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Today's Reading: Numbers 6-7

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Numbers 6; Numbers 7

Numbers 6 talks about the Nazirite vow. The person, man or woman, who is a Nazirite makes a vow of separation to the Lord. He must abstain from wine and other fermented drinks or eat anything from the grapevine. The person must let the hair of his head grow long, he cannot go near a dead body even it is his parent's. Check the commentaries below for further details.
Aaron is suppose to bless the people with this benediction that is well known to Christians and is very comforting to hear it.
Num 6.24-25 It is not only a great benediction but the words make you realize it is God who doing the work in your life, blessing, keeping, making His presence known to you and giving you His peace. This was probably the first benediction given to a community of people.

Numbers 7 This was a big day for Israel! The tabernacle was set up and Moses anointed and consecrated it. There was the delegation of the leaders of Israel, the head of families, made offerings to the Lord. Everyone turned out in their best clothes for the day. They brought their gifts before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen-an ox from each leader and a cart from every two- God told Moses to accept the gifts which would be used for work in the tabernacle.

Moses gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites and the Merarites received four carts and eight oxen but the Kohahthites did not receive any oxen nor carts. The Kohahtites had to carry the tabernacle furniture on their shoulder (Num 3.30-31, 4.15). According to Warren Wiersbe's With the Word Commentary "Everybody but the Kohathites could use the carts for their work. The sons of Kohath had to carry the tabernacle furniture on their shoulders (Num 3:30–31;4:15). Although there are some burdens others can help us bear, “each one shall bear his own load” (Gal. 6:1–5). David disobeyed this law and brought judgment from God (2 Sam. 6:1–15). Don’t refuse the burdens; God will enable you to carry them."

Please note that a leader from each tribe brought an offering every day for twelve consecutive days. They offered the BEST that they had. This continued for twelve days. As Christians we should remember to bring our offering, our bodies, our lives (Rom 12.1) to God everyday to worship and to fellowship with him.

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April 29 Readings

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Today's Reading: Numbers 5

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Numbers 5

Numbers 5.1-4 discusses purity in terms of isolating those who had infectious skin diseases, or a discharge of any kind from the rest of the camp. This was to keep the community healthy.
Numbers 5.5-10 discusses restitution for wrongs. v. 11-31 has the test the priest must do to see if the wife was unfaithful.

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April 28 Readings

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Today's Reading: Numbers 4

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Numbers 4

Numbers 4 elaborated in great detail about the Kohathites, the Gershonites and the Merarites. There was also a numbering of the Levite clan. In the marching orders of the tribes: the Levites would carry the Ark; the Gershonites and Merarites carry the tabernacle and the Kohathites carry the tabernacle funishings.



God is God of order and things must be done without confusion.

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April 27 Readings

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Today's Reading: Numbers 3

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Numbers 3

Numbers 3 spoke about the Levites, who they were, the role they had to play among the Israelite community. The Levites were consecrated to the Lord and their role was to attend to the tabernacle. The Levites came from the family of Moses and Levi. Nadab and Abihu and died because they had offered unauthorized fire to the Lord. (Lev 10.1-3). This had demonstated to the people that God was a holy God and things had to be done according to the regulations set up in Leviticus. The Levites were to take care fo the tabernacle, the furnishings and anything related to the tabernacle. The Levites were completely dedicated to Aaron and were aolely dedicated to the tabernacle. God took the Levites from among the Israelites instead of the firstborn of all males in the community.
The names of the sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari. The Gershonites were responsible for the care of the structure of tabernacle such as curtain, tent, coverings, etc. and was to camp west of the tabernacle. The Kohathites were were responsible for the care of the sanctuary, its furnishings such as the ark, the table, etc. and was to camp south of the tabernacle. The Merarites were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle and were appointed to take care of the frames, crossbars, posts, base, etc. Moses and Aaron and their sons were to camp east of the Tabernacle toward the sunrise in front of the tabernacle. Any non-Levite who approaches the tabernacle would die.




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April 26 Readings

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Today's Reading: Numbers 1-2

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Numbers 1; Numbers 2

The book of Numbers has to do with the two censuses (Num 1 and Num 26), The English name of the book came from these two censuses. The census was to form a military roster or create a draft system. All men over twenty years old or older and able to fight, were listed by their clans and families. This was done for twelve tribes (of whom two were from the sons of Joseph). The tribe of Levi was exempt. They were responsible for the tabernacle, its furnishings and everything in it. The Levites were the only ones who had anything to do with the tabernacle. If anyone else who comes near the tabernacle were struck dead.
There were some 600,000 men. This implies with men, women and children, the population would be two million. Things have to be done in an orderly fashion. These two million people had to be mobilized, demobilized and settled. If every one decide to do their own thing, any activities would be chaotic. What does this mean to us, today? God is a God of order and logic. We should do things orderly and with good planning.

Numbers 2 describe the arrangement of the Tribal camps. The tribes were to camp as follows: in the East Camp were Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. In the South Camp were Gad, Simeon and Reuben. In the West Camp were Ephraim, Mannasseh and Benjamin and the North Camp were Naphthali, Asher and Dan. In the center of the camp was the tabernacle and the tents of the Levites. When they mobilize they would set out in the same order as they encamped. The application is that the Tabernacle is at the center of the camp and care was taken that the Levites were the only ones to handle the Tabernacle. We should have God as the center of our lives and be careful to be holy as God is holy (Leviticus 18.4) Peter reminded us that as born-again Christians we are a chosen people, a royal priesthood and a holy nation. (1Peter 2.9-10)




Numbers 1 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Numbers 2 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Introduction
Introduction to Numbers
Argument for Numbers
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OT Gateway List of Numbers Links
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April 25 Readings

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Today's Reading: Leviticus 27

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Leviticus 27

Today's Reading Leviticus 27

We are almost done with Leviticus! Leviticus 27 speaks about redeeming what is the Lord. This chapter deals with vows made to the Lord. This meant that male and female servants (v.1-8), animals (v. 9-13), houses (v.14), land (v. 16-25) were voluntarily given to God. However sometimes, the people reneged on their vows. There was a penalty they had to pay if they wanted to redeem (buy it back with a price) what they had promised to God. Remember what you promise God, He expects you to keep that promise and He will hold you to that promise.

Leviticus is an interesting book, dealing primarily with the Holiness of God. He expected the Israelites to be holy. To approach a Holy God, you have to have a spirit of humility and a repentant heart to reconcile, and to give restitution where it is needed. God made a way for the Israelites to approached Him via the sacrificial system, the areas of moral conduct, and the Feast days. We also have a way to God today and it is through Jesus Christ. Let us continually strive to seek for God and be holy because "God made him who had no sin to be sin; so that in him we are might become the righteousness of God." 2Cor 5.21 Because of the cross, we are sinners have been made righteous.

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Today's Reading: Leviticus 26

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Leviticus 26

Leviticus 26 is divided into two sections The first dealing with the reward for obedience (v.1-13)and the second is the punishment for disobedience. God reminded them (how quickly they forgot) not to make and worship idols, and to observe the Sabbaths (14.46). Please note that every promise in the Bible may not apply to us. We have to look at the passage, the historical situations, we have to look at little words before the promise such as IF, BUT, THEN, etc.. In today's passage we have the word IF. We tend to look at promises and say that's for me without looking at the prepositions or how the verse is related to passage. So in verse 3, IF ..then in verse 4 I will.... What it boils down in the Christian life at times are situations where God says "If you obey... then....." This section then says if you obey, you will have rain, abundant crops, prosperity, peace, conquer your enemies, etc...
We like this section.
The other section dealing with punishment, as humans, we don't want to deal with judgment and punishment. Notice the word again IF..., But IF...God will, logically bring the opposite of the promises above, that is, drought, famine, poverty, enemies invading, war and so on.
It is true that we are under the new Covenant where we are saved unconditionally but there are spiritual laws which when broken have consequences. Paul said in Galatians 6.7 "Do not be deceived. God is not mocked. A man sows what he reaps, from that nature will reapdestruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life." A very good historical example of this happened constantly in the book of Judges, when the Israelites, sinned, God punished them, they repented, God forgave them and the cycle repeats itself. Do not think because we are Christians that when we sin we can get away with it. In Hebrews 12.5-6, the author spoke about God disciplining His children because He loves them. There is no secret formula in the successful Christian life other than trusting and obeying just like the old hymn said "Trust and obey for there is no other way, to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey."
We are almost done with Leviticus! Leviticus 27 speaks about redeeming what is the Lord. This chapter deals with vows made to the Lord. This meant that male and female servants (v.1-8), animals (v. 9-13), houses (v.14), land (v. 16-25) were voluntarily given to God. However sometimes, the people reneged on their vows. There was a penalty they had to pay if they wanted to redeem (buy it back with a price) what they had promised to God. Remember what you promise God, He expects you to keep that promise and He will hold you to that promise.

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April 23 Readings

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Today's Reading: Leviticus 25

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Leviticus 25

Leviticus 25 speaks of the Sabbath Year (Lev 25.1-7),
the Year of the Jubilee (Lev 25.8-38; Deu 15.1-11)
Free Servants and Cancelling Debt (Lev 25.39.55-55; Exo 21.2-11; Deu 15.12-19)
The Israelites could farm and maintain their vineyards for six years but the seventh year, The Sabbath Year, the land is to have a sabbath of rest. If the land produces food on its own without the labor of vineyards, the Israelites could consume it. The purpose of this was rest for the land. That's a concept I have never thought of with all this high-tech fertilzers and pesticides, who knows what God has in mind.

The Year of the Jubilee occurs every fify years (7X7+1 seven Sabbath Year) The purpose of this was help the poor and make soceity more stable. This was done by liberating slaves and indentured servants and return land to the original owners and cancel debts. Could you imagine this happeniing in our soceity which is so materialistic. This would be unheard of today!




Leviticus 25 with Commentaries, verse by verse
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Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 25.35-55
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Today's Reading: Leviticus 24

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Leviticus 24

Leviticus 24 spoke about oil and bread set before the Lord (Lev 24.1-9; Exo 27.20-21) and a blasphemer was stoned. Again, the lamps be kept burning continually (v. 2), the lampstand must be continually taken care of day and night. This is the light shining in the wilderness just as how our lights (Mat 5.14) should be shining in the world because Jesus is the Light. (John 8.12) The bread was for the Aaron and his sons, only so they could eat it in holy place.
In the second half of the chapter, a blasphemer was stoned. Today, this would be a trivial matter because we do not take the name of the Lord seriously and this includes christians. Today God's and Jesus' names are common curse words, even among christians who cannot control their tongue. God's name is a name to be revered. The third commandment states that we should not misuse the name of the Lord our God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name." We should not profane nor blaspheme His name. Here is a link to the meaning of God's Name 2 pages

Leviticus 24 with Commentaries, verse by verse
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Today's Reading: Leviticus 23

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Leviticus 23

Leviticus 23 spoke about the Feast Days which were the Sabbath (Lev 23.3);
The Passover and the Unleavened bread (Lev 23.4-8; Exo 12.4-20; Num 28.16-25; Deut 16.1-8),
First Fruits (Lev 23.9-14);
Feast of the Weeks (Lev 23.15-22; Num 28.26-31; Deut 16.9-12);
the Feast of the Trumpets (Lev 23.23-25; Num 29.1-6);
the Day of Atonement (Lev 23.26-32; Lev 16.2-34; Num 29.7-11)
and the Feast of the Tabernacles (Lev 23.33-43; Num 29.12-39; Deut. 16.13-17).

We have to look beyond the ceremonial details to see that Christ is foreshadowed in the offerings and feast days of Leviticus. All of these feast days have prophetic significance. For example, Passover symbolizes Good Friday, the Feast of the Unleavened Bread symbolizes Jesus was buried, and the Feast of the Firstfruits symbolizes the Resurrection of Jesus, the First Fruit (1Cor. 15.23)



Jewish Feast Days Prophecy of Jesus the Messiah
Jewish Feasts and their Significance

Leviticus 23 with Commentaries, verse by verse
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Today's Reading: Leviticus 22

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Leviticus 22

Leviticus 22 spoke about other requirements of the priests (v. 1-16) and unacceptable offerings (v. 17-33). The priests must be ceremonially clean at all times, free from bodily discharge, infectious skin diseases, and not touch a corpse. Only the priest's family can eat from the fellowship offering, the daughter of a priest can only marry the son of another priest. If a priest's daughter become divorced or widowed she can return to her father's house. The priest should not desecrate the sacred offerings. They are a chosen people hand have this strict requirement of be ceremonially clean and morally pure.

The second half of Leviticus 22 discusses unacceptable offerings. Offerings offered to God must be male, unblemished without physical defects. God does not want rejects or left-overs. These offerings must be acceptable to him.

So what? Do we christians live a live of purity being very careful to live the life. Do we give God our send best and rejects? Do we spend five minutes in quiet time with him but spend three hours going shopping or watching a football game. We go to bed all tired after having fun and give God two minutes before we go to sleep! Which is most important? Romans 12.1

Leviticus 22 with Commentaries, verse by verse
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Today's Reading: Leviticus 21

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Leviticus 21

Leviticus 21 discusses the rules of Priests, the way they dress, behave, who he marries.
Why all these regulations? Because God is a holy God and He expects His people to be holy. Rom 6.23 states that the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life.

Leviticus 21 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 21 and 22
Stedman: Leviticus 21 and 22
Guzik in Leviticus
Peter Pett Commentary on Leviticus 17-27

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April 18 Readings

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READING LIST FOR LAW AND HISTORY

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Leviticus 20

Today's Reading Leviticus 20

Leviticus 20 deals with the punishment of sin. It also forbids worshiping Molech, communication with the mediums, and a variety of sexual practices including adultery, homosexuality, incest, bestiality. Whether we like it or not, sin has its consequences. It separates God from man and man from his fellow-man. Sexual sin have its consequences. It has caused damage to the family in divorce, child molestation, the spread of the HIV-AIDs, the spread of many sexual diseases, pornography, homosexuality, crime of rape and incest. Remember a moment of sin can lead to years of heart-ache. There things that you wish could take back, words, that you have said, actions that you did. IF you could only change them...but it's too late. God will forgive of your sins but some of the consequences have to paid, repentance done, reconciliation and restitution have to be made. An example of this is David with Bathsheba. The baby conceived during that union died, Uriah was killed, Absalom rebelled against God, and he faced his remaining life paying the consequences. (2Sam 11-24)!
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Leviticus 20 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 20
Stedman: Leviticus 19 and 20
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April 16 Readings

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READING LIST FOR LAW AND HISTORY

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Leviticus 18

Today's Reading Leviticus 18

Leviticus 18 deals with Unlawful Sexual Relations
Because God is a holy God, he requires his people to be holy. He wants his people to be responsible for their sexuality. A lsit is presented of sordid behavior they should keep away from. These include incest with close and near relatives, bestiality and homosexuality. We need to be like Joseph when he fled Potiphar's wife. We have to be very careful to love pure lives. Christians have many temptation on the Internet. The world has no shame but enjoys flaunting their immorality in the last days, which I believe we are in (2Timothy 3.1-9) We need to flee youthful lusts! (2Tim 2.22) Martin Luther (paraphrased) said "Temptations are like birds in air, they are all around, but you can stop them from nesting in your hair!"

Molech is mentioned, because of the child sacrifices among the Ammonites.

Leviticus 18 with Commentaries, verse by verse

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Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 18.1-5
Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 18.6-29
Stedman on Leviticus 17 and 18
Peter Pett Commentary on Leviticus 17-27

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April 15 Readings

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READING LIST FOR LAW AND HISTORY

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Leviticus 17

Today's Reading Leviticus 17

Leviticus 17 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Leviticus 17 deals with the community not eating blood. Why? Because the blood is precious in God's eyes from the blood that was first shed by Cain when he killed Abel to the substitutionary death of Jesus on the cross. Leviticus 17.11 'For the life of the body os in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement on the altar; it is the blood that makes an atonement for one's life.'Yes, the blood is precious in God's sight, it reminds God of how precious Jesus blood was shed for us. In Acts 15.19-21, in the Jerusalem Council, the leaders including Peter and James decided on the requirements to accept the Gentiles into the church. The requirements were to abstain from food given to idols, from sexual immorality, from meat of strangled animals and from blood.

Leviticus 17 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Leviticus 18 with Commentaries, verse by verse

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Deffinbaugh on Leviticus 17
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Stedman on Leviticus 17 and 18
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April 14 Readings

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READING LIST FOR LAW AND HISTORY

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Leviticus 16

Today's Reading Leviticus 16

The Day of Atonement references: (Lev 23.26-32; Lev 16.2-34; Num 29.7-11)

Leviticus 16 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Leviticus 16 deals with the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kuppir (Day of Pardon) was the most holy day of the Jewish Year. This was when, the High Priest enter the Holy of Holies (Most Holy Place) to make a sacrifice for himself and the people. There is an elaborate protocol to enter and offer sacrifices. The high priest has to wash himself in water, sacrifice a bull as a burnt offering for himself and the people. Anyway, the details are in the chapter!
An interesting fact: a goat was spared in the sacrifices (v.20-22), that day, the high priest would lay his hands on the head of the goat and confess the sins of the people and put it on the goat's head. The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a solitary place, and a man shall release it in the desert. This is a description of the substitionary atonement. The sin was transferred to that goat. This is similar to Isaiah 53.12 This is where we propbably got that everyday terminology, scapegoat.



In the book of Hebrews, we see that Jesus is superior to the leaders of the Old Covenant, His sacrifical work was greater than the Aaronic priesthood. Jesus provided a better covenant, sanctuary and sacrifice, than any of these high priests ever could. If you remember, as a part of the high priest clothing, he had golden bells on his garment. Jewish tradition said that they tied a rope around a foot of the high priest before he went into the Most Holy Place. The reason being, if God struck the high priest dead because of his sin, they have to pull him out to avoid being struck by God.

The high priest were involved in thousands of sacrifices every year but he could only enter the Most Holy Place once a year. The day of Atonement was once a year symbolizing that Jesus came only once to die for us so that our sins can be forgiven. Jesus was pure and without sin but he became the sacrifice the Lamb of God. (John 1.29) Have you had your day of atonement? An encounter with a Holy God that you could walk away justified and declared holy. You can, today, put your trust in Jesus Christ. See Jesus Saves

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April 13 Readings

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READING LIST FOR LAW AND HISTORY

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Leviticus 15

Today's Reading Leviticus 15

Leviticus 15 dealt with bodily discharges that caused uncleaness both in men (2-15); or the discharge of semen (16-18), female uncleaness caused by monthly period (9-24) or lengthy periods of hemorrhaging (25-30); a recap of these bodily discharges. Notice in all these instances the person became unclean until some prescribed action is taken such as the person bathing with water and washing the clothes or materials that the bodily discharges touch. Any person who became in contact with these bodily discharges, were also unclean, until they washed with water and were in insolation for a certain period of time.

We should mention that when Jesus was on the way to Jairus house in Mark 5.22-43, a woman with a lengthy period of hemorrhaging, with no hope for cure from medicine of that day, had FAITH, and touched Jesus. She, too, were subjected to the public health laws of Leviticus.



It was a horrible thing to be unclean in that society during the Old Testament and Jesus' days., especially if you had leprosy such as the lepers or the woman with the bleeding for an extended period of time. You were literally an outcast in that society. What about today, we have people who have the HIV-Aids virus. Are we as Christians concerned about them as Jesus is. Can you imagine, Jesus touched the leper, and the woman touched Him, he was, by the requirements of the Levitical regulations unclean. But, He is the Lord over these rules and regulations. The Pharisees went beyond the requirement of the law and made the requirements so cumbersome on the people. The intent behind this section of Leviticus is for the people to have safeguard against diseases in this type of public health system, with the priests acting as doctors. The word unclean came up a lot. We may also be unclean in a spiritual sense, we need to be cleansed by the blood of Jesus.

Leviticus 15 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Stedman on Leviticus 15
Offending God: The Clean and the Unclean—Part II (Leviticus 12-15)-Deffinbaigh
Guzik on Leviticus 15

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April 12 Readings

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READING LIST FOR LAW AND HISTORY

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Leviticus 13; Leviticus 14

Today's Reading Leviticus 13-14

Leviticus 13 deals with the regulation of skin diseases including leprosy. Public health sytem was set up in the camp where there were some two million people. The last thing the camp needed in the middle of the wilderness was a spread of diseases. According to the NIV Study Bible, there was an initial examination of the symptoms of the skin disease (v. 1-8) then examination of raw flesh (v. 9-17), boils (v. 18-23), burns (v. 24-26), sores on the head or chin (v. 29-37) and white spots (v. 38-39), and skin diseases on the head that cause baldness (v. 40-44). There was also concern about mildew that ocurred in rainy season (47-59). In all cases, it was the priest who was the public health official, who examine the person, and is the one who can give a clean bill of health. (Leviticus 14) Note that all skin diseases mentioned here may not be leprosy.

What about us? We should not only be concern about our spiritual well-being but should strive to be healthy. What spiritual application do you find out of these passages? Is there a command or warning? A person whose example we can follow, or someone whose example we should not follow.

Leviticus 14 deals with the ceremonial cleansing from infectious skin diseases (v. 1-32) and cleansing from mildew (v. 33-54). Again this is a public health issue. The ceremonial cleansing from an infectious skin disease involves examination by the priest, if the person was healed, two live birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop is brought for the for the one to be cleansed. A certain protocol was done with these including having one of the birds killed. The person cleansed took a bath and then went through an isolation period, after that he saw the priest and offered up a guilt offering. Anyway, it was an involved process for ceremonial cleansing. The leper who was cured by Jesus in Mark 1.44 and Luke 5.14 where Jesus said "..But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them."



We do not have many cases of leprosy in the United States but throughout the world the disease is still prevalent. Link to a Christian ministry for leprosy.

Leviticus 13 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Leviticus 14 with Commentaries, verse by verse

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Offending God: The Clean and the Unclean—Part II (Leviticus 12-15)-Deffinbaigh
Stedman on Leviticus 12 and 13

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