SPEAKING WITH SPIRITS was strictly forbidden by God. This might seem to be a quaint and antiquated notion, but the fact that we encounter the prohibition three times in our reading today indicates that this was a serious issue in ancient Canaan.
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IT’S ANOTHER weird section of scripture this week, which, as you know by now, means it’s important.
In the middle of rules pertaining to sacrifices, God gave this to Moses:
Continue readingSo they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom they whore.
Leviticus 17:7, ESV
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THE PSALMS of David take center stage this week. The tone of the psalms changes as well, as David’s circumstances have shifted from running and hiding to ascending to the throne of Israel.
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