Participants: Kelley Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000475
00:15 Hi and welcome back to His Words Are Life.
00:18 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank you 00:19 for joining with me today to read the Word of God. 00:22 We've been spending some time in the last few times we've been 00:25 together reading the different rules and guidelines that God 00:31 was laying down to Moses and the 00:32 children of Israel regarding the 00:34 sacrifices and then more 00:35 recently regarding leprosy. 00:37 And it's sort of a temptation, I guess, for me sometimes 00:41 in reading these things to... to lose sight. 00:44 They don't apply specifically to my life. 00:48 But in reading them together, I don't want us to lose sight 00:51 of how they can apply in principle to our lives. 00:54 And it occurred to me as we were reading 00:56 and as we will continue to read, particularly about the leprosy 00:59 and about the aspect of the unclean and the clean, 01:03 that... you know, Proverbs says a few flies ruin the ointment. 01:07 And God was so concerned that the Israelites keep their houses 01:13 and their garments and their lives clean before Him that He 01:16 that He laid out all these rules. And the lesson I... 01:18 that it struck me as we were reading is that anything in my 01:22 life, no matter how tiny, and how small or minute, that 01:26 contributes to distancing me from God is unclean 01:30 and I need that washed out by the power of His blood. 01:33 Let's pray together before we keep reading. 01:35 Dear God, thank you so much for these words that serve to... 01:40 to guide us closer to You, and that's where we want most 01:43 to be. As we read about the laws and the guidelines 01:49 that You gave regarding the cleansing of houses and garments 01:54 and skin and the things... hair... the things that were 01:57 affected by leprosy in the days of the Israelites, 02:00 show us what in our lives we need to bring to You to 02:04 cleanse with Your blood... even the littlest of things. 02:08 We don't want anything standing between us and You. 02:11 We want to be Yours completely. 02:14 Please guide us now as we read. Send Your Holy Spirit to 02:17 lead us into a deeper under- standing of Your truth. 02:19 We love You so much, and thank You for loving us. Amen. 02:23 We'll continue now in reading of Leviticus. 02:26 We're in chapter 14; we'll begin with verse 42. 02:29 I'm sorry. We'll begin with verse 43. 02:33 It's talking about leprosy being found within a house 02:36 and how that is to be cleaned, rebuilt. 02:39 This is the King James version. 02:40 Leviticus 14 verse 43. 02:42 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, 02:46 after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath 02:50 scraped the house, and after it is plastered; 02:52 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague 02:55 be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: 02:59 it is unclean. 03:00 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, 03:03 and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; 03:05 and he shall carry them forth out of the city 03:08 into an unclean place. 03:09 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is 03:13 shut up shall be unclean until the even. 03:16 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; 03:18 and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. 03:21 And if the priest shall come in and look upon it, 03:24 and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, 03:27 after the house was plastered: then the priest shall pronounce 03:30 the house clean, because the plague is healed. 03:33 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, 03:37 and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 03:39 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel 03:43 over running water: And he shall take the cedar wood, 03:46 and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, 03:49 and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, 03:52 and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: 03:56 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, 03:59 and with the running water, and with the living bird, 04:02 and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, 04:03 and with the scarlet: And he shall let go the living bird 04:07 out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement 04:10 for the house: and it shall be clean. 04:13 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, 04:18 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, 04:22 For a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 04:24 To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: 04:28 this is the law of leprosy. 04:31 Continuing to read now in 04:32 Leviticus in chapter 15. 04:34 This is the King James version. 04:36 And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, 04:39 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 04:42 When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, 04:45 because of his issue he is unclean. 04:48 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: 04:51 whether his flesh run with his issue or his flesh be stopped 04:54 from his issue, it is his uncleanness. 04:57 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: 05:02 and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. 05:06 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, 05:11 and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 05:14 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath 05:19 the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself 05:22 in water, and be unclean until the even. 05:25 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue 05:29 shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, 05:32 and be unclean until the even. 05:34 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; 05:39 then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, 05:42 and be unclean until the even. 05:44 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue 05:49 shall be unclean. And whosoever toucheth any thing that was 05:53 under him shall be unclean until the even: 05:55 and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, 05:58 and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 06:02 And whosoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not 06:06 rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, 06:09 and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 06:12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, 06:17 shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be 06:20 rinsed in water. And when he that hath the issue is cleansed 06:24 of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days 06:28 for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh 06:31 in running water, and shall be clean. 06:34 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, 06:38 or two young pigeons, and come before the Lord 06:41 unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 06:44 and give them unto the priest: 06:46 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, 06:50 the other for a burnt offering: and the priest shall make an 06:54 atonement for him before the Lord for his issue. 06:56 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, 07:01 then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean 07:04 until the even. And every garment, and every skin, 07:07 whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed 07:10 with water, and be unclean until the even. 07:13 The woman also with whom man shall lie 07:16 with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves 07:18 in water, and be unclean until the even. 07:21 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh 07:25 be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever 07:29 toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. 07:31 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation 07:35 shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon 07:39 shall be unclean. And whosoever toucheth her bed 07:42 shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, 07:45 and be unclean until the even. 07:46 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash 07:50 his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean 07:53 until the even. And if it be on her bed, 07:56 or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, 07:59 he shall be unclean until the even. 08:01 And if any man lie with her at all, 08:04 and her flowers be upon him, 08:06 he shall be unclean seven days, and all the bed whereon he lieth 08:10 shall be unclean. And if a woman have an issue of her blood 08:13 many days out of the time of her separation, 08:16 or if it run beyond the time of her separation; 08:19 all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the 08:23 days of her separation: she shall be unclean. 08:26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue 08:30 shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: 08:32 and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, 08:35 as the uncleanness of her separation. 08:38 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, 08:41 and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, 08:44 and be unclean until the even. 08:46 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number 08:50 to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 08:54 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, 08:58 or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, 09:02 to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 09:04 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, 09:07 and the other for a burnt offering; 09:09 and the priest shall make an atonement for her 09:11 before the Lord for the issue of her uncleanness. 09:14 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their 09:17 uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, 09:21 when they defile my tabernacle that is among them. 09:24 This is the law of him that hath an issue and of him 09:27 whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; 09:30 And of her that is sick of her flowers, 09:32 and of him that hath an issue, 09:33 of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her 09:37 that is unclean. 09:38 We are continuing now with Leviticus in chapter 16. 09:43 This is the King James version. 09:44 And the Lord spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons 09:49 of Aaron, when they offered before the Lord, and died; 09:52 And the Lord said unto Moses, speak unto Aaron thy brother, 09:55 that he come not at all times into the holy place 09:58 within the veil before the mercy seat, 10:00 which is upon the ark; that he die not: 10:02 for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. 10:05 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: 10:08 with a young bullock for a sin offering, 10:11 and a ram for a burnt offering. 10:13 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the 10:16 linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen 10:19 girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: 10:22 these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his 10:26 flesh in water, and so put them on. 10:28 And he shall take of the congregation of the children 10:31 of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, 10:34 and one ram for a burnt offering. 10:36 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, 10:39 which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, 10:42 and for his house. And he shall take the two goats, 10:46 and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle 10:49 of the congregation. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two 10:52 goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat. 10:58 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell, 11:02 and offer him for a sin offering. 11:05 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, 11:09 shall be presented alive before the Lord, 11:12 to make an atonement with him, and to let him go 11:15 for a scapegoat into the wilderness. 11:17 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, 11:20 which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, 11:23 and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin 11:26 offering which is for himself: And he shall take a censer 11:30 full of burning coals of fire from off the altar 11:33 before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten 11:36 small, and bring it within the veil: 11:40 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, 11:43 that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat 11:47 that is upon the testimony, that he die not: 11:50 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it 11:54 with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; 11:56 and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with 11:59 his finger seven times. Then shall he kill the goat 12:03 of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood 12:06 within the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the 12:09 blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, 12:11 and before the mercy seat: And he shall make an atonement 12:15 for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children 12:17 of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their 12:20 sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, 12:24 that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 12:27 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation 12:30 when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, 12:33 until he come out; and have made an atonement for himself, 12:37 and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. 12:40 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the Lord, 12:43 and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood 12:46 of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, 12:48 and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. 12:51 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger 12:54 seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the 12:57 uncleanness of the children of Israel. 13:00 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, 13:03 and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, 13:05 he shall bring the live goat: 13:08 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the 13:10 live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the 13:14 children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all 13:17 their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, 13:20 and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man 13:24 into the wilderness: And the goat shall bear upon him 13:28 all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: 13:31 and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness. 13:34 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, 13:38 and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when 13:41 he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: 13:43 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, 13:46 and put on his garments, and come forth, 13:48 and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the 13:51 people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. 13:55 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. 13:58 And he that let go the goat for 14:01 the scapegoat shall wash his 14:02 clothes, and bathe his flesh 14:04 in water, and afterward come into the camp. 14:06 And the bullock for the sin offering, 14:07 and the goat for the sin offering, 14:09 whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place 14:11 shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn 14:15 in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. 14:18 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, 14:21 and bathe his flesh in water, 14:22 and afterward he shall come into the camp. 14:25 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: 14:27 that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, 14:31 ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, 14:33 whether it be one of your own country, 14:35 or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 14:38 Please join me next time. 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