Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapters 4 to 7
Chapters 8 and 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapters 13 and 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapters 19 and 20
Chapters 21 and 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
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Preservation from defilement.
God owned and honoured
After this quite special instruction of the day of
atonement come some directions, not to purify from defilements,
but to preserve from them either the people or the service of the
priests (Lev. 17). It is to maintain them as a people holy to
God, and keep them from all that would dishonour Him in their
relations with Him, and themselves in their relations with
others. Life belongs to God. And where it is taken, it must be
offered in sacrifice and in sacrifice of course to God. The
blood must be sprinkled, and the fat burned on the altar. Thus
the danger of secret departure of the heart to demons was guarded
against, and God's title to life, and the truth of sacrifice were
maintained — all vital truths. Thus God was owned and honoured,
and man's relationship with Him.
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