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Set Apart Devotional June 21

by David Joynt on June 21, 2024


LEVITICUS 10:11-12 |   11 And you are to teach the Israelites all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them through Moses.” 12 Moses spoke to Aaron and to his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that is left from the Lord’s offerings by fire, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy;

We associate the Levitical priests with ritual sacrifices, and the book of Leviticus is full of gory details about animal offerings. These   verses open a window into another aspect of the priestly vocation. The family of Aaron is instructed to “teach the Israelites all the decrees the Lord has given them.” Rites and rituals must always connect with commands and instructions. There is ceremony and education, learning and practices.

 

We stand between God and others in this sense also—we can convey things we learn to others, with imagination and love.

 

What are you learning about God that you want to convey?

 

 

Gracious God,

You call us to teach as well as serve. Give us the right words to share in the right way to bless others.

Amen.

 

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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