Numbers 10-12 - With him I speak mouth to mouth

The Silver Trumpets

Num 10:2 LSB - [2] "Make yourself two trumpets of silver, of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for having the camps set out.

Israel Sets Out from Sinai

Num 10:11-12 LSB - [11] Now it happened in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, [that] the cloud was lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony; [12] and the sons of Israel set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai. Then the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.

Num 10:35-36 LSB - [35] Then it happened when the ark set out that Moses said, "Rise up, O Yahweh! And let Your enemies be scattered, And let those who hate You flee before You." [36] And when it came to rest, he said, "Return, O Yahweh, [To] the myriad thousands of Israel."

The People Complain

Num 11:7-9 LSB - [7] Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium. [8] The people would go about and gather [it] and grind [it] between two millstones or beat [it] in the mortar, and boil [it] in the pot and make cakes with it; and its taste was as the taste of cakes baked with oil. [9] And when the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.

Moses Complains

Num 11:13-14 LSB - [13] "Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me, saying, 'Give us meat that we may eat!' [14] "I alone am not able to carry all this people because it is too heavy for me.

The Spirit Rests upon the Elders

Num 11:21 LSB - [21] But Moses said, "The people, among whom I am, are 600,000 on foot; yet You have said, 'I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a whole month.'

Num 11:25 LSB - [25] Then Yahweh came down in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took of the Spirit who was upon him and placed [Him] upon the seventy elders. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do [it] again.

The Quail and the Plague

Num 11:31 LSB - [31] Now there went forth a wind from Yahweh, and it brought quail from the sea, and let [them] fall beside the camp, about a day's journey on this side and a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp and about two cubits over the surface of the ground.

Num 11:33 LSB - [33] While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very severe plague.

Miriam and Aaron Speak Against Moses

Num 12:1-2 LSB - [1] Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had taken [as a wife] (for he had taken a Cushite woman); [2] and they said, "Has Yahweh indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us as well?" And Yahweh heard it.

Num 12:6-8 LSB - [6] and He said, "Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, shall make Myself known to him in a vision. I shall speak with him in a dream. [7] "Not so, with My servant Moses, He is faithful in all My household; [8] With him I speak mouth to mouth, Indeed clearly, and not in riddles, And he beholds the form of Yahweh. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant, against Moses?"

Numbers 7-9 - Whenever the Cloud Would Go Up from over the Tent

Offerings of the Leaders

Num 7:9 LSB - [9] But he did not give [any] to the sons of Kohath because theirs [was] the service of the holy [objects, which] they carried on the shoulder.

Num 7:89 LSB - [89] Now when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim, so He spoke to him.

The Seven Lamps

Cleansing of the Levites

Num 8:17-19 LSB - [17] "For every firstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the men and among the animals; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself. [18] "But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel. [19] "And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the sons of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on behalf of the sons of Israel, so that there will be no plague among the sons of Israel by their coming near to the sanctuary."

Retirement of the Levites

Num 8:25-26 LSB - [25] "But at the age of fifty years they shall retire from [their] duty in the service and not serve anymore. [26] "They may, however, minister to their brothers in the tent of meeting in order to keep [up] their responsibility, but they [themselves] shall perform no service. Thus you shall deal with the Levites concerning their responsibilities."

The Passover

Num 9:8-9 LSB - [8] Moses therefore said to them, "Wait, and I will listen to what Yahweh will command concerning you." [9] Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Num 9:13 LSB - [13] 'But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and yet neglects to celebrate the Passover, that person shall then be cut off from his people, for he did not bring near the offering of Yahweh at its appointed time. That man will bear his sin.

The Cloud Covering the Tabernacle

Num 9:15-16 LSB - [15] Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle until morning. [16] So it was continuously; the cloud would cover it [by day], and the appearance of fire by night.

Num 9:17 LSB - [17] Now whenever the cloud would go up from over the tent, afterward the sons of Israel would then set out; and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the sons of Israel would camp.

Num 9:22 LSB - [22] Whether it was two days or a month or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, dwelling above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out.

Lead on, O King Eternal, The day of march has come

Author: Ernest W. Shurtleff (1887)

1 Lead on, O King eternal,

the day of march has come;

henceforth in fields of conquest

your tents will be our home.

Through days of preparation

your grace has made us strong;

and now, O King eternal,

we lift our battle song.

2 Lead on, O King eternal,

till sin's fierce war shall cease,

and holiness shall whisper

the sweet amen of peace.

For not with swords' loud clashing

or roll of stirring drums

with deeds of love and mercy

the heavenly kingdom comes.

3 Lead on, O King eternal;

we follow, not with fears,

for gladness breaks like morning

where'er your face appears.

Your cross is lifted o'er us,

we journey in its light;

the crown awaits the conquest;

lead on, O God of might.

Numbers 4-6 - Yahweh bless you, and keep you

Duties of the Kohathites

Num 4:4 LSB - [4] "This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, [concerning] the most holy things.

Num 4:19-20 LSB - [19] "But do this to them that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy [objects]: Aaron and his sons shall go in and set each of them to his service and to his load; [20] but they shall not go in to see the holy [objects] even for a moment, or they will die."

Duties of the Gershonites

Num 4:24 LSB - [24] "This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying:

Duties of the Merarites

Num 4:31-32 LSB - [31] "Now this is the responsibility of their loads, for all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle and its bars and its pillars and its bases, [32] and the pillars around the court and their bases and their pegs and their cords, with all their equipment and with all their service; and you shall assign [each man] by name the items of the responsibility of his load.

Num 4:49 LSB - [49] According to the word of Yahweh by the hand of Moses, they were numbered, everyone by his serving or carrying; thus [these were] his numbered men, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Unclean Sent Outside the Camp

Num 5:2 LSB - [2] "Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is unclean because of a [dead] person.

Restitution for Sins

Num 5:6-7 LSB - [6] "Speak to the sons of Israel, 'When a man or woman commits any of the sins of mankind, acting unfaithfully against Yahweh, and that person is guilty, [7] then he shall confess his sins which he has committed, and he shall make restitution in full for his wrong and add to it one-fifth of it and give [it] to him whom he has wronged.

The Statutes of Jealousy

Num 5:29-30 LSB - [29] 'This is the law of jealousy: when a wife, [being] under [the authority of] her husband, goes astray and defiles herself, [30] or when a spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife, he shall then make the woman stand before Yahweh, and the priest shall apply all this law to her.

The Nazirite Vow

Num 6:2-3 LSB - [2] "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to dedicate himself as a Nazirite to Yahweh, [3] he shall abstain as a Nazirite from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes.

Luk 1:15 LSB - [15] "For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and HE WILL NOT DRINK ANY WINE OR STRONG DRINK, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother's womb.

 

Yahweh Blesses the Sons of Israel
Num 6:22-27 LSB - 

[22] Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 

[23] "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'Thus you shall bless the sons of Israel. You shall say to them: 

[24] Yahweh bless you, and keep you; 

[25] Yahweh make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you; 

[26] Yahweh lift up His face on you, And give you peace.' 

[27] "So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and I [then] will bless them."

THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU

Words & Mu­sic: Pe­ter C. Lut­kin (1858–1931)

The Lord bless you and keep you

The Lord lift His coun­ten­ance upon you,

And give you peace, and give you peace;

The Lord make His face to shine up­on you,

And be gra­cious, and be gra­cious;

The Lord be gra­cious, gra­cious un­to you.

Numbers 1-3 - Priests and Levites

The Census of Israel’s Warriors

Num 1:2-3 LSB - [2] "Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head [3] from twenty years old and upward, whoever [is able to] go out to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

Num 1:4-6 LSB - [4] "With you, moreover, there shall be a man of each tribe, each one head of his father's household. [5] "These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; [6] of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;

Jhn 10:3 LSB - [3] "To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Num 1:16 LSB - [16] "These are they who were called [upon] by the congregation, the leaders of their fathers' tribes; they were the heads of divisions of Israel."

Num 1:45-46 LSB - [45] So all the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers' households, from twenty years old and upward, whoever [was able to] go out to war in Israel, [46] even all the numbered men were 603,550.

Levites Not Numbered in the Census

Num 1:49 LSB - [49] "Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel.

Israel Camped by Their Standards

Num 2:17 LSB - [17] "Then the tent of meeting shall set out [with] the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; just as they camp, so they shall set out, every man in his place by their standards.

Num 2:34 LSB - [34] Thus the sons of Israel did; according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, every one by his family according to his father's household.

Priests and Levites

Num 3:5-8 LSB - [5] Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [6] "Bring the tribe of Levi near and have them stand before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. [7] "And they shall keep his responsibility and the responsibility for the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to perform the service of the tabernacle. [8] "They shall also keep all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the responsibility of the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the tabernacle.

Num 3:12-13 LSB - [12] "Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first offspring of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine. [13] "For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast. They shall be Mine; I am Yahweh."

Num 3:14-15 LSB - [14] Then Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, [15] "Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' households, by their families; every male from a month old and upward you shall number."

Responsibilities of the Priests

Num 3:25-26 LSB - [25] Now the responsibility of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting [involved] the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting, [26] and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the doorway of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords, according to all the service concerning them.

Num 3:31-32 LSB - [31] Now their responsibility [involved] the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all the service concerning them; [32] and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [was] the chief of the leaders of Levi [and had] the oversight of those who keep the responsibility of the sanctuary.

Num 3:36-37 LSB - [36] Now the appointed responsibility of the sons of Merari [involved] the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its bases, all its equipment, and the service concerning them, [37] and the pillars around the court with their bases and their pegs and their cords.

Galatians 4-6 - Walk by the Spirit

Sonship in Christ

Gal 4:4-5 LSB - [4] But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, [5] so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

Gal 4:6-7 LSB - [6] And because you are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" [7] Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

Gal 4:19 LSB - [19] My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you--

An Allegory of Two Covenants

Gal 4:19, 22-23 LSB - [19] My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you-- ... [22] For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman and one by the free woman. [23] But the son by the servant-woman had been born according to the flesh, while the son by the free woman through the promise.

Gal 4:19, 30-31 LSB - [19] My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you-- ... [30] But what does the Scripture say? "CAST OUT THE SERVANT-WOMAN AND HER SON, FOR THE SON OF THE SERVANT-WOMAN SHALL NOT BE AN HEIR WITH THE SON OF THE FREE WOMAN." [31] So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant-woman, but of the free woman.

Christ Set Us Free

Gal 5:1 LSB - [1] It was for freedom that Christ set us free. Therefore, stand firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

Gal 5:5 LSB - [5] For we through the Spirit, by faith, are eagerly waiting for the hope of righteousness.

Phl 3:9 LSB - [9] and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own which is from [the] Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which [is] from God upon faith,

 

Walk by the Spirit

Gal 5:16 LSB - [16] But I say, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

Gal 5:17 LSB - [17] For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you do not do the things that you want.

Hymn 130 - The inward warfare

John Newton 8.8.8.8.8.8

Strange and mysterious is my life,

What opposites I feel within!

A stable peace, a constant strife,

The rule of grace, the pow’r of sin:

Too often I am captive led,

Yet daily triumph in my Head.

I prize the privilege of prayer,

But o! what backwardness to pray!

Though on the LORD I cast my care,

I feel its burden every day:

I seek his will in all I do,

Yet find my own is working too.

I call the promises my own,

And prize them more than mines of gold;

Yet though their sweetness I have known,

They leave me unimpressed and cold

One hour upon the truth I feed,

The next I know not what I read.

I love the holy day of rest,

When Jesus meets his gathered saints;

Sweet day, of all the week the best!

For its return my spirit pants:

Yet often, through my unbelief,

It proves a day of guilt and grief.

While on my Savior I rely,

I know my foes shall loose their aim;

And therefore dare their pow’r defy,

Assured of conquest through his name:

But soon my confidence is slain,

And all my fears return again.

Thus different pow’rs within me strive,

And grace, and sin, by turns prevail;

I grieve, rejoice, decline, revive,

And vict’ry hangs in doubtful scale:

But JESUS has his promise passed,

That grace shall overcome at last.

Gal 5:18 LSB - [18] But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

Gal 5:22-23 LSB - [22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Gal 5:24 LSB - [24] Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Bear One Another’s Burdens

Gal 6:1-2 LSB - [1] Brothers, even if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, [each of you] looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted. [2] Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Gal 6:14 LSB - [14] But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Galatians 1-3 - Gospel of Christ

Greetings and Grace

Gal 1:1 LSB - [1] Paul, an apostle--not [sent] from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead--

Gal 1:3-4 LSB - [3] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, [4] who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

Distorting the Gospel

Gal 1:8 LSB - [8] But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to the gospel we have proclaimed to you, let him be accursed!

Paul Called by God

Gal 1:11-12 LSB - [11] For I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel which I am proclaiming as good news is not according to man. [12] For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but [I received it] through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Gal 1:15-16 LSB - [15] But when God, who had set me apart from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, was pleased [16] to reveal His Son in me so that I might proclaim Him as good news among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

Paul Accepted by the Apostles

Gal 2:7-9 LSB - [7] But on the contrary, seeing that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter [had been] to the circumcised [8] (for He who worked in Peter unto [his] apostleship to the circumcised worked in me also unto the Gentiles), [9] and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we [might] [go] to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

Paul Opposes Peter (Cephas)

Gal 2:16 LSB - [16] nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.

THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL

Words: Ju­lia H. John­ston

The Law is ho­ly, just and good,

And each com­mand we should ob­ey;

For Mo­ses wrote the ve­ry things

The Lord re­quires of us to­day.

But none have kept, with per­fect heart,

The Ten Com­mands from Si­nai heard,

For we are weak, and break the Law,

In dai­ly thought and deed and word.

The Sav­ior kept the per­fect Law,

For us He bore the guilt of sin;

He died to pay the debt we owe,

He lives to make us pure with­in.

The Gos­pel is the bless­èd news

Of par­don bought, at high­est cost;

Redemption now is full and free,

And none who trust Him shall be lost.

Then jus­ti­fied by faith are we,

By grace and mer­cy from ab­ove;

And peace with God, thro’ Je­sus Christ,

Is ours thro’ His re­deem­ing love.

We long to be like Christ our Lord,

For be ye ho­ly is His word;

We long to spread the glad good news

Which our re­joic­ing hearts have heard.

Gal 2:20 LSB - [20] "I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. And the [life] which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

Gal 3:6-7 LSB - [6] Just as Abraham BELIEVED GOD AND IT WAS COUNTED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS, [7] so know that those who are of faith, those are sons of Abraham.

Gen 15:6 LSB - [6] Then he believed in Yahweh; and He counted it to him as righteousness.

Gal 3:13-14 LSB - [13] Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE"-- [14] in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

The Promise by Faith

Gal 3:24-25 LSB - [24] Therefore the Law has become our tutor unto Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. [25] But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

Gal 3:26-28 LSB - [26] For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. [27] For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. [28] There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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!

Leviticus 4-6 - Sin Offerings and Guilt Offerings

The Statutes of Sin Offerings

Lev 4:1-4 LSB - [1] Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [2] "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If a person sins unintentionally in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and he does any one of them, [3] if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him bring near to Yahweh a bull from the herd without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed. [4] 'Then he shall bring the bull to the doorway of the tent of meeting before Yahweh, and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull and slaughter the bull before Yahweh.

Lev 4:5-6, 32 LSB - [5] 'Then the anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent of meeting, [6] and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before Yahweh in front of the veil of the sanctuary. ... [32] 'But if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring it, a female without blemish.

Lev 4:27-28 LSB - [27] 'Now if anyone of the common people sins unintentionally in doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and becomes guilty, [28] or if his sin which he has committed is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed.

Lev 5:4-6 LSB - [4] 'Or if a person swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter a man may speak thoughtlessly with a [sworn] oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know [it], he will be guilty in one of these. [5] 'So it shall be, when he becomes guilty in one of these, that he shall confess that in which he has sinned. [6] 'He shall also bring his guilt offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin.

The Statutes of Guilt Offerings

Lev 5:15 LSB - [15] "If a person acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against the holy things of Yahweh, then he shall bring his guilt offering to Yahweh: a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your valuation in silver by shekels, in [terms of] the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.

Statutes for the Priest in the Offerings

Lev 6:12-13 LSB - [12] 'And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not go out, but the priest shall burn wood on it every morning; and he shall lay out the burnt offering on it and offer up in smoke the fat portions of the peace offerings on it. [13] 'Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it shall not go out.

Lev 6:23 LSB - [23] "So every grain offering of the priest shall be burned entirely. It shall not be eaten."

I lay my sins on Jesus

Author: Horatius Bonar (1843)

1 I lay my sins on Jesus,

the spotless Lamb of God;

He bears them all, and frees us

from the accursed load;

I bring my guilt to Jesus,

to wash my crimson stains

white in His blood most precious,

till not a spot remains.

2 I lay my wants on Jesus;

all fullness dwells in Him;

He heals all my diseases,

He doth my soul redeem;

I lay my griefs on Jesus,

my burdens and my cares;

He from them all releases,

He all my sorrow shares.

3 I rest my soul on Jesus,

this weary soul of mine;

His right hand me embraces,

I on His breast recline.

I love the Name of Jesus,

Immanuel, Christ, the Lord;

like fragrance on the breezes

His Name abroad is poured.

4 I long to be like Jesus,

meek, loving, lowly, mild;

I long to be like Jesus,

the Father's holy Child;

I long to be with Jesus

amid the heav'nly throng,

to sing with saints His praises,

to learn the angels' song.

Leviticus 1-3 - The Statutes of Burnt Offerings

The Statutes of Burnt Offerings

Lev 1:2-4 LSB - [2] "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When any man from among you brings an offering near to Yahweh, you shall bring your offering of animals from the herd or the flock. [3] 'If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall bring it near, a male without blemish; he shall bring it near to the doorway of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh. [4] 'And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, that it may be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.

Lev 1:9 LSB - [9] 'Its entrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer up in smoke all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

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.

 

The Statutes of Grain Offerings

Lev 2:1-2 LSB - [1] 'Now when anyone brings near a grain offering as an offering to Yahweh, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it. [2] 'He shall then bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall take from it his handful of its fine flour and of its oil with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer [it] up in smoke [as] its memorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

Lev 2:11 LSB - [11] 'No grain offering, which you bring near to Yahweh, shall be made with leaven, for you shall not offer up in smoke any leaven or any honey as an offering by fire to Yahweh.

Lev 2:12 LSB - [12] 'As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them near to Yahweh, but they shall not ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar.

The Statutes of Peace Offerings

Lev 3:1-2 LSB - [1] 'Now if his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he is going to bring near one from the herd, whether male or female, he shall bring it near without blemish before Yahweh. [2] 'Then he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and Aaron's sons the priests shall splash the blood around on the altar.

Lev 3:3-5 LSB - [3] 'From the sacrifice of the peace offerings he shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, [4] and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. [5] 'Then Aaron's sons shall offer [it] up in smoke on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire; it is an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

Lev 3:17 LSB - [17] 'It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your [places of] habitation: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.'"

Hebrews 10-13 - Draw Near with a Sincere Heart in Full Assurance of Faith

Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

Heb 10:1 LSB - [1] For the Law, since it has [only] a shadow of the good things to come [and] not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near.

Heb 10:5-7 LSB - 

[5] Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME; 

[6] IN BURNT OFFERINGS AND [sacrifices] FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN NO PLEASURE. 

[7] "THEN I SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE COME, IN THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME, TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.'"

Psa 40:6-8 LSB - 

[6] Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; 

My ears You have opened; 

Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. 

[7] Then I said, "Behold, I come; 

In the scroll of the book it is written of me. 

[8] "I desire to do Your will, O my God; 

Your law is within my inner being."

Heb 10:10 LSB - [10] By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Heb 10:12-14 LSB - [12] but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, [13] waiting from that time UNTIL HIS ENEMIES ARE PUT AS A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET. [14] For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

Heb 10:15-17 LSB - [15] And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying, [16] "THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS UPON THEIR HEART, AND ON THEIR MIND I WILL WRITE THEM," [He then says], [17] "AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE."

Jer 31:33-34 LSB -

[33] "But this is the covenant which I will cut with the house of Israel after those days," declares Yahweh: "I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

[34] "And they will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know Yahweh,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares Yahweh, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."

A New and Living Way

Heb 10:19-25 LSB -
[19] Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
[20] by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh,
[21] and since [we have] a great priest over the house of God,
[22] let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
[23] Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
[24] And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,
[25] not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging [one another], and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

Warning Against Willful Sin

Heb 10:26-27 LSB - [26] For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, [27] but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES.

Heb 10:39 LSB - [39] But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.

Blessed Assurance 

Frances J. Crosby

1 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!

O, what a foretaste of glory divine!

Heir of salvation, purchase of God,

born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

Refrain:

This is my story, this is my song,

praising my Savior all the day long;

this is my story, this is my song,

praising my Savior all the day long.

2 Perfect submission, perfect delight,

visions of rapture now burst on my sight;

angels descending, bring from above

echoes of mercy, whispers of love. [Refrain]

3 Perfect submission, all is at rest,

I in my Savior am happy and blest;

watching and waiting, looking above,

filled with His goodness, lost in His love. [Refrain]

 

By Faith

Heb 11:1 LSB - [1] Now faith is the assurance of [things] hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Heb 11:6 LSB - [6] And without faith it is impossible to please [Him], for he who draws near to God must believe that He is and [that] He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

Heb 11:13 LSB - [13] All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Heb 11:17-19 LSB - [17] By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only [son], [18] to whom it was said, "IN ISAAC YOUR SEED SHALL BE CALLED." [19] He considered that God is able to raise [people] even from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he also received him back.

Heb 11:39-40 LSB - [39] And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, [40] because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.

Faith Is Believing | Daniel O. Teasley

Faith is believing, the promise is true,

Trusting in Jesus your strength to renew;

Resting so sweetly, secure on His word,

Shielded from danger with Jesus the Lord.

Refrain:

Faith is believing, simply receiving

What in His promise God has revealed;

Trust Him forever, doubt Him, no, never,

Till thy petition His Spirit hath sealed.

Faith is believing, why longer remain

Under the bondage of Satan’s domain?

See, though all blood-stained, the banner unfurled—

Faith is the victory that conquers the world.

Faith is believing, the soul’s happy rest,

Faith is believing, though sorely oppressed;

Singing in triumph whatever assail,

High on the mountains or low in the vale.

Faith is believing, then doubt Him no more,

Sell all your sorrows, your troubles give o’er;

Soar in the sunlight above every cloud,

Triumph forever, believing in God.

 

 Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of Faith

Heb 12:1-2 LSB - [1] Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, [2] fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

The Father’s Discipline

Heb 12:5-6 LSB - 

[5] And you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, "MY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD, NOR FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM; 

[6] FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE FLOGS EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."

Psa 94:12 LSB - [12] Blessed is the man whom You discipline, O Yah, And whom You teach out of Your law;

 

Contrast of Sinai and Zion

Heb 12:22-24 LSB - 

[22] But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, 

[23] to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of [the] righteous made perfect, 

[24] and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than [the blood] of Abel.

Church of God | Frances R. Havergal

Church of God, thou spotless virgin,

Church of Christ, for whom He died,

Thou hast known no human founder,

Jesus bought thee for His bride.

Sanctified by God the Father,

Built by Jesus Christ the Son,

Tempered by the Holy Spirit,

Like the Holy Three in One.

God Himself has set the members

In His body all complete,

Organized by Jesus only,

Oh, the union, pure and sweet!

Church of God, the angels marvel

At the music of thy song;

Earth and hell in terror tremble,

As thy army moves along.

Church of God, “beloved city,”

Thou art of celestial mold;

Lo, from God, and out of heaven,

Came the city of pure gold.

Stones of jasper, clear as crystal,

Is the building of thy wall;

And the Lamb, thy light forever,

Jesus, Jesus, all in all.

God’s own holiness within thee,

His own beauty on thy brow;

Glorified in His own image,

This thy wondrous portion now.

In thee dwells the triune fullness,

Blessing all thy pilgrim days;

All around thee His salvation,

And before thee gates of praise.

Church of God, in heaven written,

Thine the risen life of Christ,

And the treasures to thee given,

Never, never can be priced.

Far above this world’s confusion,

Walking close by Jesus’ side,

Leaning on His loving bosom,

Is the church, His chosen bride.

 

An Unshakable Kingdom

Heb 12:28-29 LSB - [28] Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; [29] for OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE.

Sacrifices Pleasing to God

Heb 13:1 LSB - [1] Let love of the brothers continue.

Heb 13:15 LSB - [15] Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

Benediction

Heb 13:20-21 LSB - [20] Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, [21] equip you in every good thing to do His will, by doing in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom [be] the glory forever and ever. Amen.