1.18 Leviticus II: The Holiness Code

Published: Nov. 22, 2015, 5 a.m.

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The first half of Leviticus is preoccupied with the priests and the Tabernacle. The second half of Leviticus radically extends the idea of holiness to the whole people of the Israelites. It lays down a mass of laws, from what an Israelite can eat, to laws on menstruation.

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