Category Archives: Leviticus

Don’t eat or touch road kill

Any Israelite or any foreigner residing among you who hunts any animal or bird that may be eaten must drain out the blood and cover it with earth, because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why … Continue reading

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Garment of God’s Grace

Then Aaron is to go into the tent of meeting and take off the linen garments he put on before he entered the Most Holy Place, and he is to leave them there.  He shall bathe himself with water in … Continue reading

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Soot on Our Souls

The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they approached the Lord . The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come whenever he chooses … Continue reading

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Limburger Cheese on Your Nose

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,  “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean.  Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will … Continue reading

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Cleaning House

But if the priest comes to examine it and the mold has not spread after the house has been plastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the defiling mold is gone.  To purify the house he is to take … Continue reading

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Why is Clean not always Clean?

The Lord said to Moses, “These are the regulations for any diseased person at the time of their ceremonial cleansing, when they are brought to the priest: The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them. If they … Continue reading

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Spreading and Defiling Molds

But if, when the priest examines it, the mold has not spread in the fabric, the woven or knitted material, or the leather article,  he shall order that the spoiled article be washed. Then he is to isolate it for … Continue reading

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Weasels, Rats, and Geckos Oh My!

Of the animals that move along the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard, the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon. Of all those that move … Continue reading

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Hold the Eels

Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams you may eat any that have fins and scales.  But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales—whether among all … Continue reading

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Stripped Down to the Soul

The Lord said to Moses, “Bring Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams and the basket containing bread made without yeast, and gather the entire assembly at the entrance … Continue reading

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