Readings of the Day

Numbers 2:1 – 3:51
Notable Verses: Num 2:32  These are the Israelites, counted according to their families. All those in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550.
Num 3:39  The total number of Levites counted at the LORD’s command by Moses and Aaron according to their clans, including every male a month old or more, was 22,000.
 
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Readings of the Day

Leviticus 25:47 – 27:13
Notable Verse 26:44 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, i I will not spurn them, neither will I abhor them so as to destroy them utterly and j break my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God.
God has just spent since 26:14 telling the Israelites [...]

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Readings of the Day

Leviticus 22:17 – 23:44
Notable Verse 23:44 “So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the LORD.”
Don’t you just love feasting? The tables groaning under the weight of all the dishes set on it. Smells and sights that both please and tempt you. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. But you know, [...]

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Leviticus 20:22 – 22:16
Notable Verse 22:9 “The priests are to keep my requirements so that they do not become guilty and die for treating them with contempt. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.”
What strikes me as interesting in this passage is how different the church has become. These days pastors go out of [...]

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Leviticus 19:1 – 20:21
Notable Verses: Chapter 19!
Chapter 19 is a retelling of the Ten Commandments and adds a few more. What is most interesting in this passage is verse 3. After the reminder to “be holy, as I am holy” God starts this new list of commandments with respecting your parents and keeping the Sabbath, [...]

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Verse of the Day

The LORD will fulfill [his purpose] for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever — do not abandon the works of your hands.
— Psalm 138:8 (NIV)

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Readings of the Day

Leviticus 16:29 – 18:30
Notable Verse 18:25 “Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.”
It is always strange to see how graphic the Bible can be. Vomit just isn’t a word that you expect to find in the Bible. However, considering the topics covered in [...]

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 Leviticus 15:1 – 16:28
 Notable Verse 16:22 “The goal will carry on itself all their sins to a solitary place; and the man shall release it in the desert.”
The first part of today’s passage is about dealing with body fluids and ceremonial purity, I really don’t want to read about it much less write about it.
The [...]

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Leviticus 14:1 – 57
Notable Verse(s): 40
I don’t know about you, but every year I seem to get a problem with mildew in the summer here in Korea. Thanks to the marvelous inventions of bleach and other cleansers, I can deal with the bathroom; the bedding ends up going out the door. I never really [...]

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Readings of the Day

Leviticus 7:28 – 9:6
Notable Verses 8:23
Put blood on the right ear lobe, right thumb and right big toe. Why? What possible meaning could those three places indicate?
According to some commentaries
Bible Believers Commentary “The blood was placed on . . . the ear, . . . hand, and . . . foot of Aaron and [...]

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