Leviticus 19:1-4, 9-18

The words before us were spoken by God to Moses during the interim between the setting up of the tabernacle (Ex. 40:17) and the departure of the children of Israel from Sinai (Num. 10:11). In the fifty days between the completion of the tabernacle and the departure of Israel from Sinai, God issued instruction to Moses more than forty times. God’s instruction in Leviticus 19 deals with the manner in which His…