Sunday, March 2, 2008

March 3

Leviticus 13:1-59, 14:33-57; Deuteronomy 24:8, 9; Leviticus 15:1-12, 15:16-27, 15:32, 33; Numbers 5:1-4; Leviticus 15:31

Leprosy, boils, burns, "the itch," mold, male emissions and female discharges -- this borders on too much information about the early Israelites.  Do I really need to understand their plumbing to appreciate their soul?  So who's going to look close enough to see what color the hair is in a sore to determine whether what you have is catching?

If you ever thought that being a Levite was the way to go [so to speak], this reading should cure you of that.  

The early Israelites must have been an extremely clean bunch, given all of the washing here.  I wonder how uncommon that level of cleanliness was in the ancient world?

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