Category Archives: Leviticus

Fired (A 2015 Remix)

Posted on February 15, 2024 by Pete

Every time I encounter the story, I can’t help but think how extreme the consequences were. After all, they were new to the job. Sure, they had had thorough training and instruction on how to fulfill their role, but this … Continue reading →

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A Pleasing Aroma to the LORD

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Pete

Most often, the “echos” of repetition I encounter in Scripture take me a bit by surprise. Most of the time, when I detect an underlying drumbeat of something being emphasized through multiple iterations of the same word or phrase, it … Continue reading →

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Only A Tenant

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Pete

Reading in Leviticus 25 this morning. Hovering over the instructions concerning the year of jubilee. Every fifty years a year of reset when everyone was to “return to his property” and “return to his clan” (Lev. 25:10-11). For forty-nine years … Continue reading →

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What the Lord Has Separated Let No One Join Together

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Pete

Working my way through a catalog of commandments in Leviticus this morning (Lev. 18-20). Most make sense to this 21st century mind, others not so much. But what is clear is that the reason for the LORD laying out all … Continue reading →

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No More Goat Demons

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Pete

You can take the people out of Egypt, but the God who made them knew how hard it would be to take Egypt out of the people. For 400 years the people of Israel had lived in the land of … Continue reading →

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Because of The Touch

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Pete

You’d think that paying the price for another would come with a bit of honor. That laying down your life for someone else’s sin would demand a bit of dignity when disposing of the body. But as I hover over … Continue reading →

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Hearing the Rhythm

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Pete

I finished today’s reading in Leviticus 18 through 20 and sat back. While I couldn’t remember all the detail of what I had just read, the rhythm of the passage continued to pound in my head and in my heart. … Continue reading →

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Azazel

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Pete

I’m not quite sure why I got stuck on it, but I did. I know that I’ve noticed this difference in translations before. The word is only used four times in Scripture . . . all here in Leviticus 16 … Continue reading →

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Fired

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Pete

Every time I encounter the story, I can’t help but think how extreme the consequences were. They were new to the job. Sure they had been trained and instructed on how to fulfill their role, but this week was their … Continue reading →

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The Great Equalizer

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Pete

I’m reading again in Leviticus this morning and the math just doesn’t line up. You know, the math that says that if A=B and B=C then A=C. Or, in the case of this morning’s reading in Leviticus 5, if a … Continue reading →

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