Moses begins going over the personal activities that God expects of the people. He touches on death rituals and dietary restrictions. I find it interesting that these two topics are put in the same category in this chapter. The subtitle on this section doesn’t even hint at the first issue covered; death rituals. I was […]
God doesn’t shy away from the intimate discussions. He dives right in. This time He addresses bodily discharges. As a woman I’m VERY familiar with this word and also acquainted with the biblical customs surrounding it. The primary discharge God addresses with women is their monthly cycle. We were first introduced to the “untouchable” or […]
We continue with cleansing for leprosy but this time it is a house that has the disease. The first sacrifice for cleansing is the same. God takes us through proclaiming a house clean or unclean first before He shares the end process. As with the leper, there is a waiting period to see if the […]
We learned of the fate of one with leprosy last time. This time we see how they are to be cleaned of this disease. We went into the story last time but we didn’t follow the cleansing through as well as it did the infection. We had our character, Mark, recover from his disease and […]
On the issue of clean and unclean God moves on to the condition of leprosy. This condition was more than skin deep and was contagious. First off, can I say I never knew clothing could be “leprous”? Apparently it can by our reading. I wonder if this is akin to mold or mildew that gets […]