This is part of a year long reading of the Bible chronologically in a harmonized format.

Leviticus 17:1 - 19:18

- All sacrifices must be at tabernacle entrance to avoid idolatry; blood prohibition reinforced.

- Holiness code begins: respect parents, keep Sabbaths, avoid idolatry, love neighbor as self.

Mark 7:1-23

- Pharisees question tradition-breaking; Jesus quotes Isaiah on lip service, prioritizes heart over external rules.

- He teaches crowd nothing outside defiles, but evil from within does, listing sins from heart.