Bible Readings for April 2nd Leviticus 5 | Psalm 3–4 | Proverbs 20 | Colossians 3 In the Levitical sacrificial system, the offerings worshipers brought were, by design, costly. In the ancient world, wealth wasn’t measured as much by the number of dollars in a bank...
Bible Readings for April 1st Leviticus 4 | Psalms 1–2 | Proverbs 19 | Colossians 2 Yahweh’s instructions for presenting a sin offering stretch across Leviticus 4 and 5, and as we study these rules, remember that the sin offering was not the primary sacrifice offered...
Bible Readings for March 31st Leviticus 2–3 | John 21 | Proverbs 18 | Colossians 1 The grain offering (Lev. 2) and the peace offering (Lev. 3) were sacrifices of praise, not atonement. They were made to remember and celebrate something that Yahweh had done for the...
Bible Readings for March 30th Leviticus 1 | John 20 | Proverbs 17 | Philippians 4 Christians sometimes have a difficult time reading Leviticus. We tend to see Leviticus as a long book of rules that are entirely irrelevant to our lives, and then it becomes difficult to...
Bible Readings for April 23rd Leviticus 27 | Psalm 34 | Ecclesiastes 10 | Titus 2 In context, the final chapter of Leviticus is a bit of a puzzle. Leviticus 26, yesterday’s reading, seems like a perfectly fitting close to a single book, with an overarching summary of...
Bible Readings for April 22nd Leviticus 26 | Psalm 33 | Ecclesiastes 9 | Titus 1 The promises of the old covenant were a two-edged sword. On the one hand, Yahweh promised to establish paradise on earth for Israel if they obeyed all his statutes and commandments, but...