{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommuterbible.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fleviticus-11-14-proverbs-17-1-14-EPATBItd","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Leviticus 11-14, Proverbs 17:1-14","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6e5e603b-4032-42ff-ba6a-b4efd0ca4dcf/c9c34a29-a217-4436-a5aa-f058ede38d2e/cbp2024-7.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/ff0f95bb-b1a6-4fac-83bf-d05c545b9eab\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Leviticus 11-14, Proverbs 17:1-14\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"As part of their covenant with the Lord, the Israelites were given regulations concerning what is considered clean and unclean. At times this is a means of health and well-being, at other times it serves as a distinction from surrounding nations. The term “unclean” doesn’t necessarily mean those things are dirty, germ-infested, or immoral, though some of them certainly are, but these things are all ceremonially unclean; this is how Israel is to be set-apart from other nations, and given fully to the Lord. These regulations would have made Israel a distinct people on the earth, and the nations would know by their actions that they were fully devoted to the Lord."}