13:1-46
Having dealt with childbirth, we now move on to skin diseases, to be followed by various moulds. We may well wonder what on earth these passages are doing in the Bible, and I guess most of us have not found these chapters to be of great spiritual benefit. The various skin conditions dealt with here probably do not include leprosy as the way that leprosy develops does not really fit with what we read here.
There are one or two features that we can note. One is that there is a very methodical approach. In all cases the condition is examined, there is then a period of waiting to see what happens. There is no rush to carry out an exorcism! Perhaps we can learn something from that in how we deal with sin or other problems. Sometimes a sin is just a one off, admit it, repent of it, get on with life. At other times it is an indicator of a much more deep rooted problem that might need more serious attention.
A second feature is that there is little concern with healing here, the focus is on being clean or unclean. I, and probably many of you, do not really understand this concept. Maybe God will enlighten me one day!
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