Monday July 3, 2006

Text for the Day -- Leviticus 21:1-4
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The Lord said to Moses: Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and
say to them:

No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his relatives,
except for his nearest kin: his mother, his father, his son, his
daughter, his brother; likewise, for a virgin sister, close to him
because she has had no husband, he may defile himself for her. But he
shall not defile himself as a husband among his people and so profane
himself.

Devotional
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The priests in the Old Testament were limited in touching of a dead
person. They would be considered to be "defiled," if they violated
this law. When Jesus was asked to come to the aid of Jairus' daughter
he moves boldly to the task, even after he is told that she was dead.
In a sense she is a member of his family. He lays the taboo aside and
reaches down and takes her hand and lifts her up to life.


Prayer
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Lord Jesus, you have conquered death for us all and you give us a
wonderful promise of life forever. Amen