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Chapter 19 of Leviticus brings a great theological weight. In this regard, Calum M. Carmichael claims that "no body of biblical laws is regarded so representative of the spirit of these laws as the rules in Leviticus 19".8 A possible reason for this, is that this portion of Leviticus reframe the Deuteronomic laws in the context of a theology of holiness. The latter permeates the whole book, and finds its basis in a division between a holy and a common realms.9 In other words, in this chapter the commandments are reframed in the light of God's call to holiness. In Leviticus 19 we see what it means to obey the commandments as a person and a community living a life a holiness, and therefore embracing Israel's special spiritual status as separated
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