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Holiness to the Lord: A Guide to the Exposition of the Book of Leviticus is unavailable, but you can change that!

In Holiness to the Lord, Allen P. Ross has shouldered the often daunting task of gleaning from the Book of Leviticus more than just messages on tithing or Sabbath-keeping. Many expositors miss the wealth of information on the early Hebrew system of religion which this important book of scripture represents. This formidable text has been made manageable for both scholars and laymen, enabling...

The law, then, was given as a gracious provision to a redeemed people to make them a holy nation and prepare them to be a kingdom of priests. It had several purposes: 1. The law was the constitution of the nation of Israel. At Sinai, Israel was established as a theocracy; and the law of God became the national constitution. If the people kept this law, then they would be God’s unique people, a holy nation, and a kingdom of priests (Exod. 19:5–6). When they performed the ritual to enter the covenant
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