Good Morning. Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the Lord’s lot fell, and offer it as a sin offering. (Leviticus 16:8-9) After presenting a sin offering for...

Good Morning. Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat. (Leviticus 16:8) While there are certain elements of the Yom Kippur service that occurred frequently throughout the year, there are other elements...

Good Morning. Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house. (Leviticus 16:6) It is important to see that, before the earthly High Priest could make atonement for the people, it was necessary that...

Good Morning. He shall put the holy linen tunic and the linen trousers on his body; he shall be girded with a linen sash, and with the linen turban he shall be attired. These are holy garments. (Leviticus 16:4) It is understood that the High Priest had two different...

Good Morning. And the Lord said to Moses: “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud above the mercy seat." (Leviticus 16:2) This and...

Good Morning. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “This shall be the law of the leper for the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest." (Leviticus 14:1-2) Jewish tradition teaches that, if and when a leper was cleansed, he was to appear before the...

Good Morning. And if leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the one who has the sore, from his head to his foot, wherever the priest looks, then the priest shall consider; and indeed if the leprosy has covered all his body, he...

Good Morning. And if the priest sees that the scab has indeed spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy. (Leviticus 13:8) If Biblical leprosy was not the result of some air-borne bacteria but was the manifestation of a person's...

Good Morning. When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes on the skin of his body like a leprous sore, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests. (Leviticus 13:2) From a biblical...

Good Morning. Speak to the children of Israel, saying: "If a woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean." (Leviticus 12:2) If there are concepts and principles...

Good Morning. For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. (Leviticus 11:45) Because He is holy, we are to be holy in emulation of His character and as proper representatives of His kingdom....

Good Morning. Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth: Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and...