Are you clean? Leviticus 10-12

Leviticus 11:47 (NASBStr)

to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten.

There word in the above verse for "unclean" is the Hebrew word "tame."  It is uses 141 times in the Old Testament.   Of those 141 times it is used 71 times in the book of Leviticus.   The main emphasis of the book of Leviticus is to draw a distinction between the clean and the unclean.   That is the entire purpose of God's plan for the nation of Israel and us.   In the above verse it is clean and unclean in regard to the creatures they eat.  This is, of course, a necessity in a time when there was no refrigeration and meals were prepared daily.   There was no quick heating tools.   God was concerned about a couple of million people camping in the desert.   God made a rule to protect them from the diseases that could come upon them.   But, this is also a picture of God wanting us to be holy from the world and to be a picture of His character.  Once God made us righteous, through faith in His Son, He also wants to keep us holy.   God wants us to be the clean example of His holiness.   Although we are no longer under the obligation of the dietary laws of the nation of Israel, we are under the obligation to keep our lives free from "uncleanness."   We can rejoice that we can eat some of the animals that The Nation was not allowed to eat.   But, we can't, like them, forget our own cleanness in Christ and purity from the worlds philosophy and charms (Colossians 3:1-4).