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Week 5. Day 5. Leviticus 21-27.

Lev 17-27 The ‘Holiness code’

This section (that we began reading yesterday) may seem very unfamiliar to us, and hard to understand. The big picture is that God is holy, and dwells in the Holy of Holies in the tabernacle. If anything or anyone unclean comes into contact with God and his holiness, the result is death.

There are two ways to become unclean: sin, and contact with death (and things associated with it like blood.) There is one way to become clean: sacrifice. The laws of Leviticus about cleanness and holiness are graciously given by God to protect the people – as well as to point to the inability of people to dwell with God without a cleansing sacrifice, that we as Christians know to be fulfilled in Christ.

As you read Lev 17-27, note/highlight references to ‘be holy because I the LORD your God am Holy’ or its shorter equivalent ‘I am the LORD your God’

26:1-13 Which previous parts of Scripture does this remind you of (especially v11-13)?

NOTE: Days 1-5 of each week contain the scripture reading for that week. Day 6 has just the 'key chapters'. If you want a briefer version of this plan that still takes you through the whole Bible, you could just read the key chapters featured on day 6. Day 7 has the podcast video where we discuss the week's reading.