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Leviticus 8-13

 


In these chapters of Leviticus, we talk about the consecration of Aaron and his sons, what animals can make us unclean, and how to remain clean. It's fascinating to think that His presence was magnified in one spot that if you didn't follow the instruction to make yourself clean that His presence was so pure that it would kill you. In Chapter 10 you see two sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, not following what Moses had instructed them to do and made what the bible calls a "strange fire". They were immediately consumed by a holy ghost fire. It seemed harsh to me at first, but when I realized that these were the same people that made a gold idol just a short while after making a covenant with God, He really needed to make sure they were listening to him.

The second half of my reading dealt a lot with how to stay clean and how to become clean after being unclean. I am happy I live now because there are so many rules I feel like I would have forgotten them. I think for most of them it was a way of keeping them healthy before they understood how disease spread. What I didn't understand is why when a mother had a female child she was unclean for at least twice as long, but the offering that was required was the same. I am going to have to look that one up more.

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