THIS IS THE WORD OF YAHWEH (LEVITICUS 13:1). Leviticus 13:1 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,' Here Aaron is for the second time included with Moses in receiving the word of Yahweh (compare Leviticus 11:1), and will be again in Leviticus 14:33 and Leviticus 15:1. This suggests that... [ Continue Reading ]
DEALING WITH SKIN ERUPTIONS (LEVITICUS 13:2). Leviticus 13:2 “When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of a suspicious skin disease, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons t... [ Continue Reading ]
DEALING WITH CHRONIC SKIN DISEASES (LEVITICUS 13:9). Leviticus 13:9 ‘When the plague of a suspicious skin disease is in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest, and the priest shall look, and, behold, if there be a white rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there be qui... [ Continue Reading ]
DEALING WITH BOILS/ULCERS (LEVITICUS 13:18). Leviticus 13:18 “And when the flesh has a boil in its skin, and it is healed, and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest, and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the it... [ Continue Reading ]
DEALING WITH BURNS (LEVITICUS 13:24). Leviticus 13:24 “Or when the flesh has a burn from a fire on its skin, and the live part of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white, then the priest shall look on it, and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot is turned white, and its appeara... [ Continue Reading ]
DEALING WITH SORES (LEVITICUS 13:29). Leviticus 13:29 “And when a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard, then the priest shall look on the plague, and, behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and there is yellow thin hair in it, then the priest shall pronounce him uncle... [ Continue Reading ]
DEALING WITH RASHES (LEVITICUS 13:38). Leviticus 13:38 “And when a man or a woman has in the skin of the flesh bright spots, even white bright spots, then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a minor skin disease, it has brok... [ Continue Reading ]
DEALING WITH BALDNESS (LEVITICUS 13:40). Leviticus 13:40 “And if a man's hair has fallen off his head, he is bald; yet he is clean. And if his hair has fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald; yet he is clean.” The falling out of the hair, which some might have seen as di... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SAD CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PERMANENTLY UNCLEAN (LEVITICUS 13:45). Leviticus 13:45 “And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and he shall cry, Unclean, unclean. All the days during which the plague... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVERANCE FROM A FUNGOID PLAGUE IN WHAT WE WEAR (LEVITICUS 13:47). The laws of uncleanness now move on to uncleanness in clothing. It is quite possible from what follows that in the conditions under which they lived in the wilderness, and possibly even continuing into Canaan, there were types of... [ Continue Reading ]