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Leprosy

 

Leprosy

A common disease among the Jews - Lu 4:27

INFECTED

• Men
- Lu 17:12
• Women
- Nu 12:10
• Houses
- Le 14:34
• Garments
- Le 13:47

An incurable disease - 2Ki 5:7

Often sent as a punishment for sin - Nu 12:9,10; 2Ch 26:19

Often hereditary - 2Sa 3:29; 2Ki 5:27

PARTS AFFECTED BY

• The hand
- Ex 4:6
• The head
- Le 13:44
• The forehead
- 2Ch 26:19
• The beard
- Le 13:30
• The whole body
- Lu 5:12

Often began with a bright red spot - Le 13:2,24

Turned the skin white - Ex 4:6; 2Ki 5:27

Turned the hair white or yellow - Le 13:3,10,30

THE PRIESTS

• Judges and directors in cases of
- De 24:8
• Examined persons suspected of
- Le 13:2,9
• Shut up persons suspected of, seven days
- Le 13:4
• Had rules for distinguishing
- Le 13:5-44
• Examined all persons healed of
- Le 14:2; Mt 8:4; Lu 17:14

Ceremonies at cleansing of - Le 17:14

THOSE AFFLICTED WITH

• Ceremonially unclean
- Le 13:8,11,22,44
• Separated from intercourse with others
- Nu 5:2; 12:14,15
• Associated together
- 2Ki 7:3; Lu 17:12
• Dwelt in a separate house
- 2Ki 15:5
• Cut off from God's house
- 2Ch 26:21
• Excluded from priest's office
- Le 22:2-4
• To have their heads bare, clothes rent, and lip covered
- Le 13:45
• To cry unclean when approached
- Le 13:45

Less inveterate when it covered the whole body - Le 13:13

Power of God manifested in curing - Nu 12:13,14; 2Ki 5:8-14

Power of Christ manifested in curing - Mt 8:3; Lu 5:13; 17:13,14

Christ gave power to heal - Mt 10:8

GARMENTS

• Suspected of, shown to priest
- Le 13:49
• Suspected of, shut up seven days
- Le 13:50
• Infected with, to have the piece first torn out
- Le 13:56
• Incurable infected with, burned
- Le 13:51,52
• Suspected of, but not having, washed and pronounced clean
- Le 13:53,54,58,59

HOUSES

• Suspected of, reported to priest
- Le 14:35
• Suspected of, emptied
- Le 14:36
• Suspected of, inspected by priest
- Le 14:37
• Suspected of, shut up seven days
- Le 14:38
• To have the part infected with, first removed, and the rest
scraped, &c - Le 14:39,42
• Incurably infected with, pulled down and removed
- Le 14:43-45
• Infected with, communicated uncleanness to everyone who
entered them - Le 14:46,47
• Suspected of, but not infected, pronounced clean
- Le 14:48
• Ceremonies at cleansing of
- Le 14:49-53
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