Modern View of Leviticus
The holiness code is believed to have been written as a form to avoid sexual deviations, sexual transmitable diseases and other forms of physical illness for the people of Israel with some specified as applicable for Proselytes. Many of its teachings are no longer in practice in the mainstream Christian denominations, however see Leviticus 18 and Biblical law in Christianity for details. Some religions sustain that in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus cited Leviticus 19:18 as a Great Commandment.
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