Some thoughts on Scripture

Numbers 2:2--"Everyone of the children of Israel shall camp by his own standard, beside the emblems of his father's house; they shall camp some distance from the tabernacle of meeting." The instructions for the encampment of the tribes of Israel was akin to a wagon train that circled its wagons at... Sign in to see full entry.

Numbers 1:52-53--"The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, everyone by his own camp, everyone by his own standard, according to their armies; but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel; and the... Sign in to see full entry.

Leviticus 27:30--"And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or the fruit of the tree, is the L ORD'S. It is holy to the L ORD." Here is the first mention of the tithe in the Bible. It marks the Lord's holiness, because the Lord provided it. Everything, in fact, was created and... Sign in to see full entry.

Leviticus 26:13--"I am the L ORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright." Essentially, the Lord is stating here that because He demonstrated Himself to the children of Israel, bringing... Sign in to see full entry.

Leviticus 25:53-54--"He shall be with him as a yearly hired servant, and he shall not rule with vigor over him in your sight. And if he is not redeemed in these years, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee--he and his children with him." After each 50-year span, Israel was to observe the... Sign in to see full entry.

Leviticus 24:10-11--"Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and this Israelite woman's son and a man of Israel fought each other in the camp. And the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the name of the L ORD and cursed: and so they... Sign in to see full entry.

Leviticus 23:3--"Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it: it is the Sabbath of the L ORD in all your dwellings." This commandment is reflective of the Lord Himself. God wanted His people to be holy as He is holy. He... Sign in to see full entry.

Leviticus 21:21-23--"No man of the descendants of Aaron the priest, who has a defect shall come near to offer the offerings made by fire to the L ORD. He has a defect; he shall not go near to offer the bread of his God. He may eat the bread of his God, both the most holy and the holy; only he shall... Sign in to see full entry.

"Leviticus 20:25-26--"You shall therefore distinguish between clean animals and unclean, between unclean birds and clean, and you shall not make yourselves abominable by beast or by bird, or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground,which I have separated from you as unclean. And you... Sign in to see full entry.

Leviticus 19:9-10--"When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the... Sign in to see full entry.