Book of Leviticus

I could be wrong

In God is holiness. God is holy. Anything less than holiness that comes between us and God sours the relationship – more than a mere distate or uncomfotable feeling, it is separation from God. It is the sandals that God instructs Moses to remove as the latter approached the site…

Book of Leviticus

Forgiveness in full, not part

Reading Leviticus 4:15-18, you will see a close parallel with earlier: 4:4-7 (also in Forgiveness is not ‘cheap’, what is its cost?). In this later section on the unintended sins of the congregation (verse 15-18), the elder began the sacrificial ritual, which was then continued by the Priest. The killing…

Book of Leviticus

How serious is serious?

In Leviticus 4:13-14, we read of the young bull as a sin-offering for the unintended sins of the assembly / congregation. The bull was the sin-offering for the unintended sins of the priest (Lev 4:3-12, covered earlier in Forgiveness is not ‘cheap’, what is its cost?, and All, all of…