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If you’ve ever gone Christmas caroling before, you’ve probably sang a song called “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” It’s a fun song, but it’s also mind-blowingly frustrating, because the entire song rests on a repetition, forcing you to remember (and recite) twelve different items that grow with each passing verse. The items are bizarre. What […]

Let’s be fair, here. Leviticus 12 is one of those passages that make people question why Old Testament study is relevant anymore. It’s a totally untrue accusation, but I get it. Leviticus 12 isn’t easy to just sit down and read, primarily because the regulations regarding ritual purity after birth aren’t necessary in today’s world.

Throughout this chapter, it seems like a catch-22 is developing before our eyes. Obviously, the people ate meat as part of their regular diet (including ritual meals), but Leviticus 11 consistently forbids people from touching a dead carcass.  How are you supposed to eat meat if you can’t touch a dead animal? The answer lies

I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned it before, but the version that I use for my Coffee and a Bible blog is the New American Standard version. It’s been my preaching and study Bible for the last 20 years, so its phrasing is engrained within me at this point. That being said, I find

When God instructed the Jews on which animals to avoid, He didn’t give a list of names (although He does in Deuteronomy 14:4-5). Instead, He simply said to avoid anything that chews the cud and has a split hoof. If they have both of those qualities, they were considered unclean. There were some exceptions to

Right before Noah and his family got on the Ark, God told Noah to organize groupings of animals to bring onboard with him. Of the “clean” animals, Noah was supposed to bring seven pairs of each, but only two pairs of the “unclean” animals (Genesis 7:2). How did Noah know which was which? I couldn’t

Ever since I became a father, there are certain portions of Scripture that just hit different this time through the the Bible.  The scene of Nadab and Abihu’s death in Leviticus 10 is one of them. As horrific as the moment must’ve been for those two men to realize their fatal error just as the

From the time I was a little kid, if I knew anything about the book of Leviticus, it was the story of Nadab and Abihu. I heard it referenced in sermons, classes, devotionals, articles, everywhere you could possibly think of. Imagine my surprise when I started actually looking into that story and found out it

Despite the ever-present symbolism of fire in the Old Testament, you may be surprised to find out that God only sends fire to consume sacrifices six different times.  The first time we see that happening in Scripture is here in Leviticus 9:24. The others are Gideon (Judges 6:21), Manoah (Judges 13:19-20), David (2 Samuel 24:25),

If you’re still with me after the previous eight chapters of Leviticus, then my hats off to you. It’s been a long, somewhat-confusing journey for me, so I can only imagine how difficult it is on the receiving end of these posts. At times, I’m not even sure if I knew what I was talking