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Why Is the Sabbath So Important? – Leviticus E7
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A Different Community Than Egypt
In Leviticus 19, the ten commandments are re-ordered to create a symmetrical sandwich. This is about forming a contrast community that's different than egypt or canaan. You shall keep my sabbaths and honour my sanctuary. I am away your god. These are people who dedicate everything they have to away,. Even their every meal, every their food, all their food. And man, they even surrender all their time to away by resting every seventh day. So i guess what's cool about this section of leviticus is that sabbath is woven into all these other commands. But as i understand it, a big motif in classical greek philosophy was striving for
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