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Leprosy

A common disease among the Jews—Lu 4:27

INFECTED

• Men
• —Lu 17:12
• Women
• —Nu 12:10
• Houses
• —Le 14:34
• Garments
• —Le 13:47

An incurable disease—2Ki 5:7

Often sent as a punishment for sin—Nu 12:9,10; 2Ch 26:19

Often hereditary—2Sa 3:29; 2Ki 5:27

PARTS AFFECTED BY

• The hand
• —Ex 4:6
• The head
• —Le 13:44
• The forehead
• —2Ch 26:19
• The beard
• —Le 13:30
• The whole body
• —Lu 5:12

Often began with a bright red spot—Le 13:2,24

Turned the skin white—Ex 4:6; 2Ki 5:27

Turned the hair white or yellow—Le 13:3,10,30

THE PRIESTS

• Judges and directors in cases of
• —De 24:8
• Examined persons suspected of
• —Le 13:2,9
• Shut up persons suspected of, seven days
• —Le 13:4
• Had rules for distinguishing
• —Le 13:5-44
• Examined all persons healed of
• —Le 14:2; Mt 8:4; Lu 17:14

Ceremonies at cleansing of—Le 17:14

THOSE AFFLICTED WITH

• Ceremonially unclean
• —Le 13:8,11,22,44
• Separated from intercourse with others
• —Nu 5:2; 12:14,15
• Associated together
• —2Ki 7:3; Lu 17:12
• Dwelt in a separate house
• —2Ki 15:5
• Cut off from God's house
• —2Ch 26:21
• Excluded from priest's office
• —Le 22:2-4
• To have their heads bare, clothes rent, and lip covered
• —Le 13:45
• To cry unclean when approached
• —Le 13:45

Less inveterate when it covered the whole body—Le 13:13

Power of God manifested in curing—Nu 12:13,14; 2Ki 5:8-14

Power of Christ manifested in curing—Mt 8:3; Lu 5:13; 17:13,14

Christ gave power to heal—Mt 10:8

GARMENTS

• Suspected of, shown to priest
• —Le 13:49
• Suspected of, shut up seven days
• —Le 13:50
• Infected with, to have the piece first torn out
• —Le 13:56
• Incurable infected with, burned
• —Le 13:51,52
• Suspected of, but not having, washed and pronounced clean
• —Le 13:53,54,58,59

HOUSES

• Suspected of, reported to priest
• —Le 14:35
• Suspected of, emptied
• —Le 14:36
• Suspected of, inspected by priest
• —Le 14:37
• Suspected of, shut up seven days
• —Le 14:38
• To have the part infected with, first removed, and the rest
• scraped, &c—Le 14:39,42
• Incurably infected with, pulled down and removed
• —Le 14:43-45
• Infected with, communicated uncleanness to everyone who
• entered them—Le 14:46,47
• Suspected of, but not infected, pronounced clean
• —Le 14:48
• Ceremonies at cleansing of
• —Le 14:49-53