Leviticus 13:12 says, And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh; Verse thirteen adds, Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean. If a person was totally covered with leprosy, and the priest looked at him and saw that it had was all turned white, then the person was to be considered clean. The leprosy would no longer be contagious. We today, as followers of Christ, may be covered with the scars of sin, but if we have put our faith in Christ, we are made clean. Verse fourteen continues, But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. If the flesh was still raw, then the person was to be considered unclean. Verse fifteen states, And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. If the priest saw raw flesh, he was to pronounce it leprosy and the person was to be unclean. Verse sixteen adds, Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest; If the flesh turned white again, the person with the leprosy was to come to the priest again. Verse seventeen continues, And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean. Once again, if the skin had turned white, the person was to be pronounced clean. Just as leprosy did not make a person unclean forever, sin does not make a person unclean forever. Anyone can be pronounced clean by presenting him or her self by faith to Jesus Christ as his or her Savior and Lord. Verse eighteen says, The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, Verse nineteen adds, And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest; Then verse twenty continues, And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. If the person had a boil, he was to present himself to the priest, and if the boil went under the skin, the priest was to pronounce it leprosy and declare that person unclean. Verse twenty-one states, But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: If there were no white hairs and the boil was not below the skin, then the person was to be quarantined for seven days. Verse twenty-two adds, And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. If during the week the infection spread, the priest was to pronounce it leprosy and the person unclean. Verse twenty-three continues, But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. If the infection had not spread, then the priest was to proclaim it a burning boil and the person to be clean. Verse twenty-four says, Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white; Then verse twenty-five adds, Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. Again, if after the week the spot had turned white and was deeper in the skin, the person was to be considered to have leprosy and to be unclean. We today as followers of Christ. if we allow sin to break out in our lives again, will be spiritually unclean until we confess it and ask for God's forgiveness. We cannot just write off sin, or before long it will begin to affect us and maybe all those around us. Verse twenty-six continues, But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: If the spot was bright and no lower than the skin, then the person was to be quarantined another seven days. Verse twenty-seven says, And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. Then verse twenty-eight adds, And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning. This was another case where it took longer than a week to determine if the person had leprosy or not. Sometimes, we just have to be patient to determine the outcome of our actions.
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