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Holy, as God is Holy
Dear Family and Friends,
“You must be holy,
because I, the LORD your God, am holy.”
Leviticus 19:2
Thank you so much for praying for our team this last month, as I traveled to Papua New Guinea, met with Aruamu Translation Team members to plan together, and then traveled back to the US with 2 Papua New Guinean Aruamu translators, Francis Dagonov and Simon Aroro. We have started working together on the Exegetical check of the Aruamu draft of Leviticus.
I have never actually met anyone who has told me that his/her favorite book of the Bible is Leviticus! This book is a book of worship for the Jewish people. Holiness is a dominate theme. The expectation of Yahweh God, articulated in the well-known verse, “You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy,” (Leviticus 19:2) is threaded through the entire book, as Jewish laws regarding many types of Jewish sacrifices, feast days, priests’ clothing, and worship customs are elaborated upon in great detail. When you come to the end of this book, you have the strong awareness that worship matters to God. Holiness matters to God.
Please pray for our team, as we work our way through this complicated book. There is a LOT of nitty gritty detail in this book. Consistency and terminology choices are very important in this type of text. May God give us his insight and grace while we work together on this! Our biggest prayer is that he will give us glimpses of his holiness, portrayed in this book, as well as through all of Scripture.
Love in Christ,
Marsha Relyea Miles
(For Nathan, and for our entire Aruamu Translation Team) |
