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COMMENT: Paul is talking about people coming out from amongst people,
not “things”. (The word “thing” is an added word). The “them” are people. Can
any deny this? (“Thing” in the KJV and other translations is not in the Greek
text as a word). The “them” in this verse are “unclean” people that are not to
be “touched”. “Unclean” = akathartou shows that there is a difference between
"clean" and "unclean" (people) -- with the clean (people) not to "touch" the un-
clean (people).

4. What does II Corinthians 6:14-15 tell us?

COMMENT: The word “unbelievers” is “apistos” that means “without faith”,
and this could well refer to non-Israelites who cannot ever possess the faith
that was once (for all time) delivered to the saints of Israel (Jude 3). The
“yoke” here is with “heterozugeo” which means being yoked with people of “a
different sort” (Vine’s), or “one who is not an equal” (Thayer’s Lexicon). This
again presents the racial separation of Israel from other nations. YEHOVAH
God also made clean and unclean animals and fish; each was born that way,
and it is not unreasonable to suggest YEHOVAH God also created clean
and unclean people.

5. Notice, now, I Corinthians 6:9.

COMMENT: The word “unrighteous” is “anomia” means “without law” and so
in terms of the Law being given to Israelites only as a covenant, the “un-
righteous” would mean non-Israelites.

6. Is this confirmed in Isaiah 26:2?

COMMENT: Here Israel is described as “the righteous nation”. Throughout
the entire Bible, we have a consistent theme; we find YEHOVAH God always
keeping a portion of His Order pure, separate and undefiled by not “touching”
other races in a sexual way.

Eating Blood

1. What does YEHOVAH God say about eating blood? Leviticus 17:12.

COMMENT: Eating blood of any kind also appears to do something adverse.
We are not told about this being anything physical, and medical evidence
does not seem to be available. This is not a prohibition of eating meat be-
cause we are told a number of times about not eating unbled meat, e.g., 1
Samuel 32-34.

2. Why the eating-blood prohibition? Leviticus 17:14.

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