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Clean and unclean

The Israelites took offerings to the tabernacle. God was in the tabernacle. The tabernacle was a holy and clean place. Everyone near the tabernacle had to be clean, too. If someone was unclean (not clean), they would make the tabernacle unclean, too.

God told Moses the laws about clean and unclean. God told Moses the things that made an Israelite person become unclean. An unclean person was not allowed to go near the tabernacle. An unclean person could not make offerings.

Then God told Moses what the person should do to be clean again. Sometimes an unclean person had to wait a few hours until the evening. Other times, the person had to wait a few days. After the unclean person did what God told him to do, he was clean again. Then he was allowed to go near the tabernacle and make offerings.

Many of God's rules for clean and unclean are like things we do now. They are rules for good health.


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