The Bible by David Alley

In this video listen to Leviticus 10 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Leviticus 10 all four sons of Aaron’s make mistakes in the Levitical worship system. Firstly Nadab and Abihu have just seen in the previous chapter how approaching God produced fire on the sacrifice, and it was glorious. They now presume and approach God but not the way he asked, and instead it is them wh...

In this video listen to Leviticus 9 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Leviticus 9 God indicates his blessing of the newly instituted sacrificial system, by giving a sign. After Aaron, the newly installed High Priest offers the first sacrifices, fire from the presence of the Lord comes out and consumes it. This means that fire probably came out of the Holy of Holies. It was a...

In this video listen to Leviticus 8 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Leviticus 8 we now have a type of repetition of Exodus 28-29 but with differences. There God commanded certain things concerning the High Priest and priests, and now we are seeing what God commanded actually happening. And it begins with the washing of Aaron, performed by Moses. While the passages says in...

In this video listen to Leviticus 7 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Leviticus 7 the rest of the instructions are given about how to dispose of the sacrifices after they are completed. A very clear instruction is found in verse 26 that blood is not be consumed at all. We find that even though the law has not carried over in most instances into the economy of grace, that thi...

In this video listen to Leviticus 6 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Leviticus 6 we continue to think about guilt offerings which had to be accompanied with restitution, or if they weren’t the offering couldn’t be accepted. In the New Testament period some have the idea of cheap grace. They believe someone can sin and live however they want, and Christ will forgive. This is...

In this video listen to Leviticus 5 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Leviticus 5 there is more on the sin offering up until verse 13, and from verse 14 onwards is discussion of the guilt offering. What is the difference between these two? Isaiah 53 can demonstrate as it talks about Christ Surely he took up our pain, and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by...

In this video listen to Leviticus 4 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Leviticus 4 we encounter a sacrifice for unintentional sin. And interestingly there is NO sacrifice in the Law for intentional sin. When someone sinned deliberately, such as King David with Bathsheba, there was no outline for what to do. David had to cast himself on the mercy of God with repentance, and we...

In this video listen to Leviticus 3 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Leviticus 3 we have my personal favourite sacrifice - the peace offering. Peace is everything in the Old Testament. The word shalom represents health, wealth, success, prosperity, favour, family, friendships, long life, wisdom and much more. Peace is the name of our church - a name we were given by the Lor...

In this video listen to Leviticus 2 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Leviticus 2 we have the second of the 5 offerings in Leviticus 1-7, the meal offering. This was an offering of fine flour, which talks of the fine character of Christ. We know and love many great people like John Wesley, or Abraham Lincoln, but each of these have their own character flaws. Christ however i...

In this video listen to Leviticus 1 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Leviticus 1 we have a book that many people think is boring, and they skip it when doing their Bible reading. But rather than boring, its one of the most fascinating books. Firstly, the book is written in the first person with God doing nearly all the speaking. There are not many Bible passages like this....

In this video listen to Exodus 40 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 40 the tabernacle is completed. It is now the first day of the first month of a new year. Burton Coffman in his commentary estimated they had left Egypt about 350 days earlier, about 15 days short of a full year. In this video we consider the last 18 months of Moses’ life, from his call, leaving his w...

In this video listen to Exodus 39 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 39 we see the similarities to the creation of the world in Genesis 1 and 2. It looks like a repeating of the instructions of Exodus 28 but we now see it is a complete recreation of things in the earth, from the Lord’s perspective. And in the same way God blessed the original creation, now Moses blesse...

In this video listen to Exodus 38 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 38 we see parts of Exodus 27 and 30 repeated but now in a past tense of having happened, rather than in the future tense as before. What we are seeing here is the willingness of the Israelites to actually do what God said. Previously God did things for them, and they were largely ignorant of Him, but...

In this video listen to Exodus 37 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 37 we have a showing, rather than a telling of the meticulous obedience to what God said. This is the reason why the information about the building of the tabernacle and its furnishings is repeated here. The repetition however isn’t exactly the same. It’s second telling demonstrates that what God said...

In this video listen to Exodus 36 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 36 we talk about repetition. … about repetition. … about repetition. … ok you get the idea. Exodus 36 seems like just Exodus 26 repeated, but the truth is that sometimes things have to be said multiple times. In this video you will hear why repetition is important, and in particular why we should not...

In this video listen to Exodus 35 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 35 what seems like the beginning of a lifeless repetitious series of chapters is actually a remarkable insight into spiritual life and God. Exodus 25-31 is now about to be repeated in almost exactly the same in chapters 35-40. However there are subtle differences which highlight bigger things. First t...

In this video listen to Exodus 34 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 34 Moses goes back up the mountain to spend a second forty days with the Lord. He is there to reissue the covenant, with new tablets and God goes over everything again, although greatly summarised in this chapter. But a few different things happen. Firstly the people know what is going to happen this...

In this video listen to Exodus 33 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 33 God tells them to go to Canaan, but he isn’t coming with them. The broke their side of the covenant made just earlier, and now God is released from His promise to them. LIke an unfaithful partner, the other now has grounds for divorce. Moses goes to sort the matter out with God in the tent of meeti...

In this video listen to Exodus 32 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 32 the biggest thing that must be observed is that Elohim is the translation for the golden calf. The Israelites think they are worshipping the same God that Moses talked about. In verse 5 after making the calf, Aaron says “tomorrow we celebrate a feast to Yahweh.” They then begin to “play” which is a...

In this video listen to Exodus 31 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 31 the Holy Spirit is given to Bezalel and Oholiab, who are two tradesmen, for their work in building the tabernacle. This is surprising because we usually think the Spirit is given for spiritual work. Yet we see that building this tabernacle is spiritual work. Earlier in scripture God was with Joseph...

In this video listen to Exodus 30 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 30 the table of incense is described with its requirements. It was located in the holy place and covered in gold. Next in this chapter weirdly it describes the process of taking a census of the fighting men. It seems very out of place, but that is convenient as it puts to death the idea of a later red...

In this video listen to Exodus 29 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 29 we have the consecration of the priests. This means they were set apart for God’s use. And they were anointed with oil as part of that process. In a same way we as Christians are called to be set apart for God’s purpose. We must not be like the world, but be different to it. And God wants to give u...

In this video listen to Exodus 28 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 28 we now turn to the clothing of the High Priest and priests. Their clothing is colorful, for example the robe worn under the ephod is entirely blue. The ephod which was a second layer like an apron, was multicolored. This is very different to the depictions we see of the High Priest wearing mostly w...

In this video listen to Exodus 27 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 27 it Describes the outer court and the first big piece of furniture there, the altar. There were three main sections to the tabernacle, the outer court, the holy place and the most holy place. The outer court was a busy location and where no priests could come. This is where the altar was located and...

In this video listen to Exodus 26 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 26 we come to the actual building of the tabernacle itself. As you listen to the chapter read, try to imagine actually building a tabernacle with these instructions. A number of modern day replicas exist, which don’t look the same as each other, and in analysing them you can see that they don’t match...