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Updated February, 2012
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William Barrick, Thd
Lesson Notes on Leviticus
Recommended -
Professor at Master's Seminary
Notes Not Detailed but Well Annotated with Cross References |
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Biblical Art
Related to Leviticus |
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1
4:1-5:13
6:8-13
6:24-30
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9
10
11
12
13:1-46
13:47-59
14:1-32
14:33-57
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18:21
19:9-10
19:15-18
19:32
19:33f.
20:1-8
23:3
23:4-8
23:10-14
23:22
23:23-25
23:26-32
23:33-36
23:39-43
24:10-16
25
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Gene Brooks
Lesson Notes on Leviticus |
Leviticus 1:1-9 The Burnt Offering
Leviticus
6:8-13 Keep the Fire Burning
Leviticus 8:1-36 Set Apart for Service
Leviticus 9:22-10:11 Strange Fire
Leviticus 14:1-9 Cleansing of the Leper:
Leviticus 16 The Day of Atonement - Yom Kippur:
Leviticus 16:20-22
The Scapegoat |
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John Calvin
Commentary
Note: Calvin does not cover
every chapter/verse |
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Leviticus 12
12:1-8
18
18:21
19
19
19:1
19:2
19:26
19:28
19:31
19:36
19:37
20:8
20:27
22:31-33
26:18
26:21
26:24
26:28
27
27
27:26
27:34
27:34 |
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Adam Clarke
Commentary
Clarke (1760-1832) was
Methodist, Wesleyan,
Arminian, (e.g.,
Clarke "suggested that although God can know all future events,
He
chooses not to know some events beforehand" Baker Encyclopedia of
the Bible, page 808). He did not always interpret Scripture
literally
and so was amillennial (to quote Clarke on 1000 years - "I am
satisfied that this period should not be taken literally" [see
comment on Rev 20:4]
- he
interpreted Revelation as a
Historicist) which led him to
interpret the church as fulfilling many OT promises to Israel.
Influential in development of doctrine of Entire Sanctification (or
"Christian perfection").
Affirmed the authority and sufficiency of Scripture, but held a
belief of "plenary dynamic inspiration" (idea of every
thought inspired), thus falling short of "plenary verbal
inspiration" (every single word inspired) (Bib. Sacra: Vol 125, p
163, 1968). In summary, a useful, respected commentary but as with
all extra-Biblical resources you are advised to
"Be a Berean!" Acts
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Ron Daniel
Study Notes on Leviticus |
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Leviticus 1:1-17
Leviticus 2:1-16
Leviticus 3:1-17
Leviticus 4:1-7:38
Leviticus 8:1-9:24
Leviticus 10:1-20
Leviticus 11:1-12:8
Leviticus 13:1-14:57
Leviticus 15:1-18:30
Leviticus
19:1-20:27
Leviticus
21:1-22:33
Leviticus 23:1-22
Leviticus 23:23-44
Leviticus
24:1-27:34
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Bob Deffinbaugh
Sermons
Bible.org |
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Leviticus Intro Learning to
Love Leviticus
Leviticus 1:1-17 The Law of
Burnt Offerings
Leviticus 2:1ff, 6:14-18,
7:9-10, 10:12-13 The Grain Offering
Leviticus 3:1-17, 7:11-34,
19:5-8, 22: 29-30 The Fellowship Offering
Leviticus 4:1-5:13, 6:24-30
The Sin Offering
Leviticus 5:14-6:7, 7:1-The
Guilt Offering
Leviticus 8-10 Principles
of Priesthood
Leviticus 11 The Clean and
Unclean Pt 1
Leviticus 12-15 Offending
God: The Clean & the Unclean Pt 2
Leviticus 16 The Day of
Atonement
Leviticus 17 The
Preciousness of Blood
Leviticus 18:1-5
Obedience—The Obligation of Being Owned
Leviticus 18:6-29 The
Boundaries of Godly Sexuality
Leviticus 19:1-37 How to
Spell ‘Holy’
Leviticus 20 Capital Crimes
Leviticus 21-22 Holiness:
The False and the True
Leviticus 23 The Lord’s
Appointed Times
Leviticus 24 The Lamp, the
Loaves, and the Loudmouth
Leviticus 25:1-34
Super-Sabbath: Israel’s Land and Its Lord
Leviticus 25:35-55 Taking
Interest in Your Neighbor
Leviticus 26 A Welcome
Warning
Leviticus 27 The Value of a
Vow |
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Miscellaneous
Resources
On Leviticus
Conservative,
Evangelical |
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Leviticus: The Way to Wholeness |
Ray C. Stedman |
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Leviticus Notes and Outline
- Pdf |
J Vernon McGee |
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Leviticus Introductory Notes
- Includes short list of recommended commentaries |
William Barrick |
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The
Fall Feasts - Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah), Day of Atonement
(Yom Kippur), Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) -
Recommended
The
Spring Feasts - Passover (Pesach), Unleavened Bread (Chag
HaMatzot), Firstfruits (HaBikkurim) Pentecost (Shavout)
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Recommended
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RBC Booklets |
Leviticus Part 1 -
from International Std Bible Encyclopedia
Leviticus Part 2 - from
International Std Bible Encyclopedia
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Wilhelm Moller |
An Introduction to Leviticus
An Argument of the Book of Leviticus
Selected Bibliography of Leviticus
An Introduction to the Pentateuch |
David Malick |
The Burnt Offering
The Meal Offering
The Sin Offering
The Peace Offering |
George Davison |
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An Introduction to Leviticus |
John MacArthur |
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A Commentary on the Book of
Leviticus - emphasizes types/typology |
Andrew Bonar |
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Leviticus - Reading and
Hearing Leviticus - Why Is It Not Preached |
Arie Leder |
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The Levitical Dietary Laws in the
Light of Modern Science
See also 3 articles by
Dr Masterman...
Hygiene-Pt1
Hygiene-Pt2
Hygiene-Pt3 |
Thomas Key, et al |
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Leviticus Sermon Illustrations from
Today in the Word |
Moody Bible Institute |
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The Purpose of Israel's Annual
Feasts |
Timothy Hui |
The Giving of the Law, Part I
The Giving of the Law, Part II |
Bob Deffinbaugh |
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Leviticus Precept Helps -
transcripts of all 7 of K Arthur's lectures and more |
Precept Ministries |
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Typology - Study of Biblical types -
important as this is frequent an approach to interpretation of
Leviticus |
On Site |
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Typology - from Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
of Theology |
J Hampton Keathley III |
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The Law: The First Five Books |
J Hampton Keathley III |
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Theology of Leviticus -
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology |
Duane A. Garrett |
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Table Comparing Exodus and
Leviticus |
On Site |
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Sacrifice in the Old
Testament. Tyndale Press, 1952 |
F. D. Kidner |
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The Book of Leviticus (Overview of the
Books of the Old Testament) |
Arend Remmers |
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Leviticus - from
Living Messages of the Books of The Bible - 8 pages with some good
fodder on which to build a sermon |
G Campbell Morgan |
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Keys to Leviticus |
William Orr |
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Leviticus from Through the Bible Book - OT by
Book |
Myer Pearlman |
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Leviticus from Synthetic Bible Studies |
James Gray |
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Leviticus (Annotated
Bible) |
A C Gaebelein |
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Leviticus and Hebrews |
H J Vine |
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Analysis of Leviticus |
James Van Dine |
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Leviticus Commentary |
Keil and Delitzsch |
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The Gospel in Leviticus |
Henry Law |
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Christ as Seen in the
Offerings |
R F Kingscote |
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Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy -
Study Guide |
Middletown Bible |
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Leviticus 1 |
Jeff Brett |
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Leviticus 2 |
A E Goodwin |
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Leviticus 1-5 |
C H Mackintosh |
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Leviticus 1-7 |
G Davison |
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Leviticus 1-7 The Five
Offerings |
R K Campbell |
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Leviticus 3 The Peace
Offering - A Figure of Fellowship |
Ernie Brown |
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Leviticus 5:14 - 14 |
C H Mackintosh |
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Leviticus 8:12 The
Anointing of Aaron |
Gerald Klingbeil |
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Leviticus 10:1-7: False Fire
- Making Godly Decisions |
Bob Fromm |
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Leviticus 10:1-7: Strange Fire |
Bruce Goettsche |
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Leviticus 10:1-2 Walls to Worship |
Don Robinson |
Leviticus 13-14 The So Called
Leprosy Laws
See also -
Cleansing of the Leper by Charles Ryrie |
Morris Jastrow |
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Leviticus 16: Its Literary
Structure |
A M Rodriquez |
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Leviticus 16: The
Scapegoat |
Charles Feinberg |
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Leviticus 16: The Day of Atonement
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Bruce Goettsche |
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Leviticus 16 Day of Atonement
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Alfred Edersheim |
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Leviticus 18:6-29 The Boundaries of Godly Sexuality |
Donald Curtis |
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Leviticus 19: The Prayer
of an Old Saint |
John Piper |
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Leviticus 23 The
Significance of the Sabbath |
Merrill Unger |
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Leviticus 23 Feast of Unleavened Bread & Day of Pentecost (cp Acts 2) |
Alfred Edersheim |
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Leviticus 23 The Lord’s Appointed Times |
Donald Curtis |
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Leviticus 23:1-44: The
Seven Feasts of Israel |
Don Robinson |
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Leviticus 23 The Seven Feasts of the
Lord |
Arend Remmers |
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Leviticus 23 Remembering God's
Provisions |
Bob Fromm |
Leviticus 23 The Holidays Of God: The Fall Feasts -
Recommended
Leviticus 23 The Holidays Of God: The Spring Feasts
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Recommended
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RBC Booklet |
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Leviticus 24 The Place of
Chapter 24 in the Structure of Leviticus |
John R. Master |
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Leviticus 24:10-23 Crime
and Punishment |
Arie Leder |
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Leviticus 24:20 An Eye for
an Eye |
Source Unknown |
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Leviticus 25 Don't Take
Advantage of One Another |
Bob Fromm |
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Leviticus 26 The Eschatological
Significance of Leviticus 26 |
William Barrick |
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First Fruits, Christ - Prophecy of
His Resurrection |
On Site |
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Leviticus 25:8 The Year
of Jubilee |
Source Unknown |
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Why Would Anyone Want To Be Holy?
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RBC Booklet |
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Tabernacle Schematic |
Martyn Barrow |
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EXODUS
vs
LEVITICUS |
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EXODUS |
LEVITICUS |
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Deliverance of a nation |
Life of a nation |
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Pardon |
Purity |
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Salvation |
Sanctification |
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A great act |
A long process |
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God's approach to man |
Man's approach to God |
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Christ is Redeemer |
Christ is Sanctifier |
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Man's guilt prominent |
Man's defilement prominent |
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God speaks from Mount |
God speaks from Tabernacle |
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Man made nigh to God |
Man kept nigh to God |
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LEVITICUS NOTES
from Ray Stedman |
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Commenting on the book of Leviticus writes that ...
"Leviticus is a book of instruction designed to make
all that God is available to man, so that all that man is may be
available to God. Its theme is access to God. It begins with the
story of the Tabernacle, that wonderful building where God dwelt. If
we could have climbed to a mountaintop and looked out over the
wilderness area where the twelve tribes of Israel were encamped, it
would have been a strange and wonderful sight to see this vast
assemblage spread out on the plains in perfect order and symmetry,
each of the twelve tribes in their particular place. As we walked
down the mountain and passed into the camp, we would have come
through all the thousands of Israelites until we came to the outer
court of the Tabernacle.
Then, going through the great open gate, we would have passed the
altar of sacrifice and the brazen laver, and would have come to the
door of the Tabernacle itself. Moving through the mysterious and
marvelous outer veil, we would have come into the Holy Place, where
were the showbread, the altar of incense, and the great golden
candelabra. Beyond stood the inner veil, and behind that -- if we
dared to enter -- was the Holy of Holies. The only article in that
room was the Ark of the Covenant. That mysterious vehicle was the
dwelling place of God, with the mercy seat above it and the two
cherubim with their wings covering it. There too, in a marvelous
way, shone the Shekinah light of God's glory. It was a place of
fearsomeness. The only one who dared to enter was the high priest --
and then only once a year with the blood of the goat of atonement,
in order to make atonement for the sins of all the people. All this
is a picture of God's dwelling in the midst of his people, showing
how they could have fellowship with him.
The book of Leviticus is designed to teach us three major
principles:
THREE MAJOR PRINCIPLES
The first is representation.
That is, we never would have been permitted into the Holy of Holies,
had we been part of Israel. Only the high priest could go in. But
when he did, he represented the whole nation. By that
representation, the nation began to learn the wonderful principle of
appropriating the value of another's work. After all, this is
exactly what we are asked to do, isn't it? We are asked to believe
Christ died for us, and that we died with him. And all of our
victory rests upon our ability to appropriate the work of Another
who is our representative. God began to teach this to the world in
Leviticus.
The second great principle or truth God began to teach was his
adequacy. The book opens with the institution of five offerings,
each one speaking of Jesus Christ in his death for us, each one
showing how a basic need of human life is fully met already in what
Christ has done, and all of them together showing us that there is
nothing we will ever run into which hasn't already been taken care
of. Therefore it is absolute unbelief to come to God and start
asking him to do something for us which he hasn't already done. What
is necessary is not to plead with him to do something new, but for
us to start believing and appropriating what he has already done.
The third great truth God began to teach was that all of the
representation and all of the adequacy become expressive in our
life, become actual in terms of our experience, by the simple act of
obedience, of faith in action -- faith moving, acting upon what has
been done. Leviticus is that book of instruction. If you read it in
conjunction with the book of Hebrews it is one of the most
illuminating studies in all of the Bible." (Bolding added)
For more in depth commentary
Ray Stedman's series on
The Way to Wholeness is highly
recommended. |
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Ray Stedman writes that...
"Leviticus is the book of access
to God, of instruction in how to worship. Worship is
nothing more than laying hold of God. We don't worship when we
simply bow our heads and let some kind of pious thoughts run
vagrantly through our minds. We worship when we lay hold of what
God is. Though it may seem dry reading, when we begin to analyze
it, Leviticus opens up as a great book which gives us tremendous
lessons in the life of worship." (Bolding added)
In
Leviticus: The Way to Wholeness
Stedman commenting on
"You are to be holy to Me, for
I the Lord am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be
Mine" (Lev. 20:26) writes...
"That is the purpose of the book
of Leviticus. It details the way by which man is made holy enough to
live in the Divine Presence and to enjoy a relationship so close
that God will delight to say, "You are mine." Don't be turned off by
the word "holy" in this passage. Most people associate holiness with
some kind of grimness. They react as did the little girl who
happened to see a mule looking over the fence at her. She had never
seen a mule before and she said to it, "I don't know what you are
but you must be a Christian--you look just like grandpa." To many of
us, "holy" people are those who look as if they had been steeped in
vinegar or soaked in embalming fluid. But the Scriptures speak of
"the beauty of holiness" (Ps. 29:2, KJV). True holiness is therefore
something splendidly attractive. The original root from which the
word holy is derived is the same root from which a very attractive
English word also comes. That word is "wholeness." Holiness,
therefore, means wholeness, being complete. If you read "wholeness"
in place of "holiness" everywhere you find it in the Bible, you will
be much closer to what the writers originally meant. " |
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OUR
DAILY BREAD
Devotionals
Our
Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI.
Reprinted by
permission. All rights reserved |
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Leviticus 6:1-7
Whose Property?
If a person sins . . . against the Lord by lying . . . about a robbery, .
. . he shall restore what he has stolen. —Leviticus 6:2,4
A thief in New Jersey stole $7,000 in
jewelry, old coins, and cash from a widow. The items taken were all she
had left from her husband's estate.
In sorting through his loot, the thief came across several church offering
envelopes containing money the woman intended to give to the Lord. Leaving
their contents inside, he put them in another envelope, addressed it to
the woman's church, and then dropped it in the mail.
When the pastor found out what had happened, he commented, "It is a
characteristic of the moral confusion of our times that someone would
consider stealing from a widow and her children, yet think it
reprehensible to steal from the church."
That thief overlooked an important truth: A sin against our neighbor is a
sin against God (Leviticus 6:2). All of us, I'm afraid, are prone to think
that God's property line ends somewhere near the back of the church. But
it doesn't. Everything and everyone belongs to God. To reverence Him is to
respect the property that He has entrusted to His children.
Wise is the person who fears God and recognizes that to sin against others
is to sin against Him. —Mart De Haan
If we're to fear and love the Lord
And strive to keep His holy Word,
Our neighbor's good will always be
Of great concern to you and me. —D. De Haan
An offense against your neighbor builds a fence between you and God.
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Leviticus
11:44
THE LEVITICUS REMINDER
"I am the Lord your God. You shall
therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy.
—Leviticus 11:44
If you are following the Bible
reading schedule in Our Daily Bread, you've been in the book of Leviticus
lately. Leviticus may be one of the least-read books in the Bible, and you
might be wondering what its purpose really is. Why all those laws and
rules about clean and unclean animals? (ch.11). What message was God
giving to the Israelites—and to us?
Bible commentator Gordon Wenham says, "As the laws distinguished clean
from unclean animals, so the people were reminded that God had
distinguished them from all the other nations on earth to be His own
possession. . . . Man's highest duty is to imitate his creator."
Five times in Leviticus God says, "Be holy, for I am holy" (11:44-45;
19:2; 20:7,26). And forty-five times He says, "I am the Lord" or "I am the
Lord your God." One of the most important themes in the book is God's call
for His people to be holy. Jesus echoed that theme when He said, "You
shall be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect" (Matthew 5:48).
As you read Leviticus 11, remember that you are special to God and are to
"proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His
marvelous light" (1 Peter 2:9).
We need the Leviticus reminder every day. —Anne Cetas (Our
Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. Reprinted by
permission. All rights reserved)
Some portions of the Word of God
Are difficult to read,
But God will help us understand
Rich truths He'd have us heed. —D. De Haan
Study the Bible to
be wise; believe it to be safe; practice it to be holy. |
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Leviticus 16:1-20, 20-22
"THE SCAPEGOAT"
"It is expedient for us that one man should die for the people." - John
11:50
The company was losing money. The price of its stock was sliding, and the
corporate board was
grumbling. So the president, desperate to do something, fired the
vice-president in charge of sales.
In a similar situation, a college basketball team was mired in a losing
season after 6 consecutive
successful years and three visits to the NCAA Tournament. Attendance was
down and the alumni
were howling. So the university fired the coach. In both cases, good
people were released because
the organization needed a scapegoat. They focused the blame on one person,
even though many were at fault.
That's what happened to Jesus. The high priest Caiaphas, without knowing
the full import of his words, said it would be best to sacrifice one man,
Jesus. He thought it would save the nation from the oppressive Romans (Jn.
11:47-50). What he didn't realize was that Jesus was bearing the guilt and
penalty for the sins of the world in fulfillment of the Old Testament
picture of the two goats -- one a sacrifice for sin, the other a scapegoat
which symbolically carried their sins away (Leviticus 16).
We deserve eternal death. How grateful we can be that God made Jesus our
scapegoat.- D C Egner (Our
Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. Reprinted by
permission. All rights reserved)
Lord, thank You for eternal life,
For dying in my place,
For taking all my punishment,
For showing me Your grace.-- Sper
Christ became our scapegoat that we might escape sin's penalty. |
Leviticus 16:1-22
Tale Of Two Goats
In all things He had to be made like
His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest.
--Hebrews 2:17
Two goats
without blemish stood before the high priest in the bright Middle
Eastern sun. Lots were cast, and the priest slowly led one to the
altar to be killed as a sin offering for the people. Its blood was
sprinkled on the mercy seat. That goat was a sacrifice.
The other goat, known as the scapegoat, portrays another truth. The
priest placed both his hands on its forehead and confessed the sins
of Israel. Then the goat was led out into the desert and turned
loose. As it wandered away, never to be seen again, it symbolically
took Israel's sins along with it. They were gone. The people were
reconciled to God. That goat was a substitute.
Both of these goats were pictures of what Christ would do for us.
The cross became an upright altar, where the Lamb of God gave His
life as a sacrifice for sin. And what the scapegoat symbolically
portrayed for Israel—the removal of their sins—Jesus fulfilled in
reality. He became our substitute. Because of our identification
with Him as believers, our sins have been taken away completely.
Two goats representing two truths: sacrifice and substitution. Both
were fulfilled in Christ when He died on the cross and made full
atonement for our sins. Praise God! —David C. Egner
Guilty, vile, and helpless we,
Spotless Lamb of God was He;
Full atonement! Can it be?
Hallelujah, what a Savior! —Bliss
Jesus took our place to give us His peace. |
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Leviticus 16:34
DAY OF ATONEMENT
"This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for
the children of Israel, for all their sins, once a year" (Leviticus
16:34).
On Easter Sunday in 1908, William Grenfell, a missionary doctor in
Labrador, started a sixty-mile journey with his sled dog team to help a
desperately ill person. To shorten the trip, he decided to cross a frozen
bay, though he knew the ice had begun melting.
The ice broke and Grenfell and his dogs fell into the frigid water.
The doctor and three dogs crawled onto a floating piece of ice. To keep
himself from freezing to death, he eventually killed his three dogs and
covered himself with their bloody skins.
Grenfell struggled for physical survival and found it in a bloody
covering. So in a way did ancient Israel. God's people fought both nature
and themselves, and their internal battle with sin produced never-ending
guilt. In the various tabernacle offerings, God provided a way for people
to relieve their guilt through bloody sacrifices. The word atone may mean
"to cover." Thus in atonement the blood of a slain animal hid a person's
sin, bringing forgiveness and access to God.
Because the people could never stop sinning, the need for animals
was never ending. The priest was as much butcher as confessor. At best, he
had a grisly task. No less nauseating was Golgotha. No less unfathomable
is the mystery of blood—shed to cover the sins of the whole world. |
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Leviticus 19:9-15
"KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF"
"You shall not steal." Exodus 20:15
Tom and Pauline Nichter were a homeless, jobless couple who had been
living in their car or with relatives for months. So the wallet they found
containing $100 bills looked like a windfall. But they gave it all back to
the tourist who lost it. "We could have used that money," said Pauline.
"But we weren't brought up that way, and we didn't want our son brought up
that way."
If everyone practiced honesty like that, it would revolutionize society.
Employee theft of goods and time would stop. Shoplifting would go out of
style. Overcharging for goods and services would end. Prices could be
lowered. And we would all have more of what is rightfully ours.
The eighth commandment reveals God's desire for that kind of society. It's
based on the principle that everything belongs to God and that when we
cheat an institution or a person we are stealing from the Lord. It also
protects everyone's right to be a property owner in the only sense that
God allows -- not to amass more and more for personal gain but to manage
wisely what is His for the good of others.
A living relationship with Christ can keep us from being thieves. As
that relationship grows, He will teach us how to be givers and not takers.
- D J De Haan (Our
Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. Reprinted by
permission. All rights reserved)
To take
from others what is theirs
Is robbing from the Lord;
For all they have is from His hand --
It's theirs by His own word.-DJD
Christians don't own their wealth -- they OWE it. |
Leviticus 19:18
GRUDGESA little grudge
can create a huge gap in human relationships. The Philippines Daily
Express reported on a couple in England who had lived together as “silent
partners” for 12 years. The wife was finally seeking a divorce. “For 12
extraordinary years they had lived their lives so that they wouldn’t have
to meet each other,” said lawyer Simon King, who was handling the case.
“When one would come into the house, the other would leave. And when they
did communicate with each other, it was with notes.” They had lived
happily together for the first 18 years of their marriage and had raised a
son. For the last 12 years, however, they didn’t speak to each other.
Ironically, neither one could remember what the hassle had been all about. |
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LEVITICUS
19:18
'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of
your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD."
(Leviticus 19:18)
One morning my wife and I awoke to find a note from our neighbors on our
front door. It read in part: "We've gone away until tomorrow night. Please
look after Cleo (their family dog) for us. If she howls and want to go
inside, a spare key is hanging on a nail by the garage door. Thanks." I
was glad to read that note because it meant we had built a strong bridge
of trust in the two years since they moved in.
The Israelites The Israelites were
instructed not to rob their neighbors (Leviticus 19:13), to judge
righteously (v. 15), to not do anything that would threaten the lives of
their neighbors (v. 16), and to love and forgive them (v. 18). In this way
they would give witness to the nations that Jehovah was the true God and
that those who worshiped Him were loving, honest, and just in their
personal relationships
and in their business dealings. What was true for Israel is also true for
Christians. We too should love our neighbors, and that includes more than
just the people who live next door. Jesus defined our neighbor as anyone
in need (Luke 10:29-37).We might have to go out of our way. It might mean
making an emergency run to the hospital or giving up a half gallon of milk
when we're running low. But a good neighbor policy fulfills God's command.
It may even help bring someone to Christ. —D C Egner (Our
Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. Reprinted by
permission. All rights reserved)
Lord, fill me today with desire to do good, not harm, to everyone I
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Leviticus 24:20
Eye for an Eye
Two tugboat captains, pals for years,
passed each other every morning in the channel. If all was well, each man
would wave, yell “Aye!” and blow his whistle in a friendly salute. One day
a neophyte crewman asked the mate, “Why do they do that?” “You mean,”
replied the startled mate, “you’ve never heard of an aye for an aye and a
toot for a toot?” Source unknown |
Leviticus 25:8-55
The year of Jubilee
(1) began with repentance,
(2) centered in release,
(3) involved restoration,
(4) brought about reunion,
(5) provided rest,
(6) meant relying on God,
(7) required the remitting of debts,
(8) was a time of rejoicing
Source unknown |
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DEVOTIONALS BY SPURGEON
from
Morning and Evening and Faith's Checkbook |
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Leviticus
1:4 (Faith's
Checkbook)
A
Completed Sacrifice
“And he shall put his hand
upon the head of the burnt offering: and it shall be accepted for
him to make atonement for him” —Leviticus 1:4
IF by that laying on of his
hand, the bullock became the offerer’s sacrifice, how much more
shall Jesus become ours by the laying on of the hand of faith?
“My faith
doth lay her hand
On that dear head of Thine,
While like a penitent I stand,
And there confess my sin.”
If a bullock could be
accepted for him to make atonement for him, how much more shall
the Lord Jesus be our full and all-sufficient propitiation? Some
quarrel with the great truth of substitution; but as for us, it is
our hope, our joy, our boast, our all. Jesus is accepted for us to
make atonement for us, and we are “accepted in the Beloved.”
Let the reader take care at
once to lay his hand on the Lord’s completed sacrifice, that by
accepting it he may obtain the benefit of it. If he has done so
once, let him do it again. If he has never done so, let him put
out his hand without a moment’s delay. Jesus is yours now if you
will have Him. Lean on Him; lean hard on Him; and He is yours
beyond all question; you are reconciled to God, your sins are
blotted out, and you are the Lord’s. |
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Leviticus
1:4a (Morning and Evening)
"And he
shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt- offering; and it
shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him." - Leviticus
1:4
Our Lord's being made "sin for us" is set forth here by the very
significant transfer of sin to the bullock, which was made by the
elders of the people. The laying of the hand was not a mere touch
of contact, for in some other places of Scripture the original
word has the meaning of leaning heavily, as in the expression,
"thy wrath lieth hard upon me" (Psalm 88:7). Surely this is the
very essence and nature of faith, which doth not only bring us
into contact with the great Substitute, but teaches us to lean
upon him with all the burden of our guilt. Jehovah made to meet
upon the head of the Substitute all the offences of his covenant
people, but each one of the chosen is brought personally to ratify
this solemn covenant act, when by grace he is enabled by faith to
lay his hand upon the head of the "Lamb slain from before the
foundation of the world. " Believer, do you remember that
rapturous day when you first realized pardon through Jesus the
sin-bearer? Can you not make glad confession, and join with the
writer in saying, "My soul recalls her day of deliverance with
delight. Laden with guilt and full of fears, I saw my Saviour as
my Substitute, and I laid my hand upon him; oh! how timidly at
first, but courage grew and confidence was confirmed until I
leaned my soul entirely upon him; and now it is my unceasing joy
to know that my sins are no longer imputed to me, but laid on him,
and like the debts of the wounded traveller, Jesus, like the good
Samaritan, has said of all my future sinfulness, 'Set that to my
account. '" Blessed discovery! Eternal solace of a grateful heart!
"My numerous
sins transferr'd to him,
Shall never more be found,
Lost in his blood's atoning stream,
Where every crime is drown'd!" |
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Leviticus 4:7
(Faith's Checkbook)
What Sanctifies Our Offerings?
“And the priest shall put some
of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before
the Lord.”—Leviticus 4:7
THE altar of incense is the
place where saints present their prayers and praises, and it is
delightful to think of it as sprinkled with the blood of the great
sacrifice. This it is which makes all our worship acceptable with
Jehovah: He sees the blood of his own Son, and therefore accepts
our homage.
It is well for us to fix our
eyes upon the blood of the one offering for sin. Sin mingles even
with our holy things; and our best repentance, faith, prayer, and
thanksgiving could not be received of God were it not for the
merit of the atoning sacrifice. Many sneer at “the blood,” but
to us it is the foundation of comfort and hope. That which is on
the horns of the altar is meant to be prominently before our eyes
when we draw near to God. The blood gives strength to prayer, and
hence it is on the altar’s horns. It is “before the Lord,” and
therefore it ought to be before us. It is on the altar before we
bring the incense; it is there to sanctify our offerings and
gifts.
Come, let us pray with
confidence, since the Victim is offered, the merit has been
pleaded, the blood is within the veil, and the prayers of
believers must be sweet unto the Lord.
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Leviticus 6:13 (Morning and Evening)
How is
Your Prayer Altar?
"The fire
shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out." -
Leviticus 6:13
Keep the
altar of private prayer burning. This is the very life of all
piety. The sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here,
therefore let this burn well. Secret devotion is the very essence,
evidence, and barometer, of vital and experimental religion.
Burn here the fat of your sacrifices. Let your closet seasons be,
if possible, regular, frequent, and undisturbed. Effectual prayer
availeth much. Have you nothing to pray for? Let us suggest the
Church, the ministry, your own soul, your children, your
relations, your neighbours, your country, and the cause of God and
truth throughout the world. Let us examine ourselves on this
important matter. Do we engage with lukewarmness in private
devotion? Is the fire of devotion burning dimly in our hearts? Do
the chariot wheels drag heavily? If so, let us be alarmed at this
sign of decay. Let us go with weeping, and ask for the Spirit of
grace and of supplications. Let us set apart special seasons for
extraordinary prayer. For if this fire should be smothered beneath
the ashes of a worldly conformity, it will dim the fire on the
family altar, and lessen our influence both in the Church and in
the world.
The text will also apply to the altar of the heart. This is a
golden altar indeed. God loves to see the hearts of his people
glowing towards himself. Let us give to God our hearts, all
blazing with love, and seek his grace, that the fire may never be
quenched; for it will not burn if the Lord does not keep it
burning. Many foes will attempt to extinguish it; but if the
unseen hand behind the wall pour thereon the sacred oil, it will
blaze higher and higher. Let us use texts of Scripture as fuel for
our heart's fire, they are live coals; let us attend sermons, but
above all, let us be much alone with Jesus. |
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Leviticus
13:13 (Morning and Evening)
"Behold, if
the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him
clean that hath the plague." - Leviticus 13:13
Strange
enough this regulation appears, yet there was wisdom in it, for
the throwing out of the disease proved that the constitution was
sound. This evening it may be well for us to see the typical
teaching of so singular a rule. We, too, are lepers, and may read
the law of the leper as applicable to ourselves. When a man sees
himself to be altogether lost and ruined, covered all over with
the defilement of sin, and in no part free from pollution; when he
disclaims all righteousness of his own, and pleads guilty before
the Lord, then he is clean through the blood of Jesus, and the
grace of God. Hidden, unfelt, unconfessed iniquity is the true
leprosy; but when sin is seen and felt, it has received its
deathblow, and the Lord looks with eyes of mercy upon the soul
afflicted with it. Nothing is more deadly than self-righteousness,
or more hopeful than contrition. We must confess that we are
“nothing else but sin,” for no confession short of this will be
the whole truth; and if the Holy Spirit be at work with us,
convincing us of sin, there will be no difficulty about making
such an acknowledgment —it will spring spontaneously from our
lips. What comfort does the text afford to truly awakened sinners:
the very circumstance which so grievously discouraged them is here
turned into a sign and symptom of a hopeful state! Stripping comes
before clothing; digging out the foundation is the first thing in
building—and a thorough sense of sin is one of the earliest works
of grace in the heart. O thou poor leprous sinner, utterly
destitute of a sound spot, take heart from the text, and come as
thou art to Jesus—
“For let our
debts be what they may, however great or small,
As soon as we have nought to pay, our Lord forgives us all.
’Tis perfect poverty alone that sets the soul at large:
While we can call one mite our own, we have no full discharge.” |
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Leviticus
13:13a (Morning and Evening)
"Behold, if
the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him
clean that hath the plague." - Leviticus 13:13
Strange enough this
regulation appears, yet there was wisdom in it, for the throwing
out of the disease proved that the constitution was sound. This
morning it may be well for us to see the typical teaching of so
singular a rule. We, too, are lepers, and may read the law of the
leper as applicable to ourselves. When a man sees himself to be
altogether lost and ruined, covered all over with the defilement
of sin, and no part free from pollution; when he disclaims all
righteousness of his own, and pleads guilty before the Lord, then
is he clean through the blood of Jesus, and the grace of God.
Hidden, unfelt, unconfessed iniquity is the true leprosy, but when
sin is seen and felt it has received its death blow, and the Lord
looks with eyes of mercy upon the soul afflicted with it. Nothing
is more deadly than self-righteousness, or more hopeful than
contrition. We must confess that we are "nothing else but sin,"
for no confession short of this will be the whole truth, and if
the Holy Spirit be at work with us, convincing us of sin, there
will be no difficulty about making such an acknowledgment-it will
spring spontaneously from our lips. What comfort does the text
afford to those under a deep sense of sin! Sin mourned and
confessed, however black and foul, shall never shut a man out from
the Lord Jesus. Whosoever cometh unto him, he will in no wise cast
out. Though dishonest as the thief, though unchaste as the woman
who was a sinner, though fierce as Saul of Tarsus, though cruel as
Manasseh, though rebellious as the prodigal, the great heart of
love will look upon the man who feels himself to have no soundness
in him, and will pronounce him clean, when he trusts in Jesus
crucified. Come to him, then, poor heavy-laden sinner,
Come needy,
come guilty, come loathsome and bare;
You can't come too filthy-come just as you are. |
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Leviticus
19:16, 17 (Morning
and Evening)
"Thou shalt
not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people .. . Thou
shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon
him. " - Leviticus 19:16, 17
Tale-bearing emits a threefold poison; for it injures the teller,
the hearer, and the person concerning whom the tale is told.
Whether the report be true or false, we are by this precept of
God's Word forbidden to spread it. The reputations of the Lord's
people should be very precious in our sight, and we should count
it shame to help the devil to dishonour the Church and the name of
the Lord. Some tongues need a bridle rather than a spur. Many
glory in pulling down their brethren, as if thereby they raised
themselves. Noah's wise sons cast a mantle over their father, and
he who exposed him earned a fearful curse. We may ourselves one of
these dark days need forbearance and silence from our brethren,
let us render it cheerfully to those who require it now. Be this
our family rule, and our personal bond-SPEAK EVIL OF NO MAN.
The Holy Spirit, however, permits us to censure sin, and
prescribes the way in which we are to do it. It must be done by
rebuking our brother to his face, not by railing behind his back.
This course is manly, brotherly, Christlike, and under God's
blessing will be useful. Does the flesh shrink from it? Then we
must lay the greater stress upon our conscience, and keep
ourselves to the work, lest by suffering sin upon our friend we
become ourselves partakers of it. Hundreds have been saved from
gross sins by the timely, wise, affectionate warnings of faithful
ministers and brethren. Our Lord Jesus has set us a gracious
example of how to deal with erring friends in his warning given to
Peter, the prayer with which he preceded it, and the gentle way in
which he bore with Peter's boastful denial that he needed such a
caution.
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Leviticus
19:36 (Morning and Evening)
“Just
balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye
have.” — Leviticus 19:36
Weights, and scales, and measures were to be all according to the
standard of justice. Surely no Christian man will need to be
reminded of this in his business, for if righteousness were
banished from all the world beside, it should find a shelter in
believing hearts. There are, however, other balances which weigh
moral and spiritual things, and these often need examining. We
will call in the officer to-night.
The balances in which we weigh our own and other men’s characters,
are they quite accurate? Do we not turn our own ounces of goodness
into pounds, and other persons’ bushels of excellence into pecks?
See to weights and measures here, Christian. The scales in which
we measure our trials and troubles, are they according to
standard? Paul, who had more to suffer than we have, called his
afflictions light, and yet we often consider ours to be
heavy—surely something must be amiss with the weights! We must see
to this matter, lest we get reported to the court above for unjust
dealing. Those weights with which we measure our doctrinal belief,
are they quite fair? The doctrines of grace should have the same
weight with us as the precepts of the word, no more and no less;
but it is to be feared that with many one scale or the other is
unfairly weighted. It is a grand matter to give just measure in
truth. Christian, be careful here. Those measures in which we
estimate our obligations and responsibilities look rather small.
When a rich man gives no more to the cause of God than the poor
contribute, is that a just ephah and a just hin? When ministers
are half starved, is that honest dealing? When the poor are
despised, while ungodly rich men are held in admiration, is that a
just balance? Reader, we might lengthen the list, but we prefer to
leave it as your evening’s work to find out and destroy all
unrighteous balances, weights, and measures.
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Leviticus
22:11 (Faith's
Checkbook)
The Right
to Holy Things
“But if the
priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it and he that
is born in his house they shall eat of his meat.”—Leviticus
22:11
STRANGERS,
sojourners, and servants upon hire were not to eat of holy things.
It is so in spiritual matters still. But two classes were free at
the sacred table, those who were bought with the priest’s money,
and those who were born into the priest’s house. Bought and born,
these were the two indisputable proofs of a right to holy things.
Bought. Our
great High Priest has bought with a price all those who put their
trust in Him. They are His absolute property, altogether the
Lord’s. Not for what they are in themselves, but for their owner’s
sake, they are admitted into the same privileges which He Himself
enjoys, and “they shall eat of his meat.” He has meat to eat
which worldlings know not of. “Because ye belong to Christ,”
therefore shall ye share with your Lord.
Born. This
is an equally sure way to privilege; if born in the Priest’s
house, we take our place with the rest of the family. Regeneration
makes us fellow-heirs, and of the same body; and, therefore, the
peace, the joy, the glory which the Father has given to Christ,
Christ has given to us. Redemption and regeneration have given us
a double claim to the divine permit of this promise. |
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