Back to THE TORAH CONNECTION Table of Contents<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Deu 24:8, 9 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so<\/i> ye shall observe to do. Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Leprosy in a person<\/b> was determined by the following criteria–<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when<\/i> the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be<\/i> deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is<\/i> a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if<\/i> the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in<\/i> sight deeper than the skin; it is<\/i> a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is<\/i> the plague of leprosy. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be<\/i> in sight deeper than the skin; and there be<\/i> in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is<\/i> a dry scall, even<\/i> a leprosy upon the head or beard. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:8 And if<\/i> the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is<\/i> a leprosy. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is<\/i> a plague. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and<\/i> if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is<\/i> the plague of leprosy. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:35, 36 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is<\/i> unclean. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:10, 11 And the priest shall see him:<\/i> and, behold, if<\/i> the rising be<\/i> white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be<\/i> quick raw flesh in the rising; it is<\/i> an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is<\/i> unclean. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:14, 15 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for<\/i> the raw flesh is<\/i> unclean: it is<\/i> a leprosy. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:19, 20 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest; And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be<\/i> in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is<\/i> a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:42-44 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is<\/i> a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead. Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if<\/i> the rising of the sore be<\/i> white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; He is a leprous man, he is<\/i> unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is<\/i> in his head. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n If the person is diagnosed as a leper<\/b>—<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:45, 46 And the leper in whom the plague <\/span>is,<\/i><\/span> his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. All the days wherein the plague <\/span>shall be<\/i><\/span> in him he shall be defiled; he <\/span>is<\/i><\/span> unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp <\/span>shall<\/i><\/span> his habitation <\/span>be.<\/i><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Of all diseases known in the East the leprosy was most dreaded. Its incurable and contagious character, and its horrible effect upon its victims, filled the bravest with fear. Among the Jews it was regarded as a judgment on account of sin, and hence was called “the stroke,” “the finger of God.” Deep-rooted, ineradicable, deadly, it was looked upon as a symbol of sin. By the ritual law, the leper was pronounced unclean. Like one already dead, he was shut out from the habitations of men. Whatever he touched was unclean. The air was polluted by his breath. One who was suspected of having the disease must present himself to the priests, who were to examine and decide his case. If pronounced a leper, he was isolated from his family, cut off from the congregation of Israel, and was doomed to associate with those only who were similarly afflicted. The law was inflexible in its requirement. Even kings and rulers were not exempt. A monarch who was attacked by this terrible disease must yield up the scepter, and flee from society. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Away from his friends and his kindred, the leper must bear the curse of his malady. He was obliged to publish his own calamity, to rend his garments, and sound the alarm, warning all to flee from his contaminating presence. The cry, “Unclean! unclean!” coming in mournful tones from the lonely exile, was a signal heard with fear and abhorrence. <\/i> DA 262<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n When a leper is healed–<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 14:1-32 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if<\/i> the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and<\/i> clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was<\/i> killed over the running water: And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for<\/i> a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. And the priest that maketh him<\/i> clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at<\/i> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for<\/i> a wave offering before the LORD: And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is<\/i> the priest’s, so is<\/i> the trespass offering: it is<\/i> most holy: And the priest shall take some<\/i> of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it<\/i> upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: And the priest shall take some<\/i> of the log of oil, and pour it<\/i> into the palm of his own left hand: And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is<\/i> in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD: And of the rest of the oil that is<\/i> in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering: And the remnant of the oil that is<\/i> in the priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD. And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. And if he be<\/i> poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for<\/i> a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil; And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD. And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for<\/i> a wave offering before the LORD: And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some<\/i> of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it<\/i> upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand: And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some<\/i> of the oil that is<\/i> in his left hand seven times before the LORD: And the priest shall put of the oil that is<\/i> in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering: And the rest of the oil that is<\/i> in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD. And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; Even<\/i> such as he is able to get, the one for<\/i> a sin offering, and the other for<\/i> a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD. This is<\/i> the law of him<\/i> in whom is<\/i> the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth<\/i> to his cleansing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lepers in Bible history–<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Num 12:1-15 Miriam<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2Ki 5:1-19 Naaman<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2Ki 5:20-27 Gehazi<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2Ki 7:3 four lepers at the gate of Samaria<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2Ki 15:5 king Azariah<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2Ch 26:16-21 king Uzziah<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Mat 8:2-4; Mar 1:40-45 a leper whom Jesus healed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Mat 26:6; Mar 14:3 Simon<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Luk 17:11-19 ten lepers whom Jesus healed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n For further reading on Leprosy, click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Leprosy in a garment<\/b> of cloth or skin was determined by the following criteria–<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:49-51 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is<\/i> a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest: And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath<\/i> the plague seven days: And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or<\/i> in any work that is made of skin; the plague is<\/i> a fretting leprosy; it is<\/i> unclean. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:53, 54 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing<\/i> wherein the plague is,<\/i> and he shall shut it up seven days more: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:56, 57 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be<\/i> somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is<\/i> a spreading plague:<\/i> thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is<\/i> with fire. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n If it is leperous<\/b>—<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is<\/i> a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if<\/i> the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is<\/i> unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is<\/i> fret inward, whether<\/i> it be<\/i> bare within or without. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:57 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is<\/i> a spreading plague:<\/i> thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is<\/i> with fire. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Jud 1:22, 23 And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them<\/i> out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n A garment suspected but determined clean after washing<\/b>—<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lev 13:58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be,<\/i> which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Mat 20:20-23 (also Mar 10:35-40) (1st<\/sup> baptism: justification; 2nd<\/sup> baptism: suffering) Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him,<\/i> and desiring a certain thing of him. And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them<\/i> for whom it is prepared of my Father.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n For further reading on Leprosy in a Garment, click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
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