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Sacrament
Every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord.
Holiness is a recurring theme in Leviticus. (The term holy appears there more than in any other biblical book.) God’s people are to be holy (a mandate repeated in 19:2; 20:7, 26)—to honor their pure, Godlike identity.
One source calls Leviticus “a narrative pause in the story of our ancestors as they are on their way, having been saved out of Egypt, to settle in the land of Canaan.” He continues, “It is a kind of extended time-out for instruction, a detailed and meticulous preparation for living ‘holy’ in a culture that doesn’t have the faintest idea of what ‘holy’ is.”
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Resources cited in this issue
GT: Peterson, E. H. Symphony of Salvation: A 60-Day Devotional Journey Through the Books of the Bible. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress Publishing Group, 2021.
RR: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION® , NIV® . Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Cit. 4: Harrelson, Walter J., ed. The New Interpreter’s Study Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 2003.
Cit. 6: Macdonald, William. Believer’s Bible Commentary. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2016.
Cit. 15: Barclay, William. The New Daily Study Bible: The Letter to the Romans. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001–04.
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