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Day 2 of 14

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Leviticus 1:1

The burnt offering

1The Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting. He said,

Reflection

God speaks! The God of the Bible is a speaking God; a God who speaks the language of human beings and a God who speaks through human beings. And God speaks most clearly through the one perfect human being, Jesus Christ the Lord, Jesus Christ who is God-in-the-flesh.

Yesterday we dwelt upon the God who spoke in Genesis and who brought creation – everything – into being. Today God speaks to Moses and through Moses to the people of Israel. And, as always – and as we see in the message of the gospel – it is God who takes the initiative: God calls; God initiates the conversation; God has plans for Moses; God has plans for the chosen people. And here, today, some thousands of years later, God is still speaking to the bride of Christ, the Christian church in all the world. God speaks!

Prayer

Thank you, Lord God, that you are a speaking God. Thank you for revealing yourself to Moses, to Abraham, to the prophets, to all your people down the ages. Thank you for speaking through the incarnation, through the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. Please give your church ears to hear what you have to say to us today.

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Leviticus 1:1-17

The burnt offering

1The Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting. He said, 2‘Speak to the Israelites and say to them: “When anyone among you brings an offering to the Lord, bring as your offering an animal from either the herd or the flock.

3‘ “If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect. You must present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that it will be acceptable to the Lord. 4You are to lay your hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on your behalf to make atonement for you. 5You are to slaughter the young bull before the Lord, and then Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 6You are to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces. 7The sons of Aaron the priest are to put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. 8Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, on the wood that is burning on the altar. 9You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water, and the priest is to burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

10‘ “If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, you are to offer a male without defect. 11You are to slaughter it at the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar. 12You are to cut it into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and the fat, on the wood that is burning on the altar. 13You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water, and the priest is to bring all of them and burn them on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

14‘ “If the offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, you are to offer a dove or a young pigeon. 15The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off the head and burn it on the altar; its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar. 16He is to remove the crop and the feathers and throw them down east of the altar where the ashes are. 17He shall tear it open by the wings, not dividing it completely, and then the priest shall burn it on the wood that is burning on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

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