Good Morning. And the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a sabbath to the Lord.'" (Leviticus 25:1-2) During the Sabbatical year, the...

Good Morning. You shall have the same law for the stranger and for one from your own country; for I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 24:22) In connection with the instructions given in relation to the incident we discussed in the previous devotion is the commandment...

Good Morning. 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. (Leviticus 24:10) This may seem a strange passage to use for the...

Good Morning. And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. ... You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord (Leviticus 24:5-6) This is, of course, referring to the shewbread, or a better translation would be "the...

Good Morning. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Command the children of Israel that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to make the lamps burn continually." (Leviticus 24:1-2) The seven branched lamp stand, the menorah, was to burn...

Good Morning. You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. (Leviticus 23:42-43) Very...

Good Morning. And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. (Leviticus 23:40) Sukkot, or the...

Good Morning. Speak to the children of Israel, saying: "The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord." (Leviticus 23:34) The seventh of the seven moedim -- "appointed times" -- is the Feast of Tabernacles, or as...

Good Morning. Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. (Leviticus 23:27) As I had previously mentioned, the seventh...

Good Morning. Speak to the children of Israel, saying: "In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation." (Leviticus 23:24) As we discussed in the previous devotion, on the first...

Good Morning. Speak to the children of Israel, saying: "In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation." (Leviticus 23:24) Where the Hebrew calendar is concerned, the seventh...

Good Morning. When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus...