Masking and Social Distancing at Mt. Sinai - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Leviticus 15:8,

"If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is clean, they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening."

Well, actually there is no mention of masking, but the Lord seems to have made provision for at least the need for masking. Maybe the use of plexiglass as we see at the stores we shop in today. If a man with any kind of "unusual bodily discharge" that made him unclean were to spit on anyone, it would make them unclean.

Anyone who was declared unclean due to health issues outlined in these chapters were to be kept away from. In some cases the unclean person was to stay outside the camp. In other cases they were to be isolated from others while still in the camp - social distancing.

Just a light-hearted look at the provisions the Lord made for the health and hygiene issues that might arise among his people. As is apparent, much of what were issues in Moses day when he received the law from the Lord are still issues today.

Some tongue-in-cheek stretching of the passage today!

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!

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