Today is the 16th day of February. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and

greetings from the Holy City of Jerusalem. We made our journey up to Jerusalem and

landed yesterday and we will be spending the day in and around Jerusalem. We had a

great day yesterday getting here and we'll talk about all of that in a little

bit. But we have gathered together around the global campfire to take the next

step forward in the scriptures. And as we step forward today we are encountering

the third book in the Old Testament, the third book of the Torah, the book of

Leviticus. So we have been in the wilderness with the children of Israel for a

little while since we've come out of the land of Egypt and slavery. So we're in

the middle of the desert at this point and God is establishing the terms of the

covenant between himself and his people. And it's been about a year since

they left Egypt and the law is being given. And we've been working through the

construction of the tabernacle and the vestments for the priests and the

process of ordination as we come out of the book of Exodus and as we continue

forward with what God is revealing to Moses, we'll notice that everything is

pulling the people together in a cohesive culture and that interweaved among

everything that the people need to do to be a part of this culture is a

reminder of who God is and who they are and where they've come from and where

they are going together with God. And one of the things that we will invariably

realize is that holiness is vitally important to God. The things that are being

instituted into everyone's everyday life remind them of a holy almighty God

and that fellowship through God is through holiness. God tells them I am holy

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