Leviticus 6
Commit a trespass against the LORDverses 1-7
And the LORD spoke unto Moses saying
If a soul sin and commit a trespass against the LORD
and lie unto his neighbor in that which was delivered
him to keep – or in fellowship
a thing taken away by violence
or has deceived his neighbor
Or have found that which was lost
and lies concerning it – and swears falsely
in any of all these that a man does
sinning therein
THEN it shall be – BECAUSE he has sinned and is guilty
that he shall RESTORE that which he took violently away
or the thing which he has deceitfully gotten
or that which was delivered him to keep
or the lost thing which he found
or all that about which he has sworn falsely
He shall even RESTORE it in the principal
and shall ADD the fifth part more thereto
and give it to him to whom it appertains
in the day of his trespass offering
And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD
a ram without blemish out of the flock
with your estimation – for a trespass offering
to the priest
And the priest shall make an ATONEMENT for him
before the LORD
and it shall be FORGIVEN him for any
thing of all that he hath done in
trespassing therein
Law of the burnt offering disposalverses 8-13
And the LORD spoke unto Moses
saying
Command Aaron and his sons
saying
This is the law of the burnt offering
It is the burnt offering
BECAUSE of the burning upon the altar
all night to the morning
And the fire of the altar shall be burning in it
And the priest shall put on his linen garment
and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh
and take up the ashes which the fire has consumed
with the burnt offering on the altar
and he shall put them beside the altar
And he shall put off his garments – and put on other garments
and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a
clean place
And the fire on the altar shall be burning in it
it shall NOT be put out
And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning
and lay the burnt offering in order upon it
and he shall burn thereon the FAT of the
peace offering
The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar
it shall NEVER go out
Grain offering disposalverses 14-18
And this is the law of the meat offering
the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD
before the altar
And he shall take of it his handful – of the flour of the meat offering
and of the oil thereof
and all the frankincense which is upon the
meat offering – and shall burn it upon the altar
for a sweet savor
even the MEMORIAL of it – to the LORD
and the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat
with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place
in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation
they shall eat it
It shall not be baked with leaven
I have given it unto them for their portion of MY offering
made by fire – it is most holy
as is the sin offering and as the trespass offering
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it
It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the
offerings of the LORD made by fire
every one that touches them shall be holy
Instructions for new High Priestsverses 19-23
And the LORD spoke unto Moses
saying
This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons
which they shall offer to the LORD in the day when
he is anointed
The tenth part of an ephah of the fine flour for a
meat offering perpetual – half of it in the morning
and half thereof at night
In a pan it shall be made with oil – and when it is baked
you shall bring it in – and the baked pieces of the
meat offering shall you offer for a sweet savor
to the LORD
And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it
it is a statute forever to the LORD
it shall be wholly burnt
For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt
it shall not be eaten
Instructions regarding the disposal of the sin offeringverses 24-30
And the LORD spoke unto Moses
saying
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons
saying
This is the law of the sin offering
In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall
the sin offering be killed before the LORD
it is MOST HOLY
The priest that offers it for sin shall eat it
in the holy place shall it be eaten
in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy
and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof
on any garment – you shall wash that whereon
it was sprinkled in the holy place
BUT the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken
and if it be sodden in a brazen pot
it shall be both scoured – and rinsed in water
All the males among the priests shall eat thereof
it is MOST HOLY
And no sin offering – whereof any of the blood is brought
into the tabernacle of the congregation
to RECONCILE withal
in the holy place – shall be eaten
it shall be burnt in the fire
COMMENTARY:
DAILY SPIRITUAL BREAKFAST: Young Believers
: 2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie to his neighbor in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship or in a thing taken away by violence, or has deceived his neighbor. (6231 “deceived” [‘ashaq] means to oppress, exploit, wrong, extort, abuse, defraud, or extort)
DEVOTION: There are sins that we do without knowing we are sinning but there are also sins that we commit and know what we are doing.
This section is dealing with individuals who try to deceive someone about something and know they are doing it. God deals with this type of sin harder than those who sin without really understanding that they are sinning.
Deliberate sin has to be dealt with harshly. There are a couple of penalties given for this type of sin. First the individual has to bring an offering to the LORD. Second the individual has to pay back the individual they cheated with twenty percent interest.
The priest will offer the sacrifice to the LORD from the individual who has cheated his neighbor and the sin will be forgiven.
God doesn’t want us to cheat our neighbor or friend. Too often we can sin against someone and think nothing of it, but the LORD doesn’t think nothing of someone who had cheated a friend or neighbor.
The LORD wants us to be honest with our neighbors and friends. If we borrow something from a neighbor and don’t return it, that is a sin. Imagine what would happen if each time we sinned against a neighbor or friend there was a twenty percent interest charge made to our account.
CHALLENGE: How much do we owe our neighbor or friend today? Are we treating them right all the time even when it hurts us?
DAILY SPIRITUAL LUNCH: Transitional Believers
: 11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp to a clean place. (899 “garments” [begged] means clothes, raiment, apparel, robe, wardrobe, vestures, or cloak)
DEVOTION: The dress code for the priest was specific. When he was serving the LORD he had to be dressed in the required garments of his service to the LORD. However, when he was to deal with the ashes from the burnt offering he was to dress differently.
He was to change his clothes when he left the Tabernacle area to go with the ashes to a clean place away from the Tabernacle. The clothes he was wearing when he offered the sacrifices were holy and could not be worn away from the Tabernacle.
There was a standard of dress for proper service to the LORD in the Tabernacle area. There were holy areas and areas that were not holy. When they entered into the presence of the LORD they were in a holy area.
We need to think about our times with the LORD. When we pray are we in a holy area? When we attend church are we in a holy area. It is not the same as in the Old Testament times but we are still priests of the LORD today and should consider our appearance when we enter into the presence of the LORD each time we attend church.
CHALLENGE: The gathering of the saints should be a time that we consider holy to the LORD. We should not take our time in the presence of the LORD and HIS saints lightly.
: 25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy. (8451 “law” [torah] means direction, instruction, body of prophetic teaching, legal directives, doctrine, teaching, TORAH, or written code)
DEVOTION: Moses is receiving instructions from the LORD regarding the proper way to worship HIM. The priests had to follow the instructions or they would be judged by the LORD.
Each duty had specific instructions. The offerings were to be done in a certain way each time. There was a training of the priests by other priests so that there were no errors in their duty to the LORD.
This is just one instruction regarding the duties around the offering of the sin offering to the LORD. HE wanted them to be sure of what HE expected of them and that they knew that there were consequences to improper dealing with the offering.
Today we have specific instructions from the LORD regarding how to live the Christian life. HE doesn’t leave much to our imagination. HE wants us to know what HE expects and the judgment HE will give if we don’t follow HIS instructions.
We are HIS current priests and the world is watching how we act toward one another and toward our duty toward HIM. If we take our duty lightly they will not think too highly of our God. If we take our duty to the LORD seriously then they will want to understand why we are so serious about our service to HIM.
CHALLENGE: Our goal should be to please the LORD and in our pleasing of HIM we can be a good testimony to the rest of the world.
DAILY SPIRITUAL SUPPER: Mature Believers
:27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. (1818 “blood” [dam] means blood. [Strong, J. (1995). Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon. Woodside Bible Fellowship])
DEVOTION: The job of being a priest in the tabernacle (and temple) was a bloody job. You were constantly butchering or helping butcher animals for sacrifice. In many cases, it was required that the animal’s blood be drained by the side of the altar. As a result, it was more likely than not that during one’s service in the tabernacle and temple one would get blood splattered on them. To not do so would be like asking a modern-day surgeon to not get blood on anything!
Since the blood was so holy to God (and the basis of His atonement), it was important that whatever blood got on their garments would be washed off in the sacred place.
Likewise, the blood was drained from Jesus’ body on the cross when the soldier struck him in the side with a spear and blood and water came gushing out. Jesus was already dead, but this evidence of His blood was sufficient to guarantee that He had already died. How interesting that hours before in the Upper Room He had told His disciples to take His blood as a symbol as part of the Last Supper. It will also be this same blood that we will praise God for bringing out our redemption (Revelation 5:9).
The point of this was that blood was always to be treated as something holy. This point seems to be lost upon us when we go to the doctor’s office for blood tests, and we see blood in meat that we eat all the time. Yet God was determined that blood represented something special to Him and that it was a life source that should not be treated lightly.
CHALLENGE: Jesus Christ’s blood paid the ransom for our sins. Do you treat His blood as holy in your life? (MW)
: 30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. (3722 “reconcile” [kaphar] means to cover, expiate, to placate or cancel, appease, make atonement, forgive, or pacify)
DEVOTION: The LORD doesn’t do anything without giving HIS people direct instructions. There can be no mistakes regarding what the LORD expected the priests to do regarding the offerings. The instructions were very detailed.
The LORD made it plain that offering had to be brought to the priest. There was only one way to appease God and that is through the blood of a sacrifice. Some of the sacrifices the priests were allowed to eat part of. One sacrifice they were not to eat of. That sacrifice was the sin offering offered for the High Priest and the sin offering for the congregation.
This offering had to be burnt completely. The relationship of God to the sin of HIS people was special. It was very important that the people stay in proper relationship with HIM. The sin offering kept them close to HIM. The only other sin offering that had to be burnt completely was the one offered on the Day of Atonement.
Isn’t it great that Christ came to expiate our sins? Christ shed HIS blood for our sins. HE took our place. The animal sacrifices of the children of Israel only covered the sins until the one PERFECT SACRIFICE of the God/man Jesus Christ could be made on the cross for all those who would believe. HE died, so that, all the world had a chance to become a follower of HIM but only a few were going to take that choice and make HIM their Savior.
When we became a follower of Christ, we received Christ as our substitutionary sacrifice for our sins. When the Father looks at us, HE sees Christ. Praise the LORD for HIS love toward us. The priest’s sin offering was an example of what can happen when the right blood is spilt. Do we appreciate what Christ did for us on the cross? How have we shown it today? Are we telling others of a choice they have to make regarding Jesus Christ? We are to be a witness of HIS sacrifice for our sins.
Do we understand that our sins are canceled by the blood of Jesus Christ? They are buried in the deepest part of the ocean. They are as far as the east is from the west.
CHALLENGE: Are we praising the LORD NOW for this forgiveness? Is there a smile on our face because we are part of HIS family?
DISCIPLINES OF THE FAITH:
BODY
Chastity (Purity in living)
Fasting (Time alone with LORD without eating or drinking)
Sacrifice (Giving up something we want to serve the LORD)
Submission (Willing to listen to others and LORD)
Solitude (Going to a quiet place without anyone)
SOUL
Fellowship (Gathering together around the Word of God)
Frugality (wise use of resources)
Journalizing (Writing down what you have learned from the LORD)
Study and Meditation (Thinking through your study in the Word)
Secrecy (Doing your good deeds without others knowing but God)
SPIRIT
Celebration (Gathering around a special occasion to worship LORD)
Confession (Tell the LORD we are sorry for our sins on a daily basis)
Prayer (Conversation with God on a personal level)
Silence (Letting the LORD deal with some problems and needs)
Worship (Time to praise the LORD alone or in a group)
Trespass offeringverses 5-7, 17
Ram without blemish
Law of the burnt offeringverses 9-13
Peace offeringverse 12
Meal offeringverses 14-18, 23
Handful of flour
Oil
Frankincense
Sweet savor
Court of the Tabernacle of the congregationverses 16, 26
Sin offeringverses 17, 26-30
Eaten in holy place
Anointing of new High Priestverses 19-23
DOCTRINES OF THE FAITH:
Scripture (66 inerrant books of the Bible)
Statute foreververses 18, 22
God the Father (First person of the Godhead)
LORD (Jehovah)verses 1, 2, 6, 8, 14, 15, 18-22, 24, 25
Offerings of the LORDverse 18
God the Son (Second person of the Godhead – God/man,Messiah)
God the Holy Spirit (Third person of the Godhead – ourcomforter)
Trinity (Three persons of the Godhead who are co-equal =ONE God)
Angels (Created before the foundation of the world – Goodand Evil)
Man (Created on the sixth twenty-four hour period of creation)
Sin (Missing the mark set by God on man and angels)
Sinverses 2-4
Trespassverses 2, 5, 6
Lieverses 2, 3
Stealverse 2
Thing taken by violenceverses 2, 4
Deceivedverses 2, 4
Swear falselyverses 3, 5
Guiltyverse 4
Trespassingverse 7
Leaven in the meal offeringverse 17
Salvation (Provided by Christ’s death on the cross for our sins)
Restoreverses 4, 5
Atonementverses 7, 13
Forgivenverses 7, 13
Holyverse 18
Anointedverse 20
Reconcileverse 30
Israel (Old Testament people of God)
Mosesverses 1, 8, 19, 24
Priestverses 6, 7, 10
Linen garments
Linen breaches
Other garments – carry the ashes
Burn wood every morning
Aaron and his sonsverses 9, 14, 16, 20, 25
Remainder of meat offering for them to eat with unleavened bread
Males of children of Aaronverse 18
Day of anointing of Aaron and his sonsverses 20-23
Tenth part of ephah of fine flour
All the males
Church (New Testament people of God)
Last Things (Future Events)
Statute for eververses 18, 22
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QUOTES regarding passage
What is distinctive in 6:1–7 is that now the act of unfaithfulness to God is committed through the deception of a neighbor in the matter of personal property (6:2–3). Demarest comments, “Sin against a neighbor is a sin against God.”214 The offense was compounded when it involved some sort of oath and the oath taker swore “falsely” (ʿal šāqer, 6:3) regarding another’s possessions. (Rooker, M. F. (2000). Leviticus (Vol. 3A, p. 125). Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers.)
5 (5:24 MT) In any kind of sin involving damage, full restoration must be made. Forgiveness does not allow us just to forget the damage done but requires us in repentance and with confession to make right as far as possible the wrong done. That forgiveness is free does not mean that it is free of obligation. And there is also a 20 percent penalty. Apparently the fine was given to the person wronged along with the full payment of damage done. (Harris, R. L. (1990). Leviticus. In F. E. Gaebelein (Ed.), The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers (Vol. 2, pp. 552–553). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.)
In each case the motivating factor was greed, coupled with the expectation that God would not notice the transgression. Such behaviour was inappropriate for the household of faith, because the nature of the covenant community was such that if one member suffered, all the others were affected by the situation (cf. 1 Cor. 12:26). Unfortunately many religious persons seem totally unaware that there are such concerns as ethics in social relationships, and therefore need to observe the New Testament’s teachings on topics such as honesty, truthfulness, honourable behaviour, purloining, exploitation and the like, as exemplified in Paul’s list of spiritual fruits (Gal. 5:22; cf. Rom. 12:17; Eph. 4:25, 32; Phil. 4:8; Titus 2:10, etc.).
Before the offender in any of the matters specified could be forgiven, he had first to make appropriate restitution and pay a premium of an extra one-fifth of the value of the property, presumably in weighed amounts of silver. This kind of penalty was obviously intended to bring home to potential transgressors the importance of honesty and truthfulness in social relationships, and to emphasize the cost that might attend a breach of ethical conduct. Only when the recompense had been attended to adequately could the offender bring his unblemished ram, properly valued as a guilt offering (cf. 5:15, 18), and receive atonement through confession of sin and sacrifice. The assurance of God’s forgiveness for the penitent sinner is a consistent theme of the sacrificial legislation in Leviticus, as it is also in the New Testament (1 John 1:9, etc.). (Harrison, R. K. (1980). Leviticus: an introduction and commentary (Vol. 3, pp. 75–76). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.)
The sins listed in verses 2–3 seem to relate to types of embezzlement, theft, extortion, and failure to return lost property (cf. Num 5:6–10). In such cases, since the violation was against human property rights, the restitution payment and fine were given to the owner on the day the offender presented his guilt offering (Lev. 6:5). If the offended party was no longer living and had no surviving relative, the restitution and fine were paid to the priest (cf. Num. 5:8–10). Again, the result of the guilt offering was atonement and forgiveness (Lev. 6:7). (Lindsey, F. D. (1985). Leviticus. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 1, p. 183). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.)
6:5, 6 As with sin concerning the holy things (5:16), restitution and a one-fifth fine were evidence of genuine repentance. Then the offender could bring the ram for the trespass offering and be forgiven for the sin against God of swearing falsely in God’s name. Jesus preserved this order for the person who remembered at the altar that he had offended his brother (Matt. 5:23, 24). (Radmacher, E. D., Allen, R. B., & House, H. W. (1999). Nelson’s new illustrated Bible commentary (p. 159). Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers.)
Ver. 5. Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely, &c.] In all and each of the above cases, in which he had committed a trespass and denied it, and to the denial adds a false oath, and yet after all acknowledges it: he shall even restore it in the principal; whatsoever he has embezzled, or cheated another of, or detained from the right owner, the whole of that was to be restored: and shall add the fifth part more thereto; to the principal, see ch. 5:16 but Maimonides says, this was an instruction to add a fifth to a fifth; and Aben Ezra takes the word to be plural, and observes, that the least of many is two, and so two-fifths were to be added to the principal, but the first sense seems best: and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth; as, to his neighbour, who had deposited any thing in his hands; or his partner, he had any ways wronged; or whomsoever he had defrauded in any respect; or the proprietor of lost goods; Ben Gersom observes, it was not to be given to his son, nor to his messenger: in the case of taking any thing away by violence, though but the value of a farthing, it is said, that he shall be obliged to bring it after him (from whom he has taken it) even unto Media (should he be there); he shall not give it to his son, nor to his messenger, but he may give it to the messenger of the sanhedrim; and if he dies, he must return it to his heirs: in the day of his trespass-offering; when he brings that, but restoration must first be made: the Targum of Jonathan renders it, in the day he repents of his sin: and so Aben Ezra interprets it, “in the day he returns from his trespass;” when he owns and confesses it, is sorry for it, and determines to do so no more. Maimonides observes, that one that takes away any thing by violence (which is one of the cases supposed) is not mulcted so much as a thief; he only restores the principal; for the fifth part is for his false oath; the reasons of which are, because robbery is not so frequently, and is more easily committed, and is more open, and against which persons may guard and make resistance, and the robber is more known than a thief who steals secretly; see Exod. 22:1. (Gill, J. (1810). An Exposition of the Old Testament (Vol. 1, p. 560). London: Mathews and Leigh.)
FROM MY READING:
(Remember the only author that I totally agree with is the HOLY SPIRIT in the inerrant WORD OF GOD called THE BIBLE! All other I try to gleam what I can to help me grow in the LORD!!)
HEAVEN is a place on EARTH by Michael E. Wittmer
It suggests that we ar right on track, safely negotiating between the God-denying extreme of modernity and the world-denying extreme of an overly spiritualized evangelicalism. (p. 100)
A millennium after him, a converted Augustinian monk name Martin Luther declared that the entire Christian life amounts to serving our neighbor. In his monastery Luther had devoted every waking moment to securing his own salvation. But once he learned that his salvation was a gift from God and that he no longer needed to earn it, he suddenly realize that he had a lot of time on his hands. What better way to show that the fully understood the undeserved grace that God had given him than to freely offer his help to others. (p. 102)
In the words of Neal Plantinga, shalom means “universal flourishing, wholeness, and delight.” It expresses the way things ought to be. (p. 105)
Here, in God’s original design for the natural world, we find that HE intends for all of HIS creatures to blossom and prosper together. God did not mean HIS creation to be a zero-sum game, where one species thrives at another’s expense. Instead, HE created a tightly calibrated ecosystem in which individuals and species need each other to maximize their potential. (p. 107)
As we will learn in chapter 10, the trajectory of human sin ricochets into the farthest corners of creation, destroying first ourselves, then human society, and finally the animals and even the earth itself. No aspect of shalom is spared from the careening path of sin. (p. 108)
Acts 25
Felix vacates his office without resolving Paul’s status.
INSIGHT
How strangely God fulfills His own word: “So you must also bear witness at Rome” (Acts 23:11). Paul knows he will have to go to Rome, but he doesn’t expect to go under Roman guard and at Rome’s expense. After two years the Jews still thirst for his blood! Had he been transferred to Jerusalem, his life would have been imperiled. However, God had called him to preach the Gospel in Rome. Through these circumstances, Paul is transferred. (Quiet Walk)
THE CHRISTIAN AND THE WORLD
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness [or, in the wicked one]. 1 John 5:19
The New Testament teaches that however much the world may change on the surface, it is always under the control of evil and of sin. This admits that the powers of evil can be mollified a great deal, and they have been mollified during the passing of the centuries. There have been periods when the world has been getting better, but these have been followed by a terrible declension, and the teaching of the New Testament is that the whole time the world has been lying “in the wicked one.”
Now that is where, it seems to me, we have been so steadily fooled for the last hundred years; and when I say “we,” I mean the Christian as well as the non-Christian. How confident people were toward the end of the nineteenth century that the world was being Christianized! But we must not be deluded by all these changes that are merely superficial. The world, says John to these people, is under the dominion of Satan and sin. It is in the grip of evil; it always has been, and it always will be.
According to the New Testament (and here we get the realism), the world will always be the world; it will never get better. I do not know the future. There may be another period of apparent reform and improvement, but the world will still be lying “in the wicked one,” and indeed the New Testament tells us it may “wax worse and worse” (2 Timothy 3:13). Indeed the evil of the world is so essentially a part of it and its life that its final outlook will be judgment and destruction. You will find this teaching everywhere. The evil in the world cannot be taken out; it is to be destroyed. There is to be an ultimate climax, and there will be a terrible end.
A Thought to Ponder: The teaching of the New Testament is that the whole time the world has been lying “in the wicked one.”
(From Fellowship with God, pp. 17-18, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones)
For Me to Intercede
“Wherefore, he is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.” (Hebrews 7:25)
The second verse of the moving old hymn “Arise, My Soul, Arise” speaks of Christ’s intercessory work on our behalf and the basis on which His prayers are accepted.He ever lives above; For me to intercede,
His all-redeeming love, His precious blood to plead.
His blood atoned for all our race
And sprinkles now the throne of grace.
Christ is our intercessor, pleading with the Father to save us from our sins, for which the penalty has been paid by His “sacrifice…for this he did once, when he offered up himself” (Hebrews 7:27). It is “the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot” (1 Peter 1:19) that pleads for our forgiveness. He does this for us because He “loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood” (Revelation 1:5) as we come to God in repentant faith.
Because Jesus was Himself a fully righteous man, He could die on another’s behalf; because He was fully God the Son, His death was sufficient to pay the penalty for the whole human race: “Jesus Christ the righteous; And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world” (1 John 2:1-2). “Thou art worthy…for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation” (Revelation 5:9).
Only in this way can we come “to the general assembly and the church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling” (Hebrews 12:23-24). (JDM, The Institute for Creation Research)
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