Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and will satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of Award for Today, Dr Chuck continues with a burnt offering

as we pick up in Leviticus, chapter 12, verse 8. the Now it is interesting when Mary and Joseph, after the birth of Jesus, came for this purification

right kind of a thing that Mary brought two turtle doves which would indicate that they were of poor circumstances.

They weren't wealthy at all. They were poor people. They could not afford to bring a sheep and the poor people could bring the two turtle does and thus Mary indicating the poverty of Mary and Joseph, brought two turtle doves

for the sacrifice for her right of purification and all. As we get into chapter 13, God is dealing with the subject

of leprosy and the priest were given instructions on how to diagnose leprosy, a breaking out on a person's body,

the examination of it, the color of hairs that are in the

blotch and so forth, so that the priest can truly identify the leper.

Now it was twofold. Number one, if it was indeed leprosy and many times they would

set them apart for seven days, re-examine them to see if there be any change of condition.

But God wanted them to be very careful to, number one, if it was leprosy, to isolate them from the people, to keep this disease from spreading.

And so it was a quarantine kind of a thing. But secondly, the careful examinations so that no one would be

isolated who was not truly a leper. So God wanted them to be careful in both directions. Make sure

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