Blemished - Leviticus 21
Leviticus chapter 21 is a little bit intense, it goes back to instructions for the Levite priests. The first topic is “there shall none be defiled for the dead among his people.” This means the priests aren’t allowed to come in contact with dead bodies except for his mother, father, son, daughter, brother, or unmarried virgin sister. This offers an interesting insight into the parable of the Good Samaritan. The Levite priest had a donkey and was the only one who could have realistically carried the injured man to get help but he refused and one of the reasons was that the injured man might have appeared to be dead and the Levite priest didn’t want to become ritually unclean and have to undergo the cleansing process for 7 days in which he would have had to destroy the clothes he was wearing and go without his priestly pay. Just an interesting insight. Another interesting thing about this commandment is that the people included in the group of bodies the priest could come in contact with...