Commentary

LAWS OF SANCTIFICATION God wanted to support them after their defeat by the Giants and Canaanites, so He spoke to them about "Holy life": 1) Presentation of Sacrifices and burnt offerings: review levites [1-7], where God assured them that He will grant their children the promised land: "When you come into the land I bring you... You shall present an offering to the Lord". He chose to elevate their thoughts to meditate on His gift to their children, rather than to obsess themselves with their defeat. He also clarified to them the acceptance of the Gentiles as members of the holy church partaking in their worship and their feelings [15-16]. 2) Presenting an offering for unintentional transgressions that befalls the congregation at certain times, for forgetfulness is a sign that man is inattentive to the commandments and is not industrious enough to preoccupy himself with it. 3) Pran offering for unintentional transgressions due to forgetfulness, as well as deliberate ones that occur in the persons lifespan [30,31]. 4) He revealed to them the importance of leading a life of sanctity and the dangers lying behind a life of transgression, even if it is unintentional, with regards to the group collectively and to the persons individually. He clarified the extent of His hatred to sin especially "the breaking of the Sabbath". A man was found collecting sticks on a Sabbath so an order was issued "The man shall be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp" [35]. This became an example to act as deterrent to the reckless. This took care of the negative side; as far as for the positive side He ordered them to make fringes in the borders of their garments and to attach to them ribbon of blue; as indication of their obligation to seek a heavenly life (blue); even to the extent of the hem of their garments which touches down the ground. So how much more should the ideology be?

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