Leviticus 14:1

Leviticus 14:1 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Verse two adds, This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:  God told Moses that there was to be a ritual or procedure for the leper after he was pronounced clean.  I believe this would have been for the benefit of both the leper and the people.  He would no longer be isolated and they would no longer need to fear being in contact with him.  Verse three continues, And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;  First, the priest had to go out to the leper and make sure that he was clean or healed.  The leper could not go to the priest, so it was good that the priest could come to him.  Matthew Henry points out that the priest was not made unclean by coming in contact with the leper, and I believe we can equate this to Jesus not being made unclean when He comes in contact with the sinner.  We can also apply it to our reaching out to the lost of the world when they cannot or will not come to us.  Verse four declares, Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:  The priest was to prepare to offer a sacrifice for the leper.  Verse five adds, And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:  One of the birds was to be killed in an earthen vessel over running water.  Matthew Henry equates this mingling of the water and the blood with the piercing of Jesus' side when water and blood came out.  Verse six continues, As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:  The other bird and all that was to be associated with the sacrifice was to be dipped in the blood and water of the bird that had been killed.  Verse seven concludes, And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.  The priest was then to sprinkle the one cleansed of leprosy seven times with the blood and water and then let the living bird go, then the person was to be pronounced to be clean.  We don't have to be sprinkled by the blood of Christ seven times to be cleansed of our sins, but only once.  Still, once we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we are called on to make the fact public and to follow Christ in baptism.  Verse eight says, And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.  The one pronounced clean was to then wash himself and shave off all his hair, and we would have to assume this applied to the women as well.  The person could then come back into the camp but was to stay outside their tent for a week.  They still weren't just free to mingle totally.  Verse nine adds, But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.  After a week, the person was to shave off all their hair once again.  Today, when we are spiritually cleansed by the blood of Christ when we accept Him as our Savior and Lord.  We do not have to wait.  We are immediately made clean.

Leviticus 13:45

Leviticus 13:45 says, And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.  The person who had leprosy was to make sure that everyone knew that he had it, not only by physical signs, but by crying out that he or she was unclean.  Verse forty-six adds, All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be. The entire time he had leprosy he was to live alone outside the camp.  All this was done to keep the leprosy from spreading.  We today as followers of Christ should do all that we can to keep sin from infecting us, but we are called on to be in the world as we do.  Verse forty-seven continues, The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;  Verse forty-eight states, Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;  Verse forty-nine adds, And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:  If there were green or red stains in a garment, no matter what it was made of or where it was at in the garment, it was to be considered leprosy and was to be shown to the priest.  Again, the priest was the one who would make the determination, just as Jesus Christ, our High Priest, makes the determination of what is sin in our lives today.  Verse fifty says, And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:  Verse fifty-one adds, And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.  The priest was to keep the garment for seven days, then if the infection had spread, he was to declare the garment unclean.  Verse fifty-two continues, He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.  If the garment was found to be unclean, it was to be burned.  Unless we are cleansed by faith in the blood of Christ today, we are spiritually unclean and are destined for the everlasting fire of hell.  Once we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord though, we are spared from this fate forevermore.  Verse fifty-three states, And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;   Then verse fifty-four adds, Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:  After seven days, the priest was to again examine the garment, and if the infection had not spread, then he was to have it washed.  It still wouldn't be declared clean.  Verse fifty-five continues, And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.  If after being washed and stored for seven days the infected areas had not changed color or spread, it was to be declared leprosy and burned.  Verse fifty-six says, And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:  Verse fifty-seven adds,  And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.  If the affected area had changed color, then the priest was to cut the affected area out of the garment, and if the infection still appeared, the garment was to be burned.  Verse fifty-eight continues, And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.  If the infection was no longer in the garment. it was to be washed a second time and be declared clean.  When it comes to sin in our lives, if we are washed by the blood of Christ, He cleanses us of all sin.  Of course, we may allow sin back into our lives, but we are forgiven of all our sins for all time when we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, but we may still suffer from the consequences of sin in this world.  Verse fifty-nine concludes, This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.  Moses then stated that this was the law of the plague of leprosy as to whether a garment was clean or unclean.  Leprosy did not just affect the person, but also their clothes or possessions and could contaminate those around them, just as sin does with a person today.  We must take it seriously. 

Leviticus 13:29

Leviticus 13:29 says,  If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;  This is the first time a woman is mentioned as having leprosy and it concerns having it in the hair.  Of course, we would assume that the beard applied only to the men.  Verse thirty adds, Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.  A scall is an eruption of scaly skin on the scalp.  Once again, the color of the hair and the depth of the sore were to be used to determine if it was leprosy, and if it was, the man or woman was to be pronounced unclean.  Verse thirty-one continues, And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:  If it couldn't be determined that it was or was not leprosy for sure, then the priest was to shut the person up for seven days, just as with sores in other parts of the body.  We today could say that sin is sin, no matter where it is found in the body, but we don't have to wait seven days to know if it is or not, and when we are guilty of sin, even if it is only in our thoughts, we are spiritually unclean.  Verse thirty-two states, And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin; Then verse thirty-three adds, He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:  After fourteen days, if it still was not determined that it was leprosy, then the hair was to be shaved, except for the infected area, and the man was to be quarantined for another seven days.  This does not say the man or woman, but since both were mentioned at the beginning, I would suppose it applied to both.  Verse thirty-four continues, And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.  When the week passed, the priest was to look at the place again, and if it had not spread or deepened, the person was to be proclaimed clean and wash their clothes.  He or she would have still gone through the three weeks of isolation, just as someone who did have leprosy would have, but the people took the spread of leprosy seriously, just as we should take the spread of disease, and especially the spread of sin, seriously today.  Verse thirty-five adds, But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; Verse thirty-six continues, Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.  If the infection had spread, the priest did not even need to look at the color of the hair, because the person was still unclean.  Verse thirty-seven concludes, But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.  If the infection had not spread, and the hair had not changed color, then the person was to be pronounced clean.  In either case, the person would have gone through a lot of isolation and possibly humiliation by this time, but it was done for the good of the people of Israel as a whole.  Verse thirty-eight says, If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;  Verse thirty-nine adds, Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.  Again both men and women are mentioned, and it is once again stated that there could be infections that were not leprosy, and if the priest determined that it was not leprosy, then the person would be pronounced clean.  We today cannot condemn people for doing something that we consider a sin without first asking God if it really is a sin in His eyes.  Even then, we should not condemn the person, but only their actions.  Verse forty continues, And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.  I assume this means a man whose hair had just fallen out and was naturally bald.  Verse forty-one states, And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.  If only the part of a man's hair toward his face had fallen off, the man was to be considered clean.  Verse forty-two adds, And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.  If there was a white reddish sore on the bald area, then leprosy had sprung up.  Verse forty-three continues, Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;  Then verse forty-four concludes. He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.  The priest was to pronounce the man unclean if the infection was determined to be leprosy.  Jesus Christ, our High Priest, will continually examine our lives and determine if we are spiritually unclean, and if so, I believe He will let us know.

Leviticus 13:12

Leviticus 13:12 says, And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;  Verse thirteen adds, Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.  If a person was totally covered with leprosy, and the priest looked at him and saw that it had was all turned white, then the person was to be considered clean.  The leprosy would no longer be contagious.  We today, as followers of Christ, may be covered with the scars of sin, but if we have put our faith in Christ, we are made clean.  Verse fourteen continues, But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.  If the flesh was still raw, then the person was to be considered unclean.  Verse fifteen states, And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.  If the priest saw raw flesh, he was to pronounce it leprosy and the person was to be unclean.  Verse sixteen adds, Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;  If the flesh turned white again, the person with the leprosy was to come to the priest again.  Verse seventeen continues, And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.  Once again, if the skin had turned white, the person was to be pronounced clean.  Just as leprosy did not make a person unclean forever, sin does not make a person unclean forever.  Anyone can be pronounced clean by presenting him or her self by faith to Jesus Christ as his or her Savior and Lord.  Verse eighteen says, The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,  Verse nineteen adds, And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;  Then verse twenty continues, And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.  If the person had a boil, he was to present himself to the priest, and if the boil went under the skin, the priest was to pronounce it leprosy and declare that person unclean.  Verse twenty-one states, But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:  If there were no white hairs and the boil was not below the skin, then the person was to be quarantined for seven days.  Verse twenty-two adds, And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.  If during the week the infection spread, the priest was to pronounce it leprosy and the person unclean.  Verse twenty-three continues, But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.  If the infection had not spread, then the priest was to proclaim it a burning boil and the person to be clean.  Verse twenty-four says, Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;  Then verse twenty-five adds, Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.  Again, if after the week the spot had turned white and was deeper in the skin, the person was to be considered to have leprosy and to be unclean.  We today as followers of Christ. if we allow sin to break out in our lives again, will be spiritually unclean until we confess it and ask for God's forgiveness.  We cannot just write off sin, or before long it will begin to affect us and maybe all those around us.  Verse twenty-six continues, But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:  If the spot was bright and no lower than the skin, then the person was to be quarantined another seven days.  Verse twenty-seven says, And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.  Then verse twenty-eight adds, And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.  This was another case where it took longer than a week to determine if the person had leprosy or not.  Sometimes, we just have to be patient to determine the outcome of our actions.

Leviticus 13:1

Leviticus 13:1 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,  Verse two adds, When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:  A person with a sore on his arms was to be brought to Aaron to determine if it was leprosy, which is referred to as a plague.  This is all written from a masculine perspective, but I am certain it applied to women as well.  Matthew Henry says this is not leprosy as we know it today but was a much more severe disease that was also associated with sin.  That is why the priest was called on to judge if it was leprosy or not.  Verse three continues, And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him and pronounce him unclean.  If the hair around the sore had turned white and the sore was below the skin, it was to be considered leprosy and the priest was to pronounce the person unclean,  Verse four states, If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:  If the spot had not gone deeper than the skin and the hair had not been turned white, the man was to be isolated or quarantined for seven days.  This might sound familiar to us today with the coronavirus restrictions.  Verse five adds, And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more.  If nothing had changed after seven days, the priest was to shut the man up for another seven days.  I am sure this was hard on the individual, but it was done to prevent the spread of the leprosy.  Verse six continues, And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.  If, after fourteen days the spot had turned dark and had not spread, the priest was to pronounce the person clean and he was to go and wash himself.  Verse seven declares, But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:  If, after the man had been pronounced clean by the priest the sore place began to spread, then the man was to see the priest again.  There was no surefire test that the priest could give the person so the priest might occasionally be wrong about whether or not the person had leprosy.  There is no surefire test to prove if a person is plagued by sin today, but God will let us know if we have allowed sin into our lives as His followers, and if we have, then we must ask His forgiveness to be spiritually clean once more.  Verse eight adds, And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.  If the sore spot had spread, the priest was to pronounce it leprosy and pronounce the person unclean.  I believe this was more of a physical uncleanliness, but it would also have spiritual ramifications.  When we are guilty of sin today, it is spiritual situation, but it can have physical ramifications as well.  Verse nine continues, When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;  Verse ten says, And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;  Verse eleven adds, It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.  If a person had leprosy and was brought to the priest after another outbreak, he was to be declared unclean without waiting the seven or fourteen days to do so.  After we accept Jesus as our Savior and Lord, if we give in to sin once more, we don't have to wait to know that we are guilty, and we should immediately profess our sin and ask God's forgiveness once more so we can be spiritually clean. 

Leviticus 12:1

Leviticus 12:1 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Then verse two adds, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.  God now begin to deal with requirements for people's individual purification, beginning with women who had given birth.  This was God's law and applied to all the women of Israel.  If the woman had son, she was to be considered ceremonial unclean for seven days,  Verse three continues, And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.  On the eighth day, the son was to be circumcised.  Verse four concludes, And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.  The woman was to be considered spiritually unclean for another thirty-three days.  During this time, she was to touch nothing considered sacred and was not to go into the sanctuary.  We are so blessed that we today do not have these laws that keep us from God's sanctuary, but through our faith in Jesus Christ we have unlimited, equal access to God and anyplace considered to be His sanctuary.  Verse five states, But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.  The time that the woman was to be considered unclean and the time for her purification were both doubled for the birth of a daughter.  Matthew Henry could offer no reason why this was true, other than that was what God said, and neither can I.  Still, we do not have to understand why God tells us to do or not do something, but simply have to obey His instructions.  Verse six adds, And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:  After the time of purification was complete, for the birth of either a boy or girl, the woman was to return to the tabernacle with a burnt offering of a lamb and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering.  She was to bring it to the priest at the door of the tabernacle.  We today bring our sin offering, which is our self and all that we have, to Christ, and He presents Himself to the heavenly Father as a sin offering in our place, and through our faith in Him we attain forgiveness.  Verse seven continues, Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.  The priest was to offer the sacrifice to the LORD, after which the woman would be considered to be spiritually pure once again.  Just as the women of Israel had to bring the offering to the priest for him to offer it for a sacrifice, we can only find forgiveness and spiritual cleanliness through presenting ourselves to Christ as a living sacrifice.  Jesus Christ alone can bring us spiritual purity.  Verse eight concludes, And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.  Provision was made for those who could not afford to bring a lamb to bring a pigeon or turtledove instead for the burnt offering, but the sin offering was the same in each case.  We may not all be of the same economic status when we come to Christ, but we are required to bring the same sacrifice- our old sinful self and nature.  Economic status never determines our ability to be saved.

Leviticus 11:39

Leviticus 11:39 says, And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.  This would mean just dies instead of being killed to eat.  Even the animals that were clean to eat could become unclean if they died from some other cause.  We are so blessed to not to have to worry about these laws today.  Verse forty adds, And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.  Touching an animal that died like this to remove it from the camp, for instance, had the same penalty as eating the animal.  The person doing either was to wash his or her clothes and be considered unclean until evening.  Someone could have broken this law with no one the wiser, except God, but that person could have also made others unclean without them knowing it, since touching something unclean made the person touching it unclean in the eyes of God.  Verse forty-one continues, And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.  Again, the people of Israel were told that things that crawled were to be an abomination and were not to be eaten.  Verse forty-two states, Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.  I believe this would include snakes and lizards for example.  Verse forty-three adds, Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.  God through Moses warned the people against making themselves unclean by touching or eating any creeping thing.  There are things today that God calls us to do and things that He warns us not to do, even if they do not concern dietary laws, and we need to be very serious about obeying Him so that we do not make ourselves spiritually unclean.  As stated many times, if we do so if we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord we do not lose our salvation, but we lose the joy of our salvation.  Verse forty-four continues, For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.  The people of Israel were to do these things because the LORD was their God, so they were to sanctify themselves and be holy.  They were not to defile themselves with any creeping thing.  We today are sanctified and made holy by our faith in Christ, and since we are, we are do our best to keep things that defile us from coming into our lives.  God will let us know what these may be.  Verse forty-five says, For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.  God didn't bring us out of the land of Egypt, but He did free us from the bondage of sin.  Verse forty-six adds, This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:  Verse forty-seven concludes, To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.  God said that these were the laws concerning the clean and unclean animals.  I am glad that I do not have to be concerned with them today but am set free by my relationship with Christ as my Savior and Lord.