Week 8: Leviticus Chapters 1 to 15 -

Week 7 Recap (Exodus 21–40)..

Last week we saw Israel move from rescue to formation. After bringing them out of Egypt, God gave laws that shaped justice, mercy, and daily living, teaching a newly freed people how to live as His covenant community. He then gave detailed instructions for the tabernacle, revealing His deep desire to dwell among them. Even after the failure of the golden calf, God renewed His covenant in mercy. Exodus ends with the tabernacle completed and the glory of the Lord filling it—a powerful reminder that redemption leads to relationship and God’s presence among His people

Looking Ahead: Week 8 (Leviticus 1–15)..

As we step into Leviticus, we move into the next question: How can a holy God live among His people?
Chapters 1–7 introduce the offerings, showing how Israel could worship, seek forgiveness, and live in restored relationship with God. Chapters 8–10 establish the priesthood and emphasize the seriousness of approaching a holy God. Then, in chapters 11–15, we see how holiness extends into everyday life—what they eat, how they live, how they handle sickness, impurity, and restoration within the community.

These chapters may seem detailed, but they reveal God’s heart to form a people who live with constant awareness of His presence. For us today, reading after the coming of Jesus, we see that these sacrifices and purity laws ultimately point to Him—the perfect sacrifice who makes us clean and brings us near. Yet the call to live holy, attentive lives before God still remains.

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Leviticus Chapters 1 to 3

Nearness Through Sacrifice..

Leviticus begins where Exodus ends. The tabernacle has been built. God’s glory has filled it. A holy God now dwells in the midst of a newly redeemed people. But a pressing question emerges:

How can a sinful people live near a holy God without being consumed?

Leviticus is God’s answer.
It is not merely a book of rituals; it is a book of relationship.
It teaches a rescued people how to approach, live with, and remain in fellowship with their God

Leviticus Chapters 4 to 7

When Sin Is Named and Fellowship Restored..

Leviticus 1–3 introduced offerings of devotion, gratitude, and fellowship. Chapters 4–7 now move into another essential dimension of life with a holy God: dealing honestly with sin and repairing what it breaks.

If the earlier offerings teach Israel how to draw near, these chapters teach them how to return when they have drifted.

At the heart of these chapters is this truth:
God provides a way for sin to be acknowledged, atoned for, and relationships restored.

This is not about ritual for ritual’s sake. It is about forming a people who live truthfully before God and one another.

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Leviticus Chapters 8 to 10

The Holiness of God and the Cost of Careless Worship..

Context: A Newly Redeemed People Learning to Live with a Holy God

Israel has been delivered from Egypt and brought into covenant with Yahweh. Now the central question is not merely how to be free, but how to live in the presence of a holy God.

Leviticus answers that question.

Chapters 1–7 established the sacrificial system.
Chapters 8–10 now establish the priesthood—those who will stand between God and the people.

God is not only teaching Israel how to approach Him; He is teaching them who He is.

“I will be sanctified among those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.”
(Leviticus 10:3)

This is the heartbeat of these chapters