Download audio Leviticus 16:1-34 Let me remind you of where we are in this important book of the Bible. We have completed a section of the book of Leviticus that deals with the causes and remedies of ritual defilement. We have made the point repeatedly that this system of ceremonial purity had as its object […]
Download audio Leviticus 15:1-33 After two Lord’s Days away from Leviticus, let me remind you where we are. Chapters 12-15 detail various ways in which Israelites could become ritually impure and the various steps necessary to be taken to remove the impurity. We have considered the impurity a woman contracts through childbirth (chapter 12), the […]
Download audio Leviticus 13:1-14:32 Some of you said to me last Sunday evening that you had been wondering what sermon I would preach on Leviticus 12, with its account of purification from ritual defilement after childbirth. Well, the emphasis on blood in that chapter made it much easier to see and explain the larger issues, […]
Download audio Leviticus 12:1-8 We are, as we noted last time, now in a section of Leviticus that deals with causes of and remedies for ritual impurity. Last time we considered the ritual impurity that is caused by certain animals. The remainder of the section, to the end of chapter 15, deals with causes of […]
Download audio Leviticus 11:1-47 Tonight we take up the question that occurs to any attentive reader of Leviticus: why in the world were some animals approved to be eaten and others not. Why was beef or lamb allowed, but not pork? Why were some birds clean and others unclean? This distinction seems pointless to the […]
Download audio Leviticus 10:1-20 Public worship had begun in Israel. The daily round of sacrifices, that would continue without interruption for centuries, was now a fixture of Israel’s public life. But anyone who knows the Bible and who knows human nature expects that it will not be long before something goes amiss. As we pointed […]
Download audio Leviticus 9:1-24 The instructions for worship in the sanctuary have been delivered by the Lord through Moses. The priests have been ordained. Now, finally, worship is to begin. Text Comment v.1 The eighth day would be the day following the seven days of the ordination ceremony narrated in the previous chapter. The priests […]
Download audio Leviticus 8:1-36 The regulations for the sacrifices and offerings that would form the bulk of the worship at the sanctuary have now been delivered. There was more than just these five offerings, to be sure. The priests had daily duties in the Holy Place, burning incense for example, that were described earlier in […]
Download audio Leviticus 6:8-7:38 As we read at 1:2, the instructions so far given were intended for the people. Now we turn to instructions for the priests, though we will also read later that some of this material (particularly that concerning the peace offering, which, as you remember, the people were able to eat) is […]
Download audio Leviticus 5:14-6:7 The guilt or reparation offering is the last of the five offerings that made up the sacrificial system of Israel’s public worship. Instead of one Lord’s Supper they had five as it were and each of them had a particular contribution to make to that worship. With three others of the […]