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April 21, 2026 - Leviticus 5 & Psalm 87 · Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan, where we are seeking to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength, with God's word lighting the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Tyler Sanborn, Student Ministry Director at Compass Bible Church South Valley.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today is Tuesday, April 21st, 2026.
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  SPEAKER_00: Listen intently to God's written word.
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  SPEAKER_00: Leviticus five.
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  SPEAKER_00: If anyone sins and that he hears a public adjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his iniquity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean wild animal or a carcass of an unclean livestock, or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him, and he has become unclean, and he realizes his guilt, or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort the uncleanness may be with which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it and realizes his guilt, or if anyone utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it and he realizes his guilt in any of these, when he realizes his guilt in any of these and confesses the sin he has committed, he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat for a sin offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two turtle doves or two pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
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  SPEAKER_00: He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first the one for the sin offering.
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  SPEAKER_00: He shall wring its head from its neck, but shall not sever it completely, and he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the other side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar, it is a sin offering.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then he shall offer the second for a burnt offering according to the rule, and the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin that he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if he cannot afford two turtled doves or two pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he has committed a tenth of an epha of fine flour for a sin offering.
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  SPEAKER_00: He shall put no oil on it, and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering, and he shall bring it to the priests, and the priest shall make shall take a handful of it as a memorial portion and burn this on the altar, on the Lord's food offerings.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is a sin offering.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thus the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed in any one of these things, and he shall be forgiven, and the remainder shall be for the priest, as in the grain offering.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation a ram without blemish, out of the flock, valued in silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary for a guilt offering, he shall also make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy things, and shall add a fifth to it and give it to the priest.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.
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  SPEAKER_00: If anyone sins, doing any of these things that the Lord the Lord's commandments ought not to be done, though he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity, he shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent for a guilt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for the mistake that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is a guilt offering.
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  SPEAKER_00: He has indeed occurred guilt before the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: On the holy mount stands the city he founded.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
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  SPEAKER_00: Glorious things of you are spoken, O city of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Among those who know me I mentioned Rahab and Babylon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush, this one was born there, they say.
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  SPEAKER_00: And of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one were born in her, for the most high himself will establish her.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord records as he registers the peoples, this one was born there.
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  SPEAKER_00: Singers and dancers alike say All my springs are in you.
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  SPEAKER_00: The highlight for me today as we look at Leviticus chapter five is the ways that God goes before his people so that they can be forgiven.
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  SPEAKER_00: It doesn't matter what tax bracket the people of Israel were in, they were able to go before the Lord and bring an offering and be forgiven.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whether it's lambs or goats or birds or fine flour, it doesn't matter how wealthy you are or how poor and needy you are, God is making a way for the priests to make atonement, and as a result, God's people were being forgiven.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is a kindness from the Lord that we see, and a reminder for us to consider the forgiveness that is available to those who would humbly approach the Lord, confess their sin to Him, and turn from it and be forgiven.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord is gracious, and to look at the different things that are being communicated here, that the sins that are happening, whether you're omitting the truth or not speaking up or speaking rashly or harshly in a way that does not please the Lord, there is a sin here, and as God's people, the Israelites were to be set apart in every way of their life, whether it's the way that they're speaking, the way that they're dressing, the way that they're consuming food, and the way that they're that they're interacting with their world around them, being a people that is clean and set apart.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you're missing the mark, if you're sinning against God, God has made a way for you to be back in right standing with him.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the beginning of this chapter speaks about the uncleanness on the outside of God's people when they're interacting with things that have died or human uncleanliness.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are certain animals here that are spoken about that are unclean that God will uh communicate here later in this book about what not to consume, what not to touch.
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  SPEAKER_00: And both the inside and the outside of man are addressed in Leviticus.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a way to properly live your life exteriorly, but also there is an internal standard that God is wanting his people to live by.
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  SPEAKER_00: So whether you're speaking or interacting with the environment around you, whether it's things going on in the temple, items inside the temple, or animals outside, whether clean or unclean, alive or deceased, human uncleanness, there is an attention here that God is wanting his people to live a life separate and set apart from the surrounding nations.
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  SPEAKER_00: And speaking of the surrounding nations, there are nations mentioned in our psalm today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Psalm 87, we have Rahab, which, if you're thinking of Jericho, you're thinking Rahab and Babylon.
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  SPEAKER_00: What do you mean?
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  SPEAKER_00: Rahab is a poetic way of speaking about Egypt.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we have Egypt, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush, and these are all nations that are mentioned in this psalm that will one day bring worship individually to God in Zion or in Jerusalem.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our psalm starts by drawing the focus to this holy city.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm immediately thinking about the temple that was established in Jerusalem, where God's people would enter through the gates from the surrounding cities, would enter through the gates of Jerusalem to come and worship Yahweh.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's dwelling place was with his people in the temple.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there's an excitement that comes along with the city of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Glorious things in verse 3 are spoken of the city of God, and that is Jerusalem.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there's mention here of a certain honor or excitement of being born in the city of God, being born in Zion.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now this one was born in her.
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  SPEAKER_00: This one was born here, this one was born there, and there's a census or a record of the people mentioned in verse 6.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is a nod forward to the millennial kingdom.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was just reading in Zechariah where there's different blessings that come when the peoples of the earth are making their pilgrimages to Jerusalem to worship God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if the people don't, it's not going to reign.
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  SPEAKER_00: In chapter 14, if you want to hop over as Jesus reigns from the throne of David, there is a rejoicing and there's a happiness that comes from going and making their way to Jerusalem to bring worship and exalt the King of Kings.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this psalm concludes with a reference to springs.
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  SPEAKER_00: Singers and dancers alike say, All my springs are in you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is this can be a poetic way of saying all my all my blessings, all my happiness, all my joy is found in you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And where is this?
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  SPEAKER_00: This the city where the king of king, the king of kings dwells, the king of kings reigns.
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  SPEAKER_00: The focus is the city of Jerusalem, the city of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And why is it the city of God?
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  SPEAKER_00: It's it's because he dwells there, and the presence of God in the Old Testament was in the temple.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in the future, the descendant of David, the Lord Jesus Christ, will reign from Jerusalem, will reign from the city of God and people as they enter through the gates of Zion, will bring worship to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what a glorious day that will be when the Lord descends and makes his return for his people.
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  SPEAKER_00: What a glorious day for his foes.
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  SPEAKER_00: What an awful and terrible and terrifying day that will be.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I hope this is a great encouragement to you today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you so much for joining us on the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: For more information about Compass Bible Church South Valley, visit Compass Bible SV.org.
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  SPEAKER_00: Keep reading, keep growing.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's word is a lamp to your feet and a light to your path.