Leviticus 23

The special instructions given in this chapter for the holy-days of the Israelites are pretty specific, and involve lots of sacrifices and offerings. What stuck out to me, though, was two things:

- Many of these were to be "perpetual statute[s] throughout your generations in all the places where you live." (v 31, NET) I wonder if the modern Jews still follow the exacting requirements given here, especially things like living in temporary shelters during the Feast of Booths. Furthermore, I wonder if Messianic Jews (those of Jewish lineage who follow Christ as their Messiah) maintain all of these laws, or if they take the New Testament teachings as making these obsolete.

- The idea of a 7-day week has been present in the Bible since Genesis, and it is still the most basic measurement of time we use beyond "days". I find it quite interesting that the Bible gives a very good explanation for why 7-day weeks exist, and I wonder if atheists have any non-religious reasoning to explain why humans measure time thusly.