks of loving a neighbor. We are not allowed to hate a neighbor or plan any evil against him. No vengeance, no slander, no grudge, no character assassination. If he has done wrong or…

Passage Read: Leviticus 23-26 Meditation Verses: 26:40-45 The Lord promises ever increasing punishment on the people if they refuse to obey Him and turn away from His statutes. He promised to send punishment, and if that doesn't turn them back in humility to Him and…

Passage Read: Leviticus 27 - Numbers 3 Meditation Verses: Leviticus 27:14-15 To consecrate something to the Lord is to lose ownership of it to the Lord. You could still use it, but it technically belonged to the Lord, even to the point where in the…