The Book of Leviticus
The Book of Leviticus Throughout the Book of Leviticus, Israel remains encamped at Mount Sinai, while God appears in the Tent of Meeting, detailing to Moses His specifications regarding the ceremonial laws, which His people are to follow. In Leviticus, God tells the Israelites and their priests, the Levites, how to make offerings in the Tabernacle and how to conduct themselves while camped around the holy tent sanctuary. The key phrase in the Book of Leviticus simplifies the entire complexity of the Law into one simple statement... The Lord says to the Israelites: “Shema!” Hear/Listen, oh Israel! “You shall be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, …that you should be Mine.” [Leviticus 20:26 This is why 2,000 years later, the Apostle Peter calls us (believers) to Holy living… In his first letter to the believers, Peter says: “God’s chosen people, (those of you) who are living as foreigners, in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia,