Leviticus 11:47 New International Version (NIV) 47 You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.’” This restricted diet was to make sure that the Israelites were healthy, so disease...

Leviticus 11:44-45 New International Version (NIV) 44 I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground. 45 I am the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your...

Leviticus 11:25 New International Version (NIV) 25 Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. In order to worship, people need to be prepared. There were things that made a person unclean for worship. This...

Leviticus 11:8 New International Version (NIV) 8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you. God wanted his people totally separated from things that were forbidden. He did not want his people to be tempted to return to the old...

Leviticus 10:8-11 New International Version (NIV) 8 Then the Lord said to Aaron, 9 “You and your sons are not to drink wine or other fermented drink whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to...

Leviticus 10:2 New International Version (NIV) 2 So fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. Aaron's sons were careless about following the laws. Performing the sacrifices was an act of obedience, and doing them...

Leviticus 10:1 New International Version (NIV) The Death of Nadab and Abihu 10 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, contrary to his command. The fire on the alter was...