Leviticus 22:26–33
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We moderns, particularly we modern evangelicals, have a bad habit of treating the book of Leviticus like an old, dusty attic. We know it's part of the house, but we don't really want to go up there. It seems full of strange furniture, outdated rules, and a general air of irrelevance. We are people of the big picture, the grand statement, the soaring principle. We like our faith summarized on a coffee mug. But God, it appears, is also a God of the fine print. Our passage today is a collection of such details. It deals with the proper age for a sacrifice, the humane treatment of a mother animal, and the correct way to eat a thanksgiving offering. At first glance, this can seem like a jumble of disconnected ritual regulations. But if we think this, we have missed the point entirely.