Tag: unclean
Biblical Principle #299: Israel’s Dietary Laws
Biblical Principles List Principle Israel was to keep strict dietary laws. Explanation Here are the details of Israel’s dietary guidelines: Clean Animals As we previously established, clean animals could be eaten, which included:
Biblical Principle #298: Israelites Not to Eat ‘Unclean’
Biblical Principles List Principle The Law of Moses distinguished between creatures that were clean and unclean, and Israel was forbidden from eating the unclean. Explanation In the Law of Moses, GOD gave Israel specific dietary guidelines regarding what they were permitted to eat and what was forbidden. Anything GOD said was unclean was disallowed from…
Biblical Principle #297: Removal of the Unclean from Israel
Biblical Principles List Principle Under the Law of Moses, Israelites with leprous infections and others deemed ceremonially unclean were sent outside the camp. Explanation GOD told Moses to send certain unclean individuals outside the camp of Israel: 1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the children of Israel to put out of…
Biblical Principle #296: Israelite Treatment of Discharges
Biblical Principles List Principle The Law of Moses prescribed Israelites’ treatment of specific types of bodily discharges. Explanation In the Law of Moses, GOD gave instructions for specific male and female bodily discharges that He said caused the individual to be unclean for a period. Uncleanness of Semen
Biblical Principle #294: Israel’s Cleansing of Leprous House
Biblical Principles List Principle The Law of Moses gave instructions for how Israel was to cleanse a house that had a leprosy-like infection. Explanation We previously established that GOD gave Moses instructions for the Israelites for treating situations of leprosy, as well as other specific questionable skin illnesses that could be leprous. GOD also provided…
Biblical Principle #173: Priests Received Israel’s Firstfruits
Biblical Principles List Principle God gave the firstfruits of Israel’s blessings to the priests as provisions for them and their family. Explanation GOD provided special blessings for the Levitical priests. Among these blessings were the first and best of Israel’s produce and reproduction.
Why Do Christians Eat Pork?
Why do Christians eat pork? In the Old Testament, the Law of Moses included dietary restrictions for avoiding certain types of animals, including pigs. Moses wrote: 4 “‘There are some that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, but you must not eat them. The camel, though it chews the cud, does…
November 24 – Salvation Spreads to All Nations
Reading Acts 9:32-12:25 Devotional To this point, the message of salvation offered by Jesus’ shed blood had been preached only to the Jews. In today’s reading, we find out how GOD begins extending the good news to people from other nations. It begins with a Roman centurion named Cornelius. Cornelius lived in the city of…
March 3 – Send Away the Unclean
Reading Lev. 13:1-59; 14:33-57 Deut. 24:8-9 Lev. 15:1-12, 16-27, 32-33 Num. 5:1-4 Lev. 15:31 Devotional GOD gave detailed instructions to the Israelites about cleanliness, determining whether rashes were infectious or clean, bodily fluids, and other specific medical situations. The priests were involved in assessing each case and would follow GOD’s pattern to determine whether the individual,…
February 25 – Purification
Reading Lev. 12:1-8; 14:1-32; 15:13-15, 28-30; 19:11-22, 1-10 Devotional GOD gave the Israelites commands regarding what to do in the event that they became unclean. An Israelite could become unclean for a number of reasons, including bodily fluids, having a baby, being in contact with a dead body, or having a disease such as leprosy. For each situation…