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Leviticus used to be the first book of the Bible read and studied by children in the synagogue. In the church, it is perhaps the last one read, if it is ever given any attention at all. One of the reasons that the book of Leviticus is so little studied in the church is a lack of understanding about the relevance of the literature to the New Testament Christian. What do all these legislative texts...

This first regulation begins with the word ‘If’. It is a particle that introduces the conditional element of an ‘if … then’ clause. The particle appears frequently in Leviticus, and its purpose is to demonstrate that an offerer has more than one option in what he offers. Regarding the burnt offering in Leviticus 1, the worshipper has three choices: an animal from the herd (1:3), one from the flock (1:10), or a bird (1:14). The section before us (1:3–9) describes the burnt offering presented from
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