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Leviticus is where most Bible reading plans go to get to work.

Leviticus is where most Bible reading plans go to die.

Leviticus is the graveyard of good intentions.

It starts with a desire to read your Bible, a great desire by the way. Maybe you decide you're going to read through it in a year.

You probably get one of those guides that are available to you online that help you know what portion of the Bible you need to read each day.

Quick aside. I think the best guides assign a portion of the

Old Testament and the New Testament for your daily reading. But some people decide they're

going to start with Genesis and go all the way through revelation. Now regardless of how you do it, you have to read

about three to four chapters a day to make it through the Bible and here. So you start in Genesis

and it's fun to read. Creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, Abraham sacrificing

Isaac, the whole story of Jacob and E.Saw and Joseph getting thrown in prison and then

how he got out of prison.

Well anyway, Genesis is a blast and you move into Exodus and it really starts strong.

Great stories about the Israelites being enslaved in Egypt and Moses being raised up to deliver them all the

plagues and they finally get out and go through the Red Sea? Now it's true that

exodus does hit some dry patches but overall exodus is another winner

but then you come to Leviticus. It's 27 chapters of laws and instructions.

Who hasn't fallen behind and eventually quit their Bible reading plan in Leviticus?

I know I have. I think a big reason why is that we don't have any context for the book. We don't have any idea of what it's all about, what the big picture is. So let me help you set the scene for Leviticus. And it starts by

understanding how Exodus ends. The book of Exodus ends with Moses not being able

to enter into the tabernacle. Here's Exodus 40 verses at the very end of the book.

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