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Thus, it means that the concept of unclean was interpreted in a much more complex way by the ancient people of Israel. Their reluctance to share the holy camp with people they did not consider worthy of this privilege was based on a series of reasons which cannot be explained logically.
One of the most plausible reasons one can presently find for why ancient priests in Israel did not allow a series of people into the holy camp can be the fact that everyone was considered to be impure and unholy. Mankind was predisposed to committing sin, thus it is less likely that there actually was someone among the people of Israel who could enter the camp because of his cleanness and because of his or her holy characteristics. Looking further into the condition, it is obvious that God was the only one holy and pure, while no man was worthy of complying with the demands...
In order for them to have the right to enter the tabernacle, priests obviously had to be both holy and pure. This meant that their behavior had to be extremely strict and that they had to commit sacrifices, so as to prove the devotion that they had to God.
People could apparently become clean and holy consequent to spending some time in which they would no longer have to do with unclean or unholy matters. The time one had to spend before he could regain his attributes depended on the gravity of his uncleanness.
One can consider that the measures imposed by priests mainly involved them wanting to keep hygiene in the camp, to keep people from committing immoralities, and to keep their traditions alive.
Works cited:
1. Longman, Tremprer. An introduction to the Old Testament. (Zondervan,…
Works cited:
1. Longman, Tremprer. An introduction to the Old Testament. (Zondervan, 1994)
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