Daily Devotional from Leviticus 13--Verses 45-46The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’ He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp.The chapter on Identifying leprosy is the longest ch...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Leviticus 12--Verse 6And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering…While this chapter is hard for me to understand, I recognize that Holiness was extremely important to the Jewish ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Leviticus 11--Verse 44I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy.This verse says that the Lord wants us to consecrate ourselves. Do you know what that means? It means to declare yourself to be sacred. Another word for sacred is dedicated. Dedicated for a special use. My wedding ring is dedicated. My birth certificate is dedicated. My J...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Leviticus 10--Verse 2And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.This is a tragic account from Israel’s history. Violation of our holy God’s clear commands about how to enter into His presence led to the judgment (death) of two of Aaron’s sons.What should we learn from this account?Today, God has given us very clear directions throu...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Leviticus 9—Verse 23And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.In Leviticus 9-10, we see how the sacrifices were carried out. There were very specific commands for the sin, burnt, and peace offerings. When Aaron had carried out these commands, God appeared before all o...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Leviticus 8--I can’t read this chapter without noticing how much God cares about the details. There are a lot of things Moses and Aaron do here that seem a little odd to us (maybe more than a little). Why did it matter how Aaron was ordained? Why did it have to be so specific?I have a theory that God was actively setting his people apart. One way he did that was through the d...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Leviticus 7--Verses 31-33The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons. And the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifice of your peace offerings. Whoever among the sons of Aaron offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh for a portion.Since Bible times, the pr...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Leviticus 6--Verse 6:18bAnything that touches the [grain] offerings will become holy.Verse 6:27aAnything that touches the [sin] offerings will become holy.Purity laws in the Old Testament can sometimes seem crazy. If you touch or come into contact with an “unclean” thing, its “unclean” status has been imparted onto you. The only way to make yourself “clean” is to follow the c...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Leviticus 5--Verse 15If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the LORD, he shall bring to the LORD as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued in silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.When I was a young girl, I had a lot of anxiety about sinning unintentionally. I...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Leviticus 4--Verses 16-17Then the anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull into the tent of meeting, and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the veil.Many are repulsed by the thought of these bloody animal sacrifices, but they had an important function. Animal sacrifices were made to atone (gain...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Leviticus 3--Verse 6If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord is an animal from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.I don’t know about you, but I am glad we don’t have to do animal sacrifices anymore. The Israelites were accustomed to this temporary paying of their sins though. They knew they had sin in their lives that could only ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Leviticus 2--Verse 3But the rest of the grain offering will belong to Aaron and his sons; it is the holiest part of the fire offerings to the LORD.The grain offering was one of thanksgiving and provision. They were an act of Thanksgiving for the offeror and functioned as provision for the priests who were set apart and (ultimately) didn’t have land for themselves to cultivate...  Read More