Hey, it is Shelby and CJ here. We have just a couple days left in the book of

Leviticus. Today we're talking about chapters 19 and 20. What's going on in these chapters,

CJ? So again, we've got to go back to our favorite guys, the Dhaban of Veehu.

And after they die, Moses turns to Aaron and he says you have to differentiate between the

holy and the common, the pure and the impure. We spent the last, you know, several episodes talking

about pure and impure. And now we're going to talk about holy and common. And really, when we mean

holy, we mean like proper conduct. So a lot of these rules in Leviticus 19 through 20 are really

practical, actually. So that's what we're dealing with here. And most of these laws are intended

to keep Israel distinct from the nations around them. They did things that Israel

just can't do as a holy people. And luckily, many of these things are just, you know,

kind of common sense things that we could be able to agree to today as modern Christians,

like don't turn to idols or things like that. Okay. Well, walk us through some of those

like common sense things a little more. So in Leviticus 191 through three, we through some of those like common sense things. Sure.

So in Leviticus 19, 1 through 3, we see some of the Ten Commandments repeated.

So on your father and your mother, I think we all would agree that that's probably good and moral and something we should do today.

You don't make her worship idols. You know, you worship God alone.

And then we have rules about not stealing from your neighbor, which of course

are legitimate and powerful. And then we also have some of these rules about leaving some of your

crop on the edges of your farmland. You know, you wouldn't gather it. You'd leave it for the poor,

the destitute to come if they needed something. And even though, you know, most of us aren't farmers, and even if you were a farmer, you probably wouldn't do that. I think the principle still remains. And the principle is if you see somebody in need, you should seek to help them. Yeah. You know, you can think of Ruth. That's a good example of that law being played out in real time.

And then we also have the command to love neighbor in Leviticus 1918. Of course, this is important to Jesus and important to us as Jesus followers.

So when somebody asks him, you know, what are the most important commands? He said, well, to love God and love neighbor.

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