God deals with the gifts that the people give to Him in their sacrifices. What is given to Him is holy and is to be treated with respect. When the people bring a sacrifice, a portion of it is burned on the altar, a portion is given to the priests, and sometimes a portion is […]
As the intermediaries between God and His people, the priests are called to a higher standard. The high priest to an even higher one. God has given His people the Ten Commandments and examples of each of them. He has called the whole nation to be holy as He is holy. I’ll tell you right […]
God is giving Israel and the land they are going to a new start. The people who were there previously have made a mess of things. He is calling Israel to do better; to be holy as He is holy. While I was thinking about our reading, I started thinking about a house. This house […]
This is the last of the Ten Commandments fleshed out. God has already expounded on the other nine. Now “Thou shalt not commit adultery” takes center stage. This is not the first time God has addressed sexual laws in our reading. Chapter 18 of this book is filled with such laws. But here God deals […]
God takes a FIRM stand on one of the practices that is occurring in the land where the Israelites will settle. DO NOT do as they do!!! We have been reading God’s instructions to His people. Some of these are for later and some are for the present moment. The one He gives in today’s […]
