Today we learn about the peace offering. This is the third offering God instructs Moses in and also a dietary law set down. Like with the burnt offering, the one bringing the offering does much of the work. This includes killing the animal, draining its blood and separating out the pieces to be burned. And […]
We come to the second type of offering that is to be brought by the people. Grain offerings are God’s topic of choice now. When I started reading this chapter I was gobsmacked by the thought of putting frankincense on things that were going to be ingested. The grain offerings being brought, all but a […]
We are wading into deep water now. We have reached Leviticus and are about to embark on learning about God’s Law. Gulp! God starts out by addressing the burnt offerings first. I am going to confess a bit of confusion on this issue still. God says “It is a burnt offering, a food offering” to […]
God moves into His house. After all the construction and erection is finished it is time for God to inhabit His Tabernacle. The first thing that popped into my head as I started writing is “Moving Day!” but God didn’t move. He still maintained His home in Heaven but He allowed His presence to inhabit […]
Everything is finally ready and all together. It’s time to have an old fashioned “barn raising.” God’s house is going up! It has been almost a full year since the children of Israel left Egypt. They left on the 15th of the first month. God now tells Moses that on […]