LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 11:1 The Laws on Cleanness and Uncleanness. Chapter 11 deals with foods that are clean and may be eaten, and foods that are unclean and may not be eaten. Chapter Leviticus 12:1 addresses cleanliness and purification after childbirth. Chapters Leviticus 13:1 provide regul... [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 11:9 The requirement of FINS and SCALES limits the clean aquatic animals to what modern zoologists would call fish. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 11:13 Almost all the unclean BIRDS are predators and carrion-eaters (that is, they touch dead creatures and consume blood). The term translated “bird” covers a variety of creatures that fly (see esv footnote), and can include the BAT. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getEleme... [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 11:20 If the WINGED INSECTS have an ability to leave the ground, they are clean. For the LOCUST and GRASSHOPPER as allowable food, compare the diet of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:4). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length... [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 11:24 The law gradually introduces the theme of death as a defiling force (see “carcasses” in vv. Leviticus 11:8, Leviticus 11:11). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 11:29 Not only are these creatures unclean for food, but touching them WHEN THEY ARE DEAD will also defile a person. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 11:36 The water in A SPRING OR A CISTERN was not contaminated by an unclean creature that fell into it. This may have been because the water in them was flowing and continuously refreshed. Or, the law may have allowed this concession because water was in such short supply... [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 11:39 Even the clean animals cause defilement after they have died. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 11:44 FOR I AM THE LORD. This is the first occurrence of this phrase in Leviticus 1:1, but it occurs frequently from ch. Leviticus 18:1 on. FOR I AM HOLY. Compare Leviticus 19:2; Leviticus 20:26; Leviticus 21:8. [ Continue Reading ]