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fulfillment of Abraham’s Covenant. We all must learn lessons through the experiences of Israel. We
learn about God and about ourselves through all that they experienced – and are still experiencing.
The Covenant through Moses was within the outworking of the Covenant with Abraham, but was
not the final end that was in view. If this was the end, then all mankind would remain under the
curse of the Law. The curse of the Law is not the Law itself but the consequence of disobedience.
Indeed, but for disobedience, the Law would be a blessing – the blessing of the Law. Israel
experienced the curse of the law to show us all that we cannot inherit the blessing through our own
efforts. Thus, to fulfill the Covenant with Abraham, a New Covenant was needed to account for the
curse of the Law. Yeshua paid the penalty for sin. He took the curse fully upon Himself. In Him the
curse is removed so that the blessings promised to Abraham might burst forth upon all who live by
faith from all nations, both Jews and Gentiles. Think on these things as you put the pieces together
through the reading of the entire Bible this year.

Chapter 27. A value is put on everything, man and beast. The values are symbolic if we compare
them with the value of a life. Silver shekels were the currency of the day and through them God
taught the Israelites that everything must be accounted for. Everything comes from God and belongs
to Him, but stewardship of families, workers, animals and crops is our responsibility in partnership
with Him. If we lived in the days of the Israelites, both in the wilderness and in the Promised Land,
we would have learned many lessons about ownership and stewardship in partnership with God. We
can learn these lessons by reading and meditating upon the Scriptures.

The principles are still relevant when we consider that a value was put on our life too. We were
ransomed by Yeshua – His life for ours. Judas was paid 30 pieces of silver when Yeshua was
betrayed. That was the value put on Him and the lawyers of the day would have measured His value
against the standards here in Leviticus. What they thought they were doing is one thing. What they
were doing, in fulfillment of prophecy, was another! The transaction that took place at the Cross,
between God and man through Yeshua, the Son of Man, fulfills a multitude of types and shadows.
This is included, in the deepest meaning of what we read here in the last chapter of Leviticus, the
paying of the ransom price.

Psalm 19. Let us also read from the Psalms today. Psalm 19 causes us to look upwards into the skies
and all around us. We find that God has been faithful through all generations by the way His laws
rule the universe. The sun rose again today as we knew it would! If God is faithful in His creation
we have visible evidence that He is faithful and trustworthy in all else. The Book of Leviticus is a
wonderful book about the way Israel was to order their nation. God’s laws are altogether
trustworthy. The universe is vast but it is made up of tiny parts. God’s laws are vast in scope but
they take account of every small detail. Both the universe and God’s community are ordered through
the attention to minute details. Similarly, our individual lives are understood by God - in every small
detail. He even sees and understands what we do not understand about ourselves and our needs. He
cares more about us than we do ourselves, and He cares more about us than He cares for the rest of
His massive universe. This is what David realized when he wrote this Psalm. Look out into the
wonderful universe on this new day. Consider what we have read in God’s laws. Now see if you can
echo the prayers of the Psalmist for God’s good work in your life.

Day 6

1 Peter. Compared with the Books of Moses the First Letter of Peter is quite short. We can read it
for our studies on one day and consider what Peter teaches. It is relevant to what we have studied
throughout the week. The Book of Leviticus concerns the Levitical Priesthood. Peter was an
Israelite, whose nation was founded on the traditions of the Covenant with Moses. Based on the
Levitical Priesthood, his fuller understanding was opened. The Holy Spirit showed him that Yeshua