Commandments

Ryan Corcoran on March 2nd, 2010

See below for today’s reading. Ryan: Some people try to argue that the Old Testament required the Jews just to follow a bunch of difficult rules and regulations, and when Jesus came, he did away with all the hard rules. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. Among the many rules and regulations we [...]

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Continue reading about Day 61: Do not defile yourself

Ryan Corcoran on March 1st, 2010

List of today’s verses below, after video. Ryan: There are so many good verses in today’s reading that teach about lending, borrowing, and monetary policies that we could do a whole study just on those. But there was one section that caught my attention more than others, particularly because of a New Testament connection.  Leviticus [...]

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Continue reading about Day 60: “Do not deceive one another.”

Ryan Corcoran on February 26th, 2010

Deut. 23:1-8, Num. 6:1-21, Lev. 27:1-34, Deut. 23:21-23, Lev. 19:1-2, Deut. 22:9-11, Lev. 19:19 Ryan: I found it interesting in today’s reading that one could devote any number of things to God, be it their homes, animals, possessions, people (in their household, I’m assuming), or even their own lives (through the Nazarite vow). When one [...]

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Continue reading about Day 57: It’s a liger. It’s pretty much my favorite animal.

Ryan Corcoran on February 25th, 2010

Leviticus 12:1-8, Lev. 14:1-32, Lev. 15:13-15, Lev. 15:28-30, Num. 19:11-22 (Num. 9:10), Num. 19:1-10 Ryan: One of the many things that separated the Israelites from the nations around them was their countless laws upon laws that dealt with cleanliness. I’m sure all of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites would all just point [...]

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Continue reading about Day 56: Cleanliness, pt. I

Ryan Corcoran on February 23rd, 2010

Leviticus 5:14-19, Lev. 6:1-7, Lev. 7:1-10, Lev. 7:37-38, Numbers 28:9-15, Deut. 21:1-9, Lev. 22:17-30 (Deut. 17:1), Ex. 23:18 (Ex. 34:25), Lev. 24:1-9, Num. 6:22-27 Ryan: For the second day in a row, we get to combine judicial law (which, of course, derives much of its origins from biblical principles) with Levitical law. During the first [...]

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Continue reading about Day 54: The Lord Bless You and Keep You