Leviticus 26 Dear RTB’ers, Question on spiritual blessings to obedient Christians… First, His blessings for the Israelites: Rains in their season (v. 4); peace in the land (v. 6); make you fruitful and multiply you (v. 9); make My dwelling among you and walk among you and be your God (vv. 11-12); and [broken the …
Category Archives: RTB 2025 – Search the Scriptures, Part 2
January 18 / Leviticus 25
Leviticus 25 Dear RTB’ers, Question about the Year of Jubilee – its reckoning, its purpose, and spiritual blessings for us today. First, its calculation… Every seventh year the land was to lie fallow so that it could replenish its nutrients (somewhat similar to crop rotation today), then the Year of Jubilee was set at the …
January 17 / Leviticus 24
Leviticus 24 Dear RTB’ers, Question #1, we’re asked to consider the words “pure” and “continually” in the first nine verses. I was quite surprised to see the word “pure” applied four times in these nine verses, to the oil, the gold lampstand, the gold table, and the frankincense. As for “continually”, the ESV uses the …
January 16 / Leviticus 23
Leviticus 23 Dear RTB’ers, As was the case a few days ago, today’s first question asks us to make a list of the various feasts from today’s reading. Again, my Study Bible has a table of those feasts, so I took a picture of those pages and attached it to this note. John has reminded …
January 15 / Leviticus 21-22
Leviticus 21-22 Dear RTB’ers, Words and phrases that appear frequently in today’s reading: These two chapters are directed mostly to the priests, Aaron’s descendants, with a number of cleanliness rules, many related to ceremonial offerings. While clergy (and laity) today do not hold to these same principles and restrictions, we all still need to be …
January 14 / Leviticus 19-20
Leviticus 19-20 Dear RTB’ers, God’s holiness is the attribute emphasized in these chapters. See Lev. 19:2, 20:3, 20:26 for God attributing holiness to Himself, and Lev. 19:2, 20:7, 20:26 for Him demanding holiness from the Israelites. That holiness is commanded by the Lord to the Israelites through keeping His commandments and staying away from idolatry. …
January 13 / Leviticus 18
Leviticus 18 Dear RTB’ers, Reasons and importance for obedience to these laws… First, If the Israelites do these things, “he shall live by them”: You shall therefore keep My statutes and My rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the LORD. (v. 5) My Study Bible had an interesting …
January 12 / Leviticus 17
Leviticus 17 Dear RTB’ers, Question on killing of domestic animals and idolatrous worship. Verse 7a answers the second part of this question: So they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom they whore. If the Israelites kill their animals outside the tent of meeting, left to “themselves” or to the “inhabitants …
January 11 / Leviticus 16
Leviticus 16 Dear RTB’ers, Question #1 asks us to sketch out the order of the ceremonies for the Day of Atonement. The text has instructional verses and summary verses intermixed with the actual events. Thankfully, my Study Bible did that very thing, sketching out the order of the ceremonies. I feel like I’m cheating, but …
January 10 / Leviticus 14:33-15:33
Leviticus 14:33-15:33 Dear RTB’ers, Question: Sin is defiling in God’s sight and prevents our acceptance before Him. How does today’s reading show this? If we presume (as STS does) that all the “leprosy” conditions from chapter 14 (and earlier chapters), together with the discharges in chapter 15 are metaphors for sin, then all the “protections” …