Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers 19:11
Contact with death or things closely associated with death makes a person ritually unclean. Being in the presence of death drains life from the living, and touching a corpse, human bone, or grave and being in a building when a person dies make a person unclean for seven days.
Numbers 19:14-16
Clean and unclean are roughly analogous to life-adding and life-subtracting. They don't really have anything to do with being physically clean and dirty.
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One of the jobs of the Levitical priests is to lead the people in righteousness, to carry the Law and Presence of God on their shoulders where the people can see their example. This is true literally, as in Joshua 3:6, and metaphorically as teachers, judges, and advisors to the people.
From Joshua 3:17, we can also derive that another one of the jobs of the Levitical priest is to stand firm in God's instructions despite mounting floods of persecution, public opinion, and other hard circumstances.
God allows the righteous to be persecuted for to refine them and to reveal the hearts of the wicked. Don't be afraid of persecution. Don't seek it out, but welcome it when it comes, because it means that God is refining you and preparing to judge the wicked.
Matthew 23:13-39
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WORD FOR TODAY “you will receive this”: Eze 7:27 …According to their conduct I will deal with them, and by their judgments I will judge them. And they will know that I am the LORD.'"
WISDOM FOR TODAY: Pro 28:20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.
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Jeremiah 18:6,“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.” Jeremiah uses this image to describe how our Creator is shaping all of Israel as a potter forms the clay into a usable vessel. The clay needs to be the correct consistency to make it form. If there are air pockets in the clay it will be damaged when it is put into the oven or kiln to be finished. When there is weakness or sin in a nation it will be damaged when tested in the fire as well.
"Moreover, all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed, because thou obeyedst not the voice of Yahweh thy God, to keep his commandments, and his ordinances, which he commanded thee"
De 28
Not that this should have to be said but…
Thought for Today: Tuesday July 01
Are you on a path that you are realizing is not YHVH’s best for you? Do you even need to make a complete U-turn, but are struggling to find the courage to do so? Is it may be time to end a wrong relationship, or cast off a habit that is not healthy, or leave behind an undisciplined life that always seems to put YHVH in second place? Whatever situation has you feeling stuck today, know that there is no shortcut or easy way out. You need to make the right decision; firmly and decisively; before it is too late --- and then stay with it with YHVH’s help.
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