Talk about wading though a sea of do's and don'ts. I'm glad I'm not living as an Israelite during this era as I would know what day to scratch my posterior without getting into deep trouble because I scratched with two strokes instead of three. You put your left foot in....
One little take away for me is a ritual performed on the day of atonement (v20 -22). Everyone gets to lay hands on a goat and transfer all the stuff they did wrong to the goat. The goat then gets led to the wilderness and is given the boot. Don't call the SPCA yet, I'm not in the market for goats: What struck me is the act of letting go. Once your bad stuff is on the goat, you let it go and it doesn't come back. I spend far too much time beating myself up about things I do wrong, and whilst I know I need to improve, I think I would do well to just let it go every now and then.
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