Read: Leviticus 15
Background: Having gone over issues of uncleanness from daily life (eating, dead bodies, childbirth, and skin disorders), God addresses other issues and illnesses which are somewhat observable to others: discharges that can be seen/heard/smelled, which may just be the natural elimination of fluids, or may indicate a brewing sickness. Those issues that are just daily life just require washing of the body and any materials with which the person has come into contact, along with a separation from others until evening (which was the beginning of a new day). Those that were more serious in nature requited a week-long separation period, along with a small offering at the end.
Key Verses: 31 “Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.” 32 This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby; 33 also for her who is unwell with her menstrual impurity, that is, for anyone, male or female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean.
These concluding verses from the chapter remind us of the big picture here: Daily life gets us dirty. We are to examine all of life's interactions and activities to make sure we are pursuing purity so that when we do come to worship, we do not drag in our dirt with us. We come to God to worship in sincerity and purity.
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