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CJ
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Shelby
Hey, it is Shelby and CJ Here. We have just a couple days left in the book of Leviticus. Today we're ch talking about chapters 19 and 20. What's going on in these chapters, C.J.
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CJ
So again, we got to go back to our favorite guys, Adam and Evu. And after they die, Moses turns to Aaron and he says, you have to differentiate between the holy and. And the common, the pure and the impure. We spent the last, you know, several episodes talking about pure and impure, and now we're going to talk about holy and common. And really, when we mean holy, we mean, like, proper conduct. So a lot of these rules in Leviticus 19 through 20 are really practical, actually. So that's what we're dealing with here. And most of these laws are intended to keep Israel distinct from the nations around them. They did things that Israel just can't do as a holy people. And luckily, many of these things are just, you know, kind of common sense things that we could be able to agree to today as modern Christians, like, don't turn to idols or things like that.
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Shelby
Okay, well, walk us through some of those, like, common sense things a little more.
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CJ
So in Leviticus 19:1:3, we see some of the Ten Commandments repeated. So honor your father and your mother. I think we all would agree that that's probably good and moral and something we should do today. You don't make or worship idols. You know, you worship God alone. And then we have rules about not stealing from your neighbor, which of course, are legitimate and powerful. And then we also have some of these rules about leaving some of your crop on the edges of your farmland. You know, you wouldn't gather it. You'd leave it for the poor, the destitute to come if they needed something. And even though, you know, most of us aren't farmers, and even if you were a farmer, you probably wouldn't do that. I think the principle still remains. And the principle is if you see somebody in need, you should seek to help them. Yeah, you know, you can think of Ruth that's a good example of that law being played out in real time. And then we also have the command to love neighbor in Leviticus 19:18. Of course, this is important to Jesus and important to us as Jesus followers. So when somebody asks him, you know, what are the most important commands? He says, well, to love God and love neighbor. On these hang everything. All the other laws hang on these two. So this is one of those on which the whole law hangs. So it's very important.
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Shelby
Yeah, it's cool to see the cohesion across Scripture and especially in a book that people often think, I don't know where this fits in Scripture. We've seen so many things that just connect to things that Christ is gonna say in the New Testament. Okay. There's also some strange commands in these chapters. What's like one of.
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CJ
Right. So one that is strange no matter who you are, is Leviticus 19:19 says, you shall not put on a garment made of two different materials. It's like, there's like, I think I'm.
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Shelby
Wearing two different materials right now.
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CJ
There's not a lot of context. You're like, I don't even know how is this among other laws, like, honor your father and your mother. But what's probably going on here is this is a reference to priestly garments, which are in fact, made of multiple types of garment. So in Exodus 25, it describes those priestly garments. So here just the average Israelite can't cosplay as a priest. There has to be order again. So God's a God of order. You have priests and you have Israelites, and you don't want to do anything to cross those boundaries. Everything needs to be in its proper place. So I think that's probably what's going on.
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Shelby
Okay, super helpful. Thanks for explaining that one. All right, when we look at these chapters, how do these help us understand God and his character better?
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CJ
Yeah. So a refrain that you hear through Leviticus and especially this section is, I am holy. You know, I, I, your God, I'm holy. Be holy, for I am holy. That's. That's like, about as Leviticus as you can get. And I think that helps us remember as Christians that worship of God isn't just something you do on Sunday mornings or Wednesday night, small groups or something like that, but your whole life should be shaped and marked by obedience to God. And ironically, we can bring up the garment command even down to the things you wear, how you present yourself. Those things should all be shaped by your belief in Christ.
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Shelby
Yeah, that's super helpful. I think my takeaway from these episodes, you know, we talked about how we're going to be on the lookout for God's mercy and compassion. And we see God commanding his people to be merciful and compassionate to their neighbors, to those who are in need around them. And, you know, in all the episodes we've done so far, we've seen that in Genesis and Exodus, we've seen God saying, hey, who I am? I want you to reflect that to the people around you. And so it's cool that we're seeing that here again in Leviticus. I love that tie in and it's also just a really good reminder to me. I think that's my takeaway for this episode.
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CJ
Great.
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Shelby
Okay, just a couple more episodes in Leviticus. We'll see you tomorrow for the next one.
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