Unclean And Clean Birds

Leviticus 20:23-26 – You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them. But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations. “‘You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground—those that I have set apart as unclean for you. You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.

Leviticus 10:9-11 – “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 come, so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean,  and so you can teach the Israelites all the decrees the Lord has given them through Moses.”

Joshua 24:19 – Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.

Psalm 99:3 – Let them praise your great and awesome name—he is holy.

Application:

• ·         The distinction between what was holy and what was common was carefully maintained.
• ·         “You are not able to serve the Lord” were strong words to emphasize the danger of overconfidence.
• ·         As the Great King, our Lord ought to be shown the fear and honor that are His due.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV