From this verse, I'm also noticing how it is following a pattern of having to do like one's laundry when one is unclean. I think that's a very reasonable thing to do because walking around with germs from a dead animal being rubbed all over your clothes would be nasty anyway. Okay, so I'm making a narrow case right now for how God of the Bible is a fair and just God.
Verse 29-30 states that these creatures are creeping things that creep on the earth and are unclean for people: the mole, the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind; the gecko, the monitor lizard,the sand reptile, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
The photo above is the famous gecko from the GEICO Insurance commercials. According to the Bible and jokingly stating, he probably wouldn't be a very pleasant and clean meal.
Verse 31 states that they are unclean creepers. Interesting enough, this verse doesn't say you become unclean from touching them while they are alive. I remember trying to chase after lizards for fun with some kids when I was the same age. An old friend had this gecko that he was attached to and he would always touch and play with it. I wanted to touch it too, but he wouldn't let me from being over-protective with it. Funny, because I'm already over it!
Verses 31-32 basically gives this long explanation of how any one of those creepers that touch anything while dead has to be put in water. I'm assuming it's supposed to be for washing purposes. The punishment for the human skin that made contact with it would be being unclean until the evening.
That's very interesting. I wonder how if I was a little boy and mad at my younger sister, I could make her all unclean by touching these dead creepers and then chasing after her. She would be like, "Mom!" I would be all laughing the whole time, but then I would probably hate taking a bath after, so go figure in trying to repeat it routinely.
Before I sign off, I'm thinking that if it had hit the floor of a home, I think it would be funny to then drench the floor in water after getting a bucket and then trying to force it to dry. Also whatever item that was used to pick it up would be unclean and then the person who picked it up would be unclean too. It's like a domino effect. I wonder if the people in the household would play rock-paper-scissors to see who becomes unclean. This is really funny now that I'm thinking about these little things right now for back then. In conclusion, I'm going to start spraying my broom with the hose in the backyard if I ever make contact with one of those dead critters now.
