goal of redemptive history is the “un-sin-ment” of all things. The rite ended when the person was bathed and put on freshly washed clothing. Any man rejecting this ritual was excommunicated (v. 13) and regarded as thenceforth unclean, comparable to a leper. God takes very seriously His requirement that we reject the normality of sin and evil. This rule would render most modern churchmen excommunicates because they expect the world to go from bad to worse. Instead of being God’s warriors for the “unsinment”