Leviticus 25-27 - The Year of Jubilee

The Sabbatical Year

Lev 25:3-4 LSB - [3] 'Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its produce, [4] but during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to Yahweh; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard.

Lev 25:5-7 LSB - [5] 'What grows of its own accord from your harvest you shall not reap, and your grapes of untrimmed vines you shall not gather; the land shall have a sabbatical year. [6] 'And the sabbath [produce] of the land shall be for food; for you and your male and female slaves and your hired man and your foreign resident, those who sojourn with you. [7] 'Even your cattle and the beasts that are in your land shall have all its produce to eat.

The Year of Jubilee

Lev 25:10 LSB - [10] 'You shall thus set apart as holy the fiftieth year and proclaim a release through the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, and each of you shall return to his own possession [of land], and each of you shall return to his family.

Lev 25:20-22 LSB - [20] 'But if you say, "What are we going to eat on the seventh year if we do not sow or gather in our produce?" [21] then I will command My blessing for you in the sixth year that it will bring forth the produce for three years. [22] 'So you shall sow the eighth year and eat old things from that produce, eating [the old] until the ninth year when its produce comes in.

Blow ye the trumpet, blow

Author: Charles Wesley (1750)

1 Blow ye the trumpet, blow!

The gladly solemn sound

let all the nations know,

to earth's remotest bound:

Refrain:

The year of jubilee is come!

The year of jubilee is come!

Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

2 Jesus, our great high priest,

hath full atonement made;

ye weary spirits, rest;

ye mournful souls, be glad: [Refrain]

3 Extol the Lamb of God,

the all-atoning Lamb;

redemption in His blood

throughout the world proclaim: [Refrain]

4 Ye slaves of sin and hell,

your liberty receive,

and safe in Jesus dwell,

and blest in Jesus live: [Refrain]

5 Ye who have sold for nought

your heritage above

shall have it back unbought,

the gift of Jesus' love: [Refrain]

6 The gospel trumpet hear,

the news of heav'nly grace;

and saved from earth, appear

before your Savior's face: [Refrain]

The Redemption of Land

Lev 25:23 LSB - [23] 'The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are [but] sojourners and foreign residents with Me.

Redemption Rights for Poor Brothers

Lev 25:35 LSB - [35] 'Now if a brother of yours becomes poor and his means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a sojourner or a foreign resident, that he may live with you.

Redemption from a Sojourner

Lev 25:50 LSB - [50] 'He then with his purchaser shall calculate from the year when he sold himself to him up to the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall correspond to the number of years. [It is] like the days of a hired man [that] he shall be with him.

He Walks Among Those Who Walk in His Statutes

Lev 26:3 LSB - [3] 'If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to do them,

Lev 26:11-12 LSB - [11] 'Moreover, I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not loathe you. [12] 'I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.

Lev 26:13 LSB - [13] 'I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that [you] would not be their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.

Reject His Statutes and He Will Strike You

Lev 26:13-16 LSB - [13] 'I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that [you] would not be their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect. [14] 'But if you do not obey Me and do not do all these commandments, [15] if, instead, you reject My statutes, and if your soul loathes My judgments so as not to do all My commandments [and] so break My covenant, [16] I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up.

Lev 26:40-42 LSB - [40] 'If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also how they walked in hostility against Me-- [41] I also was walking in hostility against them, to bring them into the land of their enemies--or if their uncircumcised heart becomes humbled so that they then make up for their iniquity, [42] then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and I will remember also My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham as well, and I will remember the land.

Holy to Yahweh

Lev 27:2 LSB - [2] "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When a man makes a difficult vow, he [shall be valued] according to your valuation of persons belonging to Yahweh.

Lev 27:7 LSB - [7] 'If [they are] from sixty years old and upward, if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

Lev 27:28 ESV - [28] "But no devoted thing that a man devotes to the LORD, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD.

Mar 7:10-13 ESV - [10] For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.' [11] But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban"' (that is, given to God)-- [12] then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, [13] thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do."

Leviticus 22-24 - Yahweh’s Appointed Times

Various Statutes for Priests

Lev 22:2 LSB - [2] "Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy [gifts] of the sons of Israel, which they set apart to Me as holy, so as not to profane My holy name; I am Yahweh.

Lev 22:15-16 LSB - [15] 'They shall not profane the holy [gifts] of the sons of Israel which they raise up to Yahweh, [16] and [so] cause them to bear punishment for guilt by eating their holy [gifts]; for I am Yahweh who makes them holy.'"

Offerings Without Blemish

Lev 22:18-19 LSB - [18] "Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, 'Any man of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel who brings near his offering, whether it is any of their votive or any of their freewill offerings, which they bring near to Yahweh for a burnt offering-- [19] for you to be accepted--[it must be] a male without blemish from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.

Lev 22:32-33 LSB - [32] "And you shall not profane My holy name, but I will be treated as holy among the sons of Israel; I am Yahweh who makes you holy, [33] who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am Yahweh."

Take my life and let it be

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal (1874)

1 Take my life and let it be

consecrated, Lord, to thee.

Take my moments and my days;

let them flow in endless praise,

let them flow in endless praise.

2 Take my hands and let them move

at the impulse of thy love.

Take my feet and let them be

swift and beautiful for thee,

swift and beautiful for thee.

3 Take my voice and let me sing

always, only, for my King.

Take my lips and let them be

filled with messages from thee,

filled with messages from thee.

4 Take my silver and my gold;

not a mite would I withhold.

Take my intellect and use

every power as thou shalt choose,

every power as thou shalt choose.

5 Take my will and make it thine;

it shall be no longer mine.

Take my heart it is thine own;

it shall be thy royal throne,

it shall be thy royal throne.

6 Take my love; my Lord, I pour

at thy feet its treasure store.

Take myself, and I will be

ever, only, all for thee,

ever, only, all for thee.

Yahweh’s Appointed Times

The Sabbath

Lev 23:3 LSB - [3] 'For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to Yahweh in all your [places of] habitation.

The Passover

Lev 23:5-8 LSB - [5] 'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the Passover of Yahweh. [6] 'Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to Yahweh; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. [7] 'On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work. [8] 'But for seven days you shall bring near an offering by fire to Yahweh. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.'"

The Feast of the Harvest

Lev 23:10 LSB - [10] "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.

The Feast of Weeks

Lev 23:15-16 LSB - [15] 'You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths. [16] 'You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh sabbath; then you shall bring a new grain offering near to Yahweh.

The Feast of Trumpets

Lev 23:24 LSB - [24] "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a rest, a memorial by blowing [of trumpets], a holy convocation.

The Day of Atonement

Lev 23:27, 32 LSB - [27] "On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. ... [32] "It is to be a sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall humble your souls; on the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until evening you shall keep your sabbath."

The Feast of Booths

Lev 23:34-36 LSB - [34] "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to Yahweh. [35] 'On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work of any kind. [36] 'For seven days you shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh; it is a solemn assembly. You shall do no laborious work.

Lev 23:42-43 LSB - [42] 'You shall live in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall live in booths, [43] so that your generations may know that I had the sons of Israel live in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.'"

To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise

Author: W. Chatterton Dix (1864)

1 To thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise

in hymns of adoration,

to thee bring sacrifice of praise

with shouts of exultation:

bright robes of gold the fields adorn,

the hills with joy are ringing,

the valleys stand so thick with corn

that even they are singing.

2 And now, on this our festal day,

thy bounteous hand confessing,

upon thine altar, Lord, we lay

the first-fruits of thy blessing:

by thee the hungry soul is fed

with gifts of grace supernal;

thou who dost give us earthly bread,

give us the bread eternal.

3 We bear the burden of the day,

and often toil seems dreary;

but labour ends with sunset ray,

and rest comes for the weary:

may we, the angel-reaping o'er,

stand at the last accepted,

Christ's golden sheaves for evermore

to garners bright elected.

4 O blessèd is that land of God,

where saints abide for ever;

where golden fields spread far and broad,

where flows the crystal river:

the strains of all its holy throng

with ours today are blending;

thrice blessèd is that harvest-song

which never hath an ending.

 

The Lamps and the Bread Before Yahweh

Lev 24:2 LSB - [2] "Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

Lev 24:15 LSB - [15] "And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If anyone curses his God, then he will bear his sin.

An Eye for an Eye

Lev 24:19-20 LSB - [19] 'If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him: [20] fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a man, so it shall be inflicted on him.

Leviticus 19-21 - Yahweh Is Holy

Yahweh Is Holy

Lev 19:2 LSB - [2] "Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, 'You shall be holy, for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.

Lev 19:18 LSB - [18] 'You shall not take vengeance, and you shall not keep [your anger] against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.

Various Statutes

Lev 19:9-10 LSB - [9] 'Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. [10] 'Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the afflicted and for the sojourner. I am Yahweh your God.

Set Yourselves Apart as Holy

Lev 20:7 LSB - [7] 'Therefore, you shall set yourselves apart as holy and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God.

Lev 20:22 LSB - [22] 'You shall therefore keep all My statutes and all My judgments and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to inhabit will not vomit you out.

The Holiness of the Priests

Lev 21:6 LSB - [6] 'They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they bring near the offerings to Yahweh by fire, the food of their God; so they shall be holy.

Lev 21:21-23 LSB - [21] 'No man among the seed of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to bring near the offerings to Yahweh by fire; [since] he has a defect, he shall not approach to bring near the food of his God. [22] 'He may eat the food of his God, [both] of the most holy and of the holy, [23] only he shall not go in to the veil or approach the altar because he has a defect, so that he will not profane My sanctuaries. For I am Yahweh who makes them holy.'"

IS YOUR ALL ON THE ALTAR?

Words & Mu­sic: Eli­sha A. Hoff­man, 1905

1 You have longed for sweet peace, and for faith to increase,
and have earnestly, fervently prayed;
but you cannot have rest or be perfectly blest
until all on the altar is laid.

Refrain:
Is your all on the altar of sacrifice laid?
Your heart, does the Spirit control?
You can only be blest and have peace and sweet rest,
as you yield Him your body and soul.

2 Would you walk with the Lord in the light of His Word,

and have peace and contentment alway?

You must do His sweet will to be free from all ill,

on the altar your all you must lay. [Refrain]

3 O we never can know what the Lord will bestow

of the blessings for which we have prayed,

till our body and soul He doth fully control,

and our all on the altar is laid. [Refrain]

4 Who can tell all the love He will send from above,

and how happy our hearts will be ade,

of the fellowship sweet we shall share at His feet,

when our all on the altar is laid? [Refrain]

Leviticus 16-18 - Keep My Statutes and My Judgments

The Day of Atonement

Lev 16:2-4 LSB - [2] And Yahweh said to Moses: "Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, so that he will not die; for I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat. [3] "Aaron shall enter the holy place with this: with a bull from the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. [4] "He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments shall be next to his body, and he shall be girded with the linen sash and attired with the linen turban (these are holy garments). Then he shall bathe his body in water and put them on.

Lev 16:21-22 LSB - [21] "Then Aaron shall lay both of his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins; and he shall lay them on the head of the goat and send [it] out into the wilderness by the hand of a man ready [to do this]. [22] "And the goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an isolated land; and he shall send out the goat in the wilderness.

Lev 16:29-31 LSB - [29] "And [this] shall be a perpetual statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native or the sojourner who sojourns among you; [30] for it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before Yahweh. [31] "It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a perpetual statute.

Not all the blood of beasts

Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

1 Not all the blood of beasts,
On Jewish altars slain,
Could give the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away its stain.

2 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, 
Takes all our sins away;
A sacrifice of nobler name,
And richer blood than they.

3 My faith would lay her hand
On that dear head of Thine,
While like a penitent I stand,
And there confess my sin.

4 My soul looks back to see
The burdens Thou didst bear
When hanging on the cursed tree,
And knows her guilt was there.

5 Believing, we rejoice
To see the curse remove;
We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,
And sing His bleeding love.

 

Statutes Against Eating Blood

Lev 17:5-7 LSB - [5] "[The reason is] so that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing in the open field, that they may bring them in to Yahweh, at the doorway of the tent of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to Yahweh. [6] "And the priest shall splash the blood on the altar of Yahweh at the doorway of the tent of meeting and offer up the fat in smoke as a soothing aroma to Yahweh. [7] "And they shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot. This shall be a perpetual statute to them throughout their generations."'

Lev 17:11 LSB - [11] 'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.'

There is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Emmanuel's veins

Author: William Cowper (1772)

1 There is a fountain filled with blood

Drawn from Immanuel's veins;

And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,

Lose all their guilty stains:

Lose all their guilty stains,

Lose all their guilty stains;

And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,

Lose all their guilty stains.

2 The dying thief rejoiced to see

That fountain in his day;

And there may I, though vile as he,

Wash all my sins away:

Wash all my sins away,

Wash all my sins away;

And there may I, though vile as he,

Wash all my sins away.

3 Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood

Shall never lose its pow'r,

Till all the ransomed Church of God

Be saved, to sin no more:

Be saved, to sin no more,

Be saved, to sin no more;

Till all the ransomed Church of God

Be saved to sin no more.

4 E'er since by faith I saw the stream

Thy flowing wounds supply,

Redeeming love has been my theme,

And shall be till I die:

And shall be till I die,

And shall be till I die;

Redeeming love has been my theme,

And shall be till I die.

5 When this poor lisping, stamm'ring tongue

Lies silent in the grave,

Then in a nobler, sweeter song

I'll sing Thy pow'r to save:

I'll sing Thy pow'r to save,

I'll sing Thy pow'r to save;

Then in a nobler, sweeter song

I'll sing Thy pow'r to save.

Statutes on the Nakedness of Relatives

Lev 18:2-5 LSB - [2] "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'I am Yahweh your God. [3] 'You shall not do according to what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do according to what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. [4] 'You are to do My judgments and keep My statutes, to walk in them; I am Yahweh your God. [5] 'So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does them, he shall live by them; I am Yahweh.

Lev 18:26-28 LSB - [26] 'But as for you, you shall keep My statutes and My judgments and shall not do any of these abominations, [neither] the native nor the sojourner who sojourns among you [27] (for the men of the land who have been before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled); [28] so that the land will not vomit you out, should you defile it, as it has vomited out the nation which has been before you.

Take time to be holy

Author: William D. Longstaff (ca. 1882)

1 Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord;

abide in Him always, and feed on His word.

Make friends of God’s children, help those who are weak,

forgetting in nothing His blessing to seek.

2 Take time to be holy, the world rushes on;

spend much time in secret with Jesus alone.

By looking to Jesus, like Him thou shalt be;

thy friends in thy conduct His likeness shall see.

3 Take time to be holy, let Him be thy guide,

and run not before Him, whatever betide.

In joy or in sorrow, still follow the Lord,

and, looking to Jesus, still trust in His word.

4 Take time to be holy, be calm in thy soul,

each thought and each motive beneath His control.

Thus led by His Spirit to fountains of love,

thou soon shalt be fitted for service above.

Leviticus 13-15 - Be Separated from Their Uncleanness

Statutes About Leprosy

Lev 13:45-46 LSB - [45] "As for the leper who has the infection, his clothes shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall be uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache and call out, 'Unclean! Unclean!' [46] "He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his [place of] habitation shall be outside the camp.

Statutes for Cleansing a Leper

Lev 14:2-3 LSB - [2] "This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest, [3] and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper,

Lev 14:13-14 LSB - [13] "Next he shall slaughter the male lamb in the place where they slaughter the sin offering and the burnt offering, at the place of the sanctuary--for the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy. [14] "The priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put [it] on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

Come to Calvary's holy mountain

Author: James Montgomery (1819)

1 Come to Calv'ry's holy mountain,

sinners, ruined by the fall;

here a pure and healing fountain

flows for you, for me, for all,

in a full, perpetual tide,

opened when our Savior died.

2 Come in poverty and meanness,

come defiled, without, within;

from infection and uncleanness,

from the leprosy of sin,

wash your robes and make them white;

you shall walk with God in light.

3 Come in sorrow and contrition,

wounded, paralyzed, and blind;

here the guilty, free remission,

here the troubled, peace may find.

Health this fountain will restore;

they that drink shall thirst no more.

4 They that drink shall live forever;

'tis a soul-renewing flood.

God is faithful; God will never

break his covenant of blood,

signed when our Redeemer died,

sealed when he was glorified.

Statute for Cleansing a Leprous House

Lev 14:34-35 LSB - [34] "When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you for a possession, and I put a mark of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession, [35] then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, '[Something] like a mark [of leprosy] has become visible to me in the house.'

Lev 14:54-57 LSB - [54] This is the law for any mark of leprosy--even for a scale, [55] and for the leprous garment or house, [56] and for a swelling and for a scab and for a bright spot-- [57] to instruct when they are unclean and when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy.

Take Time to Be Holy

Author: William D. Longstaff (ca. 1882)

1 Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord;

abide in Him always, and feed on His word.

Make friends of God’s children, help those who are weak,

forgetting in nothing His blessing to seek.

2 Take time to be holy, the world rushes on;

spend much time in secret with Jesus alone.

By looking to Jesus, like Him thou shalt be;

thy friends in thy conduct His likeness shall see.

3 Take time to be holy, let Him be thy guide,

and run not before Him, whatever betide.

In joy or in sorrow, still follow the Lord,

and, looking to Jesus, still trust in His word.

4 Take time to be holy, be calm in thy soul,

each thought and each motive beneath His control.

Thus led by His Spirit to fountains of love,

thou soon shalt be fitted for service above.

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Statute for Cleansing Bodily Discharges

Lev 15:16 LSB - [16] 'Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening.

Lev 15:31 LSB - [31] "Thus you shall keep the sons of Israel separated from their uncleanness, so that they will not die in their uncleanness by making My tabernacle that is among them unclean."

Nothing But the Blood of Jesus

Author: Robert Lowry (1876)

1 What can wash away my sin?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

What can make me whole again?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Refrain:

O precious is the flow

that makes me white as snow;

no other fount I know;

nothing but the blood of Jesus.

2 For my pardon this I see:

nothing but the blood of Jesus.

For my cleansing this my plea:

nothing but the blood of Jesus. [Refrain]

3 Nothing can for sin atone:

nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Naught of good that I have done:

nothing but the blood of Jesus. [Refrain]

4 This is all my hope and peace:

nothing but the blood of Jesus.

This is all my righteousness:

nothing but the blood of Jesus. [Refrain]

Leviticus 10-12 - You Shall Be Holy, for I Am Holy

Nadab and Abihu Offer Strange Fire

Lev 10:1-2 LSB - [1] Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans and put fire in them. Then they placed incense on it and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which He had not commanded them. [2] And fire came out from the presence of Yahweh and consumed them, and they died before Yahweh.

Lev 10:8-11 LSB - [8] Yahweh then spoke to Aaron, saying, [9] "Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die--it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations-- [10] and so as to separate between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean, [11] and so as to instruct the sons of Israel in all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them through Moses."

Clean and Unclean Animals

Lev 11:3 LSB - [3] 'Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs, [and] chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.

Lev 11:9 LSB - [9] 'These you may eat, whatever is in the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas, or in the rivers, you may eat.

Lev 11:45 LSB - [45] 'For I am Yahweh who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; thus you shall be holy, for I am holy.'"

HE WILLS THAT I SHOULD HOLY BE

Words: Charles Wes­ley

He wills that I should ho­ly be;

That ho­li­ness I long to feel;

That full di­vine con­form­ity,

To all my Sav­ior’s right­eous will.

See, Lord, the tra­vail of Thy soul

Accomplished in the change of mine,

And plunge me, ev­ery whit made whole,

In all the depths of love di­vine.

Atonement After Giving Birth

Lev 12:8 LSB - [8] 'But if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.'"

Luk 2:22, 24 LSB - [22] And when the days for their cleansing according to the Law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord ... [24] and to offer a sacrifice according to what was said in the Law of the Lord, "A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS."

Leviticus 7-9 - Keep the Charge of Yahweh

Statutes for the Priest in the Offerings

Lev 7:1 LSB - [1] 'Now this is the law of the guilt offering; it is most holy.

Lev 7:2 LSB - [2] 'In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering they are to slaughter the guilt offering, and he shall splash its blood around on the altar.

The Ordination of Aaron and His Sons

Lev 8:1-3 LSB - [1] Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [2] "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread, [3] and assemble all the congregation at the doorway of the tent of meeting."

Lev 8:18-21 LSB - [18] Then he brought near the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. [19] Then Moses slaughtered [it] and splashed the blood around on the altar. [20] And he cut the ram into its pieces. Then Moses offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke. [21] And he washed the entrails and the legs with water. Then Moses offered up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Lev 8:35 LSB - [35] "At the doorway of the tent of meeting, moreover, you shall remain day and night for seven days and keep the charge of Yahweh, so that you will not die, for so I have been commanded."

A charge to keep I have

Author: Charles Wesley (1762)

1 A charge to keep I have,

a God to glorify,

a never-dying soul to save,

and fit it for the sky.

2 To serve the present age,

my calling to fulfill,

O may it all my pow'rs engage

to do my Master's will!

3 Arm me with watchful care

as in Thy sight to live,

and now Thy servant, Lord, prepare

a strict account to give!

4 Help me to watch and pray,

and still on Thee rely,

O let me not my trust betray,

but press to realms on high.

Aaron Brings Offerings

Lev 9:1-2 LSB - [1] Now it happened on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel; [2] and he said to Aaron, "Take for yourself a calf, a bull, for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, [both] without blemish, and bring [them] near before Yahweh.

Eze 43:27 LSB - [27] 'So they will complete the days. And it shall be that on the eighth day and onward, the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; and I will accept you,' declares Lord Yahweh."

Lev 9:7 LSB - [7] Moses then said to Aaron, "Come near to the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, that you may make atonement for yourself and for the people; then offer the offering for the people, that you may make atonement for them, just as Yahweh has commanded."

Lev 9:22-24 LSB - [22] Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he stepped down after offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings. [23] And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting. Then they came out and blessed the people. And the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the people. [24] Then fire came out from before Yahweh and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar. And all the people saw [it] and shouted and fell on their faces.

2Co 3:18 LSB - [18] But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

 

Come, Thou Almighty King

Author: C. Wesley

1 Come, Thou Almighty King,
help us Thy name to sing;
help us to praise:
Father, all glorious,
o'er all victorious,
come, and reign over us,
Ancient of Days.

2 Come, Thou Incarnate Word,
gird on Thy mighty sword,
our pray'r attend:
come, and Thy people bless,
and give Thy Word success:
Spirit of holiness,
on us descend.

3 Come, Holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear
in this glad hour:
Thou who almighty art,
now rule in every heart,
and ne'er from us depart,
Spirit of pow'r.

4 To Thee, great One in Three,
eternal praises be
hence, evermore.
His sov'reign majesty
may we in glory see,
and to eternity
love and adore!