The Lord commanded the Israelites to keep oil burning in the lamps continually night and day. Twelve loaves of bread were to be set out every Sabbath on the table in the sanctuary as a lasting covenant on behalf of the Israelites.
A fight broke out between two men in the camp. One of them blasphemed the Lord's name. He was put in custody until it was clear what the Lord wanted done with him. Then the Lord told Moses to take the man outside the camp along with everyone who heard him curse. They were to lay their hands upon his head and then stone him to death. Everyone present was to participate. So it was done.
Whatever a man does to man or animal must also be done to him. Life for life, fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.
Chapter 25 teaches of the Sabbath Year and the Year of the Jubilee, the 50th year. Every seventh year was a Sabbath year in which the land was to rest. No crops were to be planted. Whatever grew on its own was to be eaten. Similarly, the Jubilee, a Sabbath year which, in addition to the land's rest, slaves were set free, and property lost was returned to the original owner. It's like everyone was reminded that nothing ever truly belonged to them, but to God.
The beginning of chapter 26 teaches the reward for obedience to God's commandments. God promised peace, prosperity and abundance for all the people in the land when all his commandments were followed.
Tomorrow finish Leviticus and begin Numbers to 1:41
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