Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Day NINE - I knew I was in trouble when the heading read "Bodily Discharges"

Leviticus 15 - 26.

Some more unpleasant medical specifics. . . And I found it hard to read more about slaves - I am not the first one to ask "Why did God allow slavery and seem to condone it?"

But, I won't try to answer that one just yet. Again, I am just getting an overview on this sprint through the Bible. I find it exciting to think I am going to move all the way through - and am anticipating the thrill of arriving at Jesus' birth and ministry.

But for now, I am imagining the Israelites and their dependence on the priests and Moses to remind them of God's laws - they are numerous and specific. In a recent reading, I noted there was an explanation of what to do if you broke a law accidentally. Now I understand how easy that was to do - there are so many. But they do seem to follow a pattern - regarding things that make a person clean and unclean, etc.

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