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Continuing our examination of what is known as the Holiness Code we now turn our attention to two of the longest chapters in the entire Bible: Leviticus 13-14. Within these two chapters — and keep in mind there were no chapter breaks in the original text — God is going to lay out a very specific set of guidelines for how the people were to handle leprosy.

Our approach to these lengthy chapters will require we divided things into two different studies. This morning we’re going to look at the protocols for diagnosing a leprous infection in an individual (Leviticus 13:1-46), an outbreak of leprosy in a person’s clothing (Leviticus 13:47-59), and then we’re going to skip ahead to Leviticus 14:33-57 which explains what should be done if leprosy is discovered in a physical dwelling.

This approach will allow our second study to then focus exclusively on the amazing ritual laid out in Leviticus 14:1-32 for a person who finds themselves cleansed of their leprosy.

Before we dive into the text there is one thing we do need to address… What is leprosy? I know that sounds basic, but in actuality defining leprosy is much hard than you’d think. For starters, you will find this term leprosy with its variations of leper or leprous occurring 68 times in the Bible: 55 in the Hebrew Old Testament and 13 in the Greek New Testament.

In the Hebrew the word we have translated as leprous or leper is tsara`ath (sigh·ra·ath). The word simply means to strike and can be used to describe the one stricken. Because this word is vague, the etymology of the Hebrew and the development of our present translation ends up being vitally important when attempting to define leprosy.

When the Hebrew Old Testament was transcribed into the classical Greek around 200 BC (this is known as the Septuagint) this word tsara`ath (sigh·ra·ath) ended up being translated as lepra — which stemmed from the Greek noun lepis meaning scaly like a fish. It’s from this Greek word that we eventually ended up with the Latin and English word leprosy.

For reasons that will make more sense later in our study, please keep in mind the link between the disease we’re encounter in Leviticus 13-14 and what individuals were infected with during the time of Christ was clearly established for us by Jesus at the end of Mark 1 when He instructs a cleansed leper to present himself to the priest for inspection.

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