My Bible Reading Journal

Sherry

20 Jun, 2024

Deuteronomy 6:20 – “When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you?’ (NKJV)

Are you teaching your children the reasons for family or spiritual traditions?

Exodus 16:20 – Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them. (NKJV)

Sometimes, not following instructions can cause a stink.

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19 Jun, 2024

**_{Leviticus 23:1-22 / Let’s Talk Feasts}**

The Lord told Moses to tell the children of Israel, that the Feasts of the Lord, which they should proclaim to be holy convocations are His feasts.

The Sabbath – The Israelites were allowed to work six days, but the seventh day was to be a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. They were not to do any work on it. It was to be recognized as the Sabbath of the Lord in all their dwellings.

Below are the Feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which they were to proclaim at their appointed times.

The Passover

On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight was the Lord’s Passover.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread

This feast began on the fifteenth day of the first month as a feast to the Lord. For seven days the Israelites were to eat unleavened bread. On the first day, they were to have a holy convocation (a sacred assembly of God’s people) and should not do any customary work on it. They were to offer an offering made by fire to the Lord for seven days. The seventh day was also to be a holy convocation and they were not to do any customary work on it.

The Feast of Firstfruits

The Lord told Moses to tell the children of Israel that when they arrived to the land that He was giving them and they reaped its harvest, they were to bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of their harvest to the priest. The priest should wave the sheaf before the Lord to be accepted on their behalf. The sheaf should be waved by the priest on the day after the Sabbath. On the day when the sheaf is waved, they were to offer a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the Lord. Its grain offering should be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, made by fire to the Lord for a sweet aroma. The drink offering should be of wine, one-fourth of a hin. They were not to eat bread nor parched or fresh grain until the same day that they brought an offering to their God. This was to be a statute forever throughout their generations in all their dwellings.

The Feast of Weeks

The Israelites were to count seven complete Sabbaths from the day after the Sabbath when they brought the sheaf of the wave offering. They were to count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then they were to offer a new grain offering to the Lord. From their dwellings, they were to take two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They should be of fine flour and baked with leaven. These are the firstfruits to the Lord. With the bread, they should offer seven lambs of the first year without blemish, one young bull and two rams. They should be as a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain and drink offerings, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the Lord. Then they should sacrifice one kid of the goats as a sin offering and two male lambs of the first year as a sacrifice of a peace offering. The priest should wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs. They should be holy to the Lord for the priest. They should proclaim that same day as a holy convocation and no customary work should be done on it. It should be a statute forever in all their dwellings throughout their generations.

When they reaped the harvest of their land, they were not to reap entirely the corners of their fields nor were they to gather any gleaning from their harvest. These were to be left for the poor and for the stranger. God said, “I am the Lord your God.”

Next week, we continue on in Leviticus 23.

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19 Jun, 2024

Deuteronomy 6:19 – to cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken. (NKJV)

Your enemies are already defeated when God is on your side.

Leviticus 26:19 – I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze. (NKJV)

Prideful? It’s useless before God!

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18 Jun, 2024

Deuteronomy 6:18 – And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers, (NKJV)

To receive God’s promises, you must do what is right and good in His sight.

Leviticus 26:18 – ‘And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. (NKJV)

Are you being obedient to God?

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17 Jun, 2024

Deuteronomy 6:17 – You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you. (NKJV)

Are you trying to obey all that God has commanded you?

Leviticus 26:17 – I will set My face against you, and you shall be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you. (NKJV)

Keep God on your side!

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16 Jun, 2024

Deuteronomy 16:16 – “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. (NKJV)

Don’t show up empty-handed when going to worship God, especially spiritually.

Deuteronomy 6:16 – “You shall not tempt the Lord your God as you tempted Him in Massah. (NKJV)

Are you tempting God?

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15 Jun, 2024

The Lord told Moses to tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and not to profane His holy name by what they dedicate to Him. God said, “I am the Lord.” The priests were to abstain and treat with respect the offerings of the Israelites. So, if the priest was unclean in any way, he was not to perform his priestly duties at that time. Throughout their generations, if any of their descendants went near the holy things that the Israelites dedicated to the Lord while they were unclean, they were to be cut off from God’s presence. God states, “I am the Lord.” If any of Aaron’s descendants was a leper or had a discharge, they were not allowed to eat the holy offerings until they were clean. Whoever touched anything made unclean by a corpse, or if a man had an emission of semen, or whoever touched any creeping thing or person that caused them to become unclean in any shape or form, that person would remain unclean until evening. He was not allowed to eat the holy offerings unless he washed his body with water. He would be clean when the sun went down and could then eat the holy offerings, because it is his food. The priests were not allowed to eat whatever died naturally or was killed by beasts, to defile themselves with it. God reiterates, “I am the Lord.” The priests were to keep God’s ordinance, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby, if they profaned it. God said, “I the Lord sanctify them.”

No outsider was allowed to eat the holy offering including someone who dwells with the priest or a hired servant. However, if the priest bought a person with his money, he may eat it as well as the one who is born in his house. If the priest’s daughter married an outsider, then she was not allowed to eat of the holy offerings. If the priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced and has no child and has returned to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food. Again, no outsider could eat it. If a man ate the holy offering unintentionally, then he was to restore a holy offering to the priest and add one-fifth to it. They should not profane the holy offerings that the children of Israel offered to the Lord or allow them to bear the guilt of trespass when they ate their holy offerings. God said, “for I the Lord sanctify them.”

The Lord told Moses to tell Aaron, his sons and all the children of Israel that whatever man of the house of Israel or strangers in Israel, who offered his sacrifice for any of his vows or any of his freewill offerings made as a burnt offering to the Lord should offer it of their own free will. God does not compel us to give offerings. God loves a cheerful giver, not one giving under compulsion (2 Corinthians 9:7). It should be a male without blemish from the cattle, the sheep or the goats. They were not to offer anything that had a defect because it would not be accepted on their behalf. Whoever offered a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, to fulfill his vow or a freewill offering from the cattle or sheep, the animal must be perfect with no defect in it to be accepted. Those that are blind, broken, maimed or have an ulcer, eczema, or scabs should not be offered to the Lord nor made an offering of them by fire on the altar to the Lord. A bull or a lamb with any limb that is too long or too short could be made as a freewill offering, but it would not be accepted for a vow. Nothing that is bruised, crushed, torn or cut should be made an offering in their land. They should not take any of these from a foreigner’s hand because their corruption is on them and defects are in them. They would not be accepted on their behalf. Be careful of the objects you accept from people, especially if you’re going to offer it to the Lord.

The Lord told Moses that when a bull, sheep or goat is born, it should be with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day and thereafter, it would be accepted as an offering made by fire to the Lord. Whether a cow or ewe, they were not to kill her and her young one on the same day.

When a sacrifice of thanksgiving was offered to the Lord, it was to be offered by their own free will. It should be eaten on the same day with none of it left until the morning. God said, “I am the Lord.”
The Lord said that the people should keep His commandments and perform them for He is the Lord. They should not profane His holy name, but hallow Him among the children of Israel. God said that He is the Lord who sanctified them and brought them out of the land of Egypt to be their God. God said, “I am the Lord.” Never forget to honor God and be thankful for the many blessings He has bestowed on you.

Next week, it’s Leviticus 23.

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15 Jun, 2024

Deuteronomy 16:15 – Seven days you shall keep a sacred feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you surely rejoice. (NKJV)

Are you rejoicing because of God’s many blessings in your life?

Deuteronomy 6:15 – (for the Lord your God is a jealous God among you), lest the anger of the Lord your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth. (NKJV)

Do not make God angry!

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14 Jun, 2024

Leviticus 26:14 – ‘But if you do not obey Me, and do not observe all these commandments, (NKJV)

Are you obeying all of God’s commandments?

Genesis 26:14 – for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him. (NKJV)

Is anyone envious of you? Or vice versa?

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