Bible in a Year Feb 6: Leviticus 18:19 – 21:24

 

Feb 6: Leviticus 18:19 – 21:24

Wow – today’s reading was harsh. Lots of death by burning or stoning for sin, but there are a few verses that offer the reasoning for this. V 18:24 says “Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled.” And V19:2b: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.” All of the regulations and punishments mentioned are for the purpose of setting the Israelites apart from those cultures around them.

I struggle with the verses at the end of our reading, though, do you? Those people with disabilities or deformities weren’t allowed to present offerings. We know that God doesn’t make mistakes when he creates his people in the womb, so why do you think he established this rule?

What choices do you make to help you live a holy life? How can we as Christians separate ourselves from the sin in our culture?

TOMORROW’S TEXT: Leviticus 22:1 – 23: 44