Day 27 - Worship regulations

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Rehoboth Welsh Choir singing at the Saint David's Day celebration
at the Welsh Congregation of New York City
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My Mini-Bible Study for 2019
Read the Bible in a Year
Using The NRSV Daily Bible

Today’s Reading

1/27/2019     Day 27   Leviticus 1:1 - 4:49

Reflection:
Background on Leviticus from a Jewish perspective.

Leviticus gives the laws and regulations for worship there, including instructions on ceremonial cleanness, moral laws, holy days, the sabbath year and the Year of Jubilee. These laws were given, at least for the most part, during the year that Israel camped at Mount Sinai, when God directed Moses in organizing Israel's worship, government and military forces.

The Five Main Offerings (chs. 1-7)
  • The Burnt Offering (ch. 1)
  • The Grain Offering (ch. 2)
  • The Fellowship Offering (ch. 3)
  • The Sin Offering (4:1;5:13)         Source

Leviticus can be termed to some that it is like reading a law book
with many rules and regulations of all matters of life. I read it asking
“How does God want me to live?” The focus of this section is not only
the how but also the way to receive redemption.

Meditation/Contemplate:
How do I live to include God in my life in the context of this time of
history? Where is God in this secular time?

Prayer:
Be with me, O Eternal God, on the path that you lead me. Amen

The Next Seven Days of Readings


1/28/2019     Day 28 Leviticus 5:1 - 7:38
1/29/2019     Day 29   Leviticus 8:1 - 10:20
1/30/2019     Day 30   Leviticus 11:1 - 14:57
1/31/2019     Day 31   Leviticus 15:1 - 18:30
2/1/2019       Day 32  Leviticus 19:1 - 23:34
2/2/2019       Day 33  Leviticus 24:1 - 27:34
2/3/2019       Day 34  Numbers 1:1 - 4:49
2/4/2019       Day 35  Numbers 5:1 - 7:89
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Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our
Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the
Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole
world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.



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