Day 64 - Leviticus 11-12 & Psalm 64

 Julie

Today we learn what is considered clean and unclean. They make sure in the explanation to point out that unclean does not mean evil, but that you don't meet the requirement for certain things. I am curious about that fact that some of the animals that are considered unclean are some of the ones that we consume today. Did this change after some time to allow for that?

Psalm 64 is a continuation of what we have been seeing. A request for got to protect from wrongdoers and thanking him for taking care of them.

Michelle

This was an interesting passage. I had to look up some of these animals we eat to see if they relate. And apparently we shouldn’t be eating pig but we do. So yes I wonder if it changes at some point later in the Bible or if it got lost as to following the rules as generations went on. It’s interesting though that in general this is still basically what is eaten. 

I also found chapter 12 interesting as it discusses being unclean after childbirth. I mean I know it’s gross and all but why does it make a woman unclean when she menstruates or has babies?  What’s also interesting is the timeframe required before being purified and how it reminds me of how they did things in medieval times and thereafter. In some of the historical things I’ve read women would basically go into isolation for a few months surrounding birth and would have to be purified by the church before allowed interaction with others. This reminds me of that and I am glad we don’t do that now. But is this also related to timeframes in which we baptize or the timeframe we take maternity leave?  It all seems to stem from this Bible passage when you think about it. 3 months maternity leave is standard practice these days. I am curious why we need to make atonement for child birth though. 

I feel bad saying this but the psalms are starting to bore me. I feel like they are repeating the same thing over and over. And sometimes I don’t understand what they are saying. But this one seems to be saying the same as the last few we’ve read.