Leviticus 13:46-56 – He shall remain unclean as long as he has
the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside
the camp. “When there is a case of leprous disease in a garment, whether a woolen or a linen
garment, in warp or woof of linen or wool, or
in a skin or in anything made of skin, if the disease is
greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin or in the warp or the woof
or in any article made of skin, it is a case of leprous disease, and it shall
be shown to the priest. And the priest shall examine the
disease and shut up that which has the disease for seven days. Then he shall examine
the disease on the seventh day. If the disease has spread in the garment, in
the warp or the woof, or in the skin, whatever be the use of the skin, the
disease is a persistent leprous disease; it is unclean. And he shall burn the
garment, or the warp or the woof, the wool or the linen, or any article made of
skin that is diseased, for it is a persistent leprous disease. It shall be
burned in the fire. “And if the priest examines, and if the disease has
not spread in the garment, in the warp or the woof or in any article made of
skin, then the priest shall command that
they wash the thing in which is the disease, and he shall shut it up for
another seven days. And the priest shall examine the
diseased thing after it has been washed. And if the appearance of the diseased
area has not changed, though the disease has not spread, it is unclean. You
shall burn it in the fire, whether the rot is on the back or on the front.
“But if the priest examines, and if the diseased area has faded after it has
been washed, he shall tear it out of the garment or the skin or the warp or the
woof.
Numbers
5:3 – You shall put out both male
and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.”
Application:
- · The essential issue was the presence of the Lord in the camp; there can be no uncleanness where He dwells.
- · During Israel’s rainy season, mildew is a problem along the coast and by the Sea of Galilee, where it is very humid.
- · The treatment of disorders commonly included washing.
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
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