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#89 | Leviticus and Atonement: The Significance of Holy and Unholy, Pure and Impure, in Leviticus
In this episode we provide some clarity around two sets of binaries in Leviticus: holy and unholy, pure and impure. Understanding these two sets of binaries is absolutely essential to understanding Leviticus, the sacrificial system, and the entire cultural environment in which Israel lived. Every Israelite, at all times and in all places, would have been categorized by one of the two sets binaries. They were either holy/pure, holy/impure, unholy/pure, unholy/impure. The important thing to remember is that holy does not mean sinless, and unholy does not mean sinful. Holy means set apart for…
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