I am the LORD

The major theme here is separation from uncleanness, something that God had deemed very important to keep. He wants the Israelite to be clean, holy
so when they worship God then they will still be alive and not be killed by God. That is the most important thing, as being clean can keep a person healthy and alive. Most of the things mentioned here is common sense stuff but then it wasnt. It was really a long long time ago, like more than 2000 years ago and then they did not have all these kind of advanced medical knowledge, yet God told them excatly what we know now. Wash before this wash before that, after that. What will be considered unclean. How sick is sick and stuff like that, which is awesome. After all God designed earth and us. He knows best. 

I find this interesting:

³¹ “‘You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place,^[b] which is among them.’”

It says so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place. God hates sin and cannot take uncleanness. And such uncleanness is defiling the land. And God can kill them for their uncleanness, for this is His dwelling place. That is surprising because This is one of the times in the old testament that God presence is living on earth. In this case in the land that the Israelite are living.

²⁹ “This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves^[c] and not do any work—whether native-born or a foreigner residing among you— ³⁰ because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins. ³¹ It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must 
deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance.

There will always be a day in which a day of atonement, where all of Israel will not do work and just atone for their sins.  







² “Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: ‘This is what the Lord has commanded: ³ Any Israelite who sacrifices an ox,^[a] a lamb or a goat in the camp or outside of it ⁴ instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord in front of the tabernacle of the Lord—that person shall be considered guilty of bloodshed; they have shed blood and must be cut off from their people.

Sacrifices are to be done only in the presence of God.  

This is an interesting one, a rule that people keep offending nowadays. put tattoo marks on yourselves. I did not know tattoo existed then! Hmmm...

²⁸ “‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.


God said to treat everyone equally, regardless of race language or relegion.

³³ “‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. ³⁴ The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

This one too, God said clearly, only heterosexual relationships!

¹³ “‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.