The book of Leviticus was created to tell us that we worship God by the way we live as well as by celebrating His goodness and the theme to this book is the sanctity of God and Holiness in daily life. It was written 1445-1440 B.C. Leviticus was a basic holiness and survival guide for the Hebrew people who wandered through the wilderness. It was an instruction manual for the priests. It discussed everything from mildew to baldness to skin disease to sacrifices of holiness. These people were living the way Travellers or Gypsies do today. They wandered for forty years, camping the whole time. Dealing with everything from illness to removing the trash: everything was a big job that needed to be taken care of and during this time they were also trying to grow and maintain their faith in God and be righteous with Him. God introduced the concept of “clean and unclean``. He applied it to their lives. The book of Leviticus teaches house-keeping to faith-keeping.
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