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Our journey through The MANual continues with the book of Numbers that’s subtitled “Ultimate Survivor” and the ongoing adventure of the people of Israel. The saying goes, “you don’t know where you are going unless you know where you’ve been.” This was the case for the Israelites. My hope is these lessons and big stories of the Bible will guide us to become better men. The Ultimate Survivor Game Numbers, like Genesis, Exodus, and Leviticus is another of the five books of Moses. It consists of 36 chapters written from 1445-1406 BC about the exiled people of Israel. Camping at the base of Mount Sinai, they prepare to move into the desert region called Kadesh, at the border of the land of Canaan.  The first 10 chapters follow the numerous laws and regulations the Israelites received from the Lord in Leviticus. These disciplines were needed to help keep purity in their

Our journey to becoming better men continues with lessons from the book of Leviticus. As with the first two posts about Genesis and Exodus, I’m using The MANual, a Bible that provides honest and straightforward answers about our role as Christian men. My goal for posts on each book of the Bible is to help more men learn to follow Jesus instead of a culture that acts unholy much of the time. Typically, many people stop reading the Bible at Leviticus since it begins with detailed instructions about burnt offerings designed to cover the sins of the people against God and their guilt over those sins. Today, burning animals seems very strange to us (at least not in my part of the country!) so why read about them. Let’s learn how a different kind of offering can, in fact, lead to a more holy life. Leviticus: Practical Holiness Like Genesis