The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
The verse belongs to the laws regulating uncleanness and leprosy in chapter 13, part of the cleansing law of Leviticus 12-15. It addresses a boil in the skin that has healed, as one of the conditions dealt with by those purification laws. Those laws required the affected person or object to be visibly clean before the sanctuary's cleansing with blood.
The chapter's instructions about leprosy are sanitary directions and guidance concerning disease and the spread of contagious or infectious germs. These laws of sanitation given through Moses still stand at the head of all sanitary law, above what modern physicians understand and enforce. Their lasting superiority proves that divine inspiration guided Moses. The laws regarding leprosy required proper precautions even though God declared Himself the healer.
The laws concerning cleanliness given to ancient Israel are part of a cleansing work connected with health and with preparing clean vessels for God's Spirit. The verse is included among the Levitical ordinances that formed part of the complete yearly cycle of sanctuary service. That cycle typified Christ's once-for-all ministry.
Leprosy, a horrible disease, serves as a fitting type and picture of sin, even mortal sin. Sin is the transgression of the law and all unrighteousness, embracing every kind of evil thing as a terrible moral disease. Leprosy represents sin as a widespread, infectious disease that human means cannot cure and that never gets well of itself. Like leprosy, sin eats away at its victim, has its chief seat within and pollutes the source of life, while also making a person outwardly shameful.
Like leprosy, sin is contagious, so the sinner contaminates the very atmosphere, introduces pollution where all before was comparative purity, and by his society leads others to sin. There is therefore more reason to fear his influence than to fear infection from a leper. Leprosy is a disease still found in Palestine. The only cure for sin is help from the great Physician, whose blood cleanses those who repent and believe.
As a diseased person seeks healing, sinners need deliverance from sin, and that healing requires pride and self to die rather than be preserved. Jesus Christ's power to heal leprosy showed his power to heal.
The verse belongs to the laws regulating uncleanness and leprosy in chapter 13, part of the cleansing law of Leviticus 12-15. It addresses a boil in the skin that has healed, as one of the conditions dealt with by those purification laws. Those laws required the affected person or object to be visibly clean before the sanctuary's cleansing with blood.
The chapter's instructions about leprosy are sanitary directions and guidance concerning disease and the spread of contagious or infectious germs. These laws of sanitation given through Moses still stand at the head of all sanitary law, above what modern physicians understand and enforce. Their lasting superiority proves that divine inspiration guided Moses. The laws regarding leprosy required proper precautions even though God declared Himself the healer.
The laws concerning cleanliness given to ancient Israel are part of a cleansing work connected with health and with preparing clean vessels for God's Spirit. The verse is included among the Levitical ordinances that formed part of the complete yearly cycle of sanctuary service. That cycle typified Christ's once-for-all ministry.
Leprosy, a horrible disease, serves as a fitting type and picture of sin, even mortal sin. Sin is the transgression of the law and all unrighteousness, embracing every kind of evil thing as a terrible moral disease. Leprosy represents sin as a widespread, infectious disease that human means cannot cure and that never gets well of itself. Like leprosy, sin eats away at its victim, has its chief seat within and pollutes the source of life, while also making a person outwardly shameful.
Like leprosy, sin is contagious, so the sinner contaminates the very atmosphere, introduces pollution where all before was comparative purity, and by his society leads others to sin. There is therefore more reason to fear his influence than to fear infection from a leper. Leprosy is a disease still found in Palestine. The only cure for sin is help from the great Physician, whose blood cleanses those who repent and believe.
As a diseased person seeks healing, sinners need deliverance from sin, and that healing requires pride and self to die rather than be preserved. Jesus Christ's power to heal leprosy showed his power to heal.