Leviticus
13 continues to emphasize the importance of being clean. the clean
life is a life characterized by love for God and love for our neighbour
(Mark 12:29-31). This is “more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices” (Mark 12:33).
The clean life is the life which is lived in the light of God’s holy
Word: “these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light” (Proverbs 6:23).
" ... Will you ... come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, We are safe" - safe to do all these detestable things? Has this house, which bears My Name become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord" (Jeremiah 7:8-11). “God demands a conversion of the mind and heart as the basis of peace and security (cf. Is 26:3), not the superstitious veneration of a stone building or a traditionally sacred site” ( R K Harrison , Jeremiah ).
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