I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy.

 Leviticus 11:24-47

You will make yourselves unclean by these; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening. Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.

Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.

Anyone who eats some of its carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.

Every creature that moves along the ground is to be regarded as unclean; it is not to be eaten. 

Do not defile yourselves by any of these creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them. 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. I am the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

Set out measures to prevent contamination of good and water supplies. Similar principles govern present-day public health regulations.

Why?

Because God is holy so all of God's people have to consecrate ourselves to serve the Lord.

Distinguish what is clean and unclean to eat, for we have to live a holy life in the world, make some different life on the world to witness we are the people of the Lord.

Not only for religious regulation but also for health that God's word is useful in our daily life.

Any carcass or animal move along the ground is dirty and has viruses and will harm our health.

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24-31 不能吃，不能摸;   鼠類、爬蟲類。分別為聖，要非常小心，連碰觸都不能，就是要遠離使人不潔淨，使人犯罪的地方，東西。

32-38 碰到的器皿：放入水中清洗，瓦器無法洗淨，就要打破。世俗的東西，寧可不用也不要得罪神，什麼才是真正的浪費?

39-43 種子落在死屍上就不潔淨。我們的信仰不僅在教會中，生活中每個細節都與神有關。神與我們的關係深入到生活中，不只是在宗教中。多足的，爬的，都是不可以吃的。如蛇，用肚子行走。嚴格說不是衛生問題，耶穌說從口入的不會污穢人。真正的問題是人心的問題，人心出來的才會污穢人。

聖潔就是分別的，因為神是分別的，所以你們要分別。

44-47 結語

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How?

Give up our flesh desire and consecrate me to honor the name of the Lord.