Week 28: Leviticus Part 2

Relation to Exodus Having looked at Leviticus in the context of the Pentateuch, we should also relate it back to Exodus. It is very important to recognize how each book grows out of the previous book if we wish to understand it fully. In the second half of Exodus the...

Week 27: Leviticus Part 1

Introduction Many people who resolve to read the Bible all the way through get stuck in Leviticus. It is easy to understand why. It is a very difficult book to read, for three main reasons. The first is that it is quite simply a boring book – it is like trying...

Week 26: Exodus Part 7

Christian use of the Book of Exodus The story of Exodus is compelling and the details of the Israelites’ worship fascinating, but we must ask this: How should Christians read it today? The first thing to say is that God has not changed. He deals with Christians in the...

Week 25: Exodus Part 6

8. Specification and specialists SPECIFICATIONS Next we come to the extraordinary fact that God wanted to live with Israel. He had already made his holiness very clear. When the law was given on Mount Sinai, God wanted the Israelites to be sure what his holiness...

Week 24: Exodus Part 5

Chapters 19-40 After the narrative of the escape from Egypt, the second part of Exodus turns more towards legislation, the commandments God gave his people, telling them how they were to live, and the covenant he made with them. 7. Commandments and covenant There are...