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For most Christians today, there is no message of the book of Leviticus, for it often goes unread. Yet Leviticus was the first priority in Jewish instruction of the law of Moses. Jesus and His hearers knew Leviticus well and took its teachings to heart. The Documentary Hypothesis (separate JEDP portions later redacted) that reigned supreme over Pentateuchal studies for most of the twentieth...

holiness lay in the notions of separation and purity.4 The Israelites in their lifestyle were to be distinct from those around them: in how they worshipped, what they ate, how they loved and in their dealings with each other. They were to be governed by ideas of purity. At the very heart of their understanding of holiness was the call to reflect the character of their God in their lives. The vision of being a holy people was demanding to the extreme. So God, in his grace, provided them with careful
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