I have spent the last few days plowing through the book of Leviticus. When I finished reading Lev. 27:29 yesterday afternoon I was physically and mentally exhausted.

I can honestly say that this was the most intense reading “of the Levites” that I have ever done. I learned a ton of interesting facts and tidbits thanks to my ESV Study Bible but I was left with an overwhelming sense of relief and freedom — and not just because I was finished reading!

Leviticus is the third book of the Pentateuch and it details the rights and rituals of the priests during the Tabernacle period. Right off that is difficult enough to wrap our modern heads around. I found myself (almost for the first time) understanding the enormity of the sacrificial system.

Blood, livestock, fatty organs, fire, dung, water and ashes. Day in. Day out. That was the life of a priest.

Thank God that it is not this way any longer. Thank God for the sacrifice of his Son.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might dies to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds we are healed. (1Peter 2:24)