Today we begin Leviticus Chapter 19. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. The Jewish people consider Leviticus 19 to be a special chapter. It is often referred to as a TORAH within the TORAH or a mini-TORAH. The reason is because this chapter nicely summarizes all of […]

“Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, because all the nations which I am expelling ahead of you are defiled with them. The land has become unclean, and this is why I am punishing it — the land itself will vomit out its inhabitants. But you are to keep my laws and […]

“You are not to have sexual relations with any kind of animal and thus become unclean with it; nor is any woman to present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; it is perversion.”-Leviticus 18:23 The Lord’s rulings on prohibited sexual behavior conclude with a firm command against sex between humans and […]

“And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.”-Leviticus 18:21-22 The only way we’re going to comprehend the real meaning of […]

“‘You are not to let any of your children be sacrificed to Molekh, thereby profaning the name of your God; I am Adonai.”–Leviticus 18:21 Right smack dab in the list of prohibited sexual behaviors, we run into a commandment that doesn’t really seem to fit the rest. Or does it? I don’t think each of […]