Today's ready in my 52 day quest to read the Bible was the majority of Leviticus. I recall a time in Seminary when I was very interested in all of the specifics of what God required of the Israelites after coming out of Egypt. I even drew to scale all the elements as they were described and if I am not mistaken submitted all of this as part of a project for a class at a later date.
In one respect, Leviticus is enlightening, in that it shows the very specific way in which God desired the people to follow him. As we know this was not very successful and eventually God offered them a new plan.
So, Leviticus basically sets everyone up to fail? I am not so sure about that, but it does lay some kind of foundation for our understanding of our own inability to be obedient, even in seeking forgiveness.
I have to say that I skimmed a lot of Exodus and Leviticus thus far.
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