Gordon Green

Scripture: “If a person turns to mediums and necromancers, whoring after them, I will set my face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.” Leviticus 20:6 ESV Observation: Having commanded Israel to be holy, for their God is holy, the Lord further elaborates on prohibitions that defile them and mar their image […]

Scripture: And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.” Leviticus 19:1 ESV Observation: Having instituted the Day of Atonement with a mandate prohibiting the pagan practices of consuming blood and engaging in […]

Scripture: “So keep my charge never to practice any of these abominable customs that were practiced before you, and never to make yourselves unclean by them: I am the LORD your God.” Leviticus 18:30 ESV Observation: The Lord, having instructed Moses on how to observe the Day of Atonement, then addresses two particular sins that distinguished […]

Scripture: “For on this day shall atonement be made for you to cleanse you. You shall be clean before the LORD from all your sins.” Leviticus 16:30 ESV Observation: Israel observed the Day of Atonement just once a year. After ceremonially removing sin from the Holy of Holies (since Yahweh cannot be in the presence of sin), […]

Scripture: And the LORD spoke to Aaron, saying, “Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the […]

Scripture: Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD. Leviticus 10:1-2 ESV […]