Today's reading in Leviticus and Numbers covers more conduct issues. These laws were given by God to keep the Israelites set apart and holy. My commentary notes that death and disease came about due to sin. Therefore, all "unclean" must purify themselves. Again, an additional apparent benefit is the physical health of God's people.
For some clarification of the significance of placing blood on right earlobes, thumbs and big toes: http://www.biblenews1.com/hands/handc.htm
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