Leviticus 15:18

Leviticus 15:18 says The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.  Moses speaks about both the man and the woman in this verse, then for the rest of the chapter he speaks to the woman.  Verse nineteen adds, And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.   Then verse twenty continues, And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.  This would be the woman's normal monthly period.  Verse twenty-one states, And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.  The woman was to be separated for a week and considered unclean, and anyone touching where she sat or where she lay was to be considered unclean.  Verse twenty-two adds, And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.  Anyone touching a place where she had sat was to wash himself and his clothes and be considered unclean until the evening.  This only states men, so I am not sure if it applied to women as well or not.  Verse twenty-three continues, And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.  Verse twenty-four concludes, And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.  I believe this means any man having sexual relations with her during this time would likewise be considered unclean for a week.  Verse twenty-five concludes, And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.  This refers to an abnormal bleeding by a woman.  She would be unclean for however long this went on.  Matthew Henry says this would be like the woman who came to Jesus for healing in the New Testament.  Verse twenty-six says, Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.  This verse and the next verse just repeat was to be done during a woman's normal cycle.  Verse twenty-seven adds, And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.  Anyone touching her bed or where she sat was wash his clothes and bathe and to be considered unclean until evening.  Verse twenty-eight continues, But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. If the abnormal bleeding stopped, the woman was still to be separated for seven days.  Verse twenty-nine states, And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.  On the eighth day, the woman was to bring two turtle doves or two pigeons to the priest at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.  Verse thirty adds, And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.  The priest was to offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to make atonement for her.  We are so blessed that we do not have to make atonement for each perceived sin today, and that physical conditions are not seen as sins that have to be atoned for.  Verse thirty-one continues, Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.  God said this was to be done so that His tabernacle would not be defiled.  Since as followers of Christ we are the tabernacle of the Holy Spirit, we need to take seriously God's warning to not defile His tabernacle.  This means that we should be careful about what position we may put ourselves in and what we put into our bodies I believe.  Verse thirty-two says, This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;  Then verse thirty-three adds, And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.  Moses just stated that this was the law concerning men and women with an issue.  

Leviticus 15:1

Leviticus 15:1 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,  Verse two adds, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.  Matthew Henry basically says it didn't matter what this was referring to, but whatever the cause of the condition, it would be leaving stains behind.  Verse three continues, And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.   This continues to refer to his issue, which could be interpreted as a running sore.  Verse four states, Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.  Anywhere the man laid down or sat would be considered unclean, so this would have to be something contagious.  Verse five adds, And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.  Anyone who just touched the man's bed was to wash his or her clothes and bathe and be considered unclean the rest of the day.  Verse six continues, And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.  Even sitting where the man sat would make a person unclean, and the one sitting where the man sat was to wash his or her clothes and himself or herself.  Verse seven says, And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.  Touching the person had the same effect and proscription to make on clean again.  Verse eight adds, And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.  This would seem to be a deliberate attempt to infect someone else, and we only have to look at the news today to know that people would still do this.  Verse nine continues, And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.   Even a saddle that the man rode on would be considered unclean.  Verse ten states, And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.  Touching or carrying anything that the man touched would make the person unclean, and once more that person would have to wash his or her clothes and bathe himself or herself.  Verse eleven adds, And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.  If the man with the issue touched someone without washing his hands, that person was to be considered unclean.  Even then, the importance of washing ones hands to prevent the transfer of a disease was recognized.  Verse twelve continues, And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.  Earthen vessels were to be broken if the man touched them, and vessels made of wood were to be washed.  Verse thirteen declares,  And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.  After the man was cleansed of this running sore, he was to wait seven days, then bathe himself, wash his clothes, and be declared clean.  Verse fourteen adds, And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:  The eighth day, the man was to bring a sacrifice to the priest of two turtledoves or two young pigeons.  Verse fifteen continues, And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt.  The priest was to offer one of the birds for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.  Simply being physically clean was not enough, but the man had to be spiritually clean as well, just as we must today.  Verse sixteen states, And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.  I believe this refers to a sexual situation, and it would make the man unclean until evening.  Verse seventeen adds, And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord for his issue.  Once more, the priest would make an offering for the man, after the man had washed his clothes and himself. 

Leviticus 14:33

Leviticus 14:33 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,  Then verse thirty-four adds, When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;  Verse thirty-five continues, And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:   After the people of Israel got to the land of Canaan, the Promised Land, and a person discovered leprosy in their house, they were to come to the priest.  As followers of Christ, if we discover sin in our house, we need to come to our heavenly Priest, Jesus Christ, and confess it.  Verse thirty-six states, Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:  The house was to be emptied and the priest was to go see it.  Verse thirty-seven adds, And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;  Verse thirty-eight continues, Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:  Verse thirty-nine concludes, And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;  If the priest saw evidence of the plague on the walls of the house, then he was to shut it up for seven days, then come and look at it again.  Verse forty says, Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:  If the plague had spread, then the stones of the house were to be taken away outside the city.  If we find sin in our lives today, we need to remove it as far away from us as possible.  The Holy Spirit will make us aware of any sin that gets into our life.  Verse forty-one adds, And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:  Verse forty-two continues, And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.  The rest of the house was to be scraped and the stones that were taken away were to be replaced.  Just as the plague of leprosy was taken seriously then, we need to take sin seriously today.  Verse forty-three states, And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;  Verse forty-four adds, Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.  If the plague had returned, then it was to be declared fretting leprosy and the house was to be declared unclean.  Verse forty-five continues, And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.  In this case, the whole house was to be taken apart and taken out of the city into the unclean place.  It is much better that we lose everything we have materially than to allow sin to continue to contaminate our life.  Verse forty-six declares, Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.  Not only was the house to be destroyed, but anyone who went into it was to be declared unclean.  Verse forty-seven adds, And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.  Everyone who had slept or eaten in the house was to wash their clothes.  Verse forty-eight continues, And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.  If the priest went into the house after it had been replastered and there was no evidence of the plague, then the house was to be pronounced clean.  Verse forty-nine states, And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:  There was a sacrifice to be made by the priest, just as Jesús, our High Priest, is a sacrifice for all our sins today.  Verse fifty adds, And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:  One of the birds of the sacrifice was to be killed.  Verse fifty-one continues, And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:  The living bird and the things associated with the sacrifice were to be sprinkled with the blood of the dead bird, which was then to be used to cleanse the house.  Verse fifty-two says, And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:  The priest was to cleanse the house with the blood of the sacrifice.  Being physically clean was not enough, but the house needed to be spiritually clean as well.  We may remove things form our lives today that would lead us to sin or are even a sin already, but until we confess our sins to God and ask His forgiveness, we cannot be spiritually clean.  Verse fifty-three adds, But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.  The living bird was to be set free outside the city, and atonement would be made for the house, and it would be pronounced clean.  Verse fifty-four continues, This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,  Verse fifty-five states, And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,  Verse fifty-six adds, And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:  Then verse fifty-seven concludes, To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.  This was the law of leprosy to determine if a person or place was contagious.  If we allow sin into our lives today, we can be certain that we are in danger of affecting others if we do not take it seriously and allow God to remove it from our lives.

Leviticus 14:10

Leviticus 14:10 says, And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.  The next several verses deal with the offerings after a person is pronounced clean of leprosy, and will just be looked at briefly.  Verse eleven adds, And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.  The priest was to present the man and the things of the offering before door of the tabernacle of the congregation.  Verse twelve continues,  And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:   Verse thirteen states , And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:  The priest was to slay the lambs for a trespass offering, a wave offering, a sin offering and a burnt offering.  Verse fourteen adds, And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:  The priest was to use some of the blood to purify the leper.  Verse fifteen continues, And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:  Verse sixteen says, And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:  Verse seventeen adds, And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:  Next, the priest was to consecrate the oil, then he was to begin applying it to the man.  Verse eighteen continues, And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD:  After putting some of the oil in his hand on leper's ear, hand and toe. the rest of the oil was to be poured over his head, signifying cleansing from head to toe, I would assume.  Verse nineteen states, And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:  The priest would first make the sin offering, because before a person can be clean before God, he or she must first have his or her sins forgiven, which is why we must first come to Jesus Christ as our Savior to have our sins forgiven before we can make Him Lord of our life.  Verse twenty adds, And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.  The priest would then offer the burnt and meat offering and the man would be declared clean.  I believe this would be both physically and spiritually clean.  Verse twenty-one continues, And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;  Provision was made for the poor to be able to offer an acceptable sacrifice, just as people today have the ability to offer the only acceptable sacrifice to make them right with God, which is faith in Jesus Christ as one's Savior and Lord.  Economic status never matters.  Verse twenty-two says, And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.  Verse twenty-three adds, And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.  The leper was to bring these to the door of the tabernacle on the eighth day.  Verse twenty-four continues, And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:  Verse twenty-five states, And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:  The first part of the offering was the same, the lamb killed for the trespasses of the person.  We all have the same offering for our trespasses and that is the blood of Christ shed on the cross.  Verse twenty-six adds, And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:  Verse twenty-seven continues, And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:  Then verse twenty-eight says, And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering:  Then verse twenty-nine adds, And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD.  This part of the sacrifice was also the same.  Verse thirty continues, And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;  Verse thirty-one states, Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD.  Instead of another lamb, the priest was now to offer the turtledove or pigeon for the sin and burnt offering.  The person was only required to bring what they could afford, and so are we today after our sins are forgiven.  Verse thirty-two adds, This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.  This was to apply to those who could not afford to bring two lambs, but in either case the person was to be declared clean.

Leviticus 14:1

Leviticus 14:1 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Verse two adds, This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:  God told Moses that there was to be a ritual or procedure for the leper after he was pronounced clean.  I believe this would have been for the benefit of both the leper and the people.  He would no longer be isolated and they would no longer need to fear being in contact with him.  Verse three continues, And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;  First, the priest had to go out to the leper and make sure that he was clean or healed.  The leper could not go to the priest, so it was good that the priest could come to him.  Matthew Henry points out that the priest was not made unclean by coming in contact with the leper, and I believe we can equate this to Jesus not being made unclean when He comes in contact with the sinner.  We can also apply it to our reaching out to the lost of the world when they cannot or will not come to us.  Verse four declares, Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:  The priest was to prepare to offer a sacrifice for the leper.  Verse five adds, And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:  One of the birds was to be killed in an earthen vessel over running water.  Matthew Henry equates this mingling of the water and the blood with the piercing of Jesus' side when water and blood came out.  Verse six continues, As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:  The other bird and all that was to be associated with the sacrifice was to be dipped in the blood and water of the bird that had been killed.  Verse seven concludes, And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.  The priest was then to sprinkle the one cleansed of leprosy seven times with the blood and water and then let the living bird go, then the person was to be pronounced to be clean.  We don't have to be sprinkled by the blood of Christ seven times to be cleansed of our sins, but only once.  Still, once we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we are called on to make the fact public and to follow Christ in baptism.  Verse eight says, And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.  The one pronounced clean was to then wash himself and shave off all his hair, and we would have to assume this applied to the women as well.  The person could then come back into the camp but was to stay outside their tent for a week.  They still weren't just free to mingle totally.  Verse nine adds, But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.  After a week, the person was to shave off all their hair once again.  Today, when we are spiritually cleansed by the blood of Christ when we accept Him as our Savior and Lord.  We do not have to wait.  We are immediately made clean.

Leviticus 13:45

Leviticus 13:45 says, And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.  The person who had leprosy was to make sure that everyone knew that he had it, not only by physical signs, but by crying out that he or she was unclean.  Verse forty-six adds, All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be. The entire time he had leprosy he was to live alone outside the camp.  All this was done to keep the leprosy from spreading.  We today as followers of Christ should do all that we can to keep sin from infecting us, but we are called on to be in the world as we do.  Verse forty-seven continues, The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;  Verse forty-eight states, Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;  Verse forty-nine adds, And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:  If there were green or red stains in a garment, no matter what it was made of or where it was at in the garment, it was to be considered leprosy and was to be shown to the priest.  Again, the priest was the one who would make the determination, just as Jesus Christ, our High Priest, makes the determination of what is sin in our lives today.  Verse fifty says, And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:  Verse fifty-one adds, And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.  The priest was to keep the garment for seven days, then if the infection had spread, he was to declare the garment unclean.  Verse fifty-two continues, He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.  If the garment was found to be unclean, it was to be burned.  Unless we are cleansed by faith in the blood of Christ today, we are spiritually unclean and are destined for the everlasting fire of hell.  Once we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord though, we are spared from this fate forevermore.  Verse fifty-three states, And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;   Then verse fifty-four adds, Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:  After seven days, the priest was to again examine the garment, and if the infection had not spread, then he was to have it washed.  It still wouldn't be declared clean.  Verse fifty-five continues, And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.  If after being washed and stored for seven days the infected areas had not changed color or spread, it was to be declared leprosy and burned.  Verse fifty-six says, And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:  Verse fifty-seven adds,  And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.  If the affected area had changed color, then the priest was to cut the affected area out of the garment, and if the infection still appeared, the garment was to be burned.  Verse fifty-eight continues, And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.  If the infection was no longer in the garment. it was to be washed a second time and be declared clean.  When it comes to sin in our lives, if we are washed by the blood of Christ, He cleanses us of all sin.  Of course, we may allow sin back into our lives, but we are forgiven of all our sins for all time when we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, but we may still suffer from the consequences of sin in this world.  Verse fifty-nine concludes, This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.  Moses then stated that this was the law of the plague of leprosy as to whether a garment was clean or unclean.  Leprosy did not just affect the person, but also their clothes or possessions and could contaminate those around them, just as sin does with a person today.  We must take it seriously. 

Leviticus 13:29

Leviticus 13:29 says,  If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;  This is the first time a woman is mentioned as having leprosy and it concerns having it in the hair.  Of course, we would assume that the beard applied only to the men.  Verse thirty adds, Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.  A scall is an eruption of scaly skin on the scalp.  Once again, the color of the hair and the depth of the sore were to be used to determine if it was leprosy, and if it was, the man or woman was to be pronounced unclean.  Verse thirty-one continues, And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:  If it couldn't be determined that it was or was not leprosy for sure, then the priest was to shut the person up for seven days, just as with sores in other parts of the body.  We today could say that sin is sin, no matter where it is found in the body, but we don't have to wait seven days to know if it is or not, and when we are guilty of sin, even if it is only in our thoughts, we are spiritually unclean.  Verse thirty-two states, And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin; Then verse thirty-three adds, He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:  After fourteen days, if it still was not determined that it was leprosy, then the hair was to be shaved, except for the infected area, and the man was to be quarantined for another seven days.  This does not say the man or woman, but since both were mentioned at the beginning, I would suppose it applied to both.  Verse thirty-four continues, And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.  When the week passed, the priest was to look at the place again, and if it had not spread or deepened, the person was to be proclaimed clean and wash their clothes.  He or she would have still gone through the three weeks of isolation, just as someone who did have leprosy would have, but the people took the spread of leprosy seriously, just as we should take the spread of disease, and especially the spread of sin, seriously today.  Verse thirty-five adds, But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; Verse thirty-six continues, Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.  If the infection had spread, the priest did not even need to look at the color of the hair, because the person was still unclean.  Verse thirty-seven concludes, But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.  If the infection had not spread, and the hair had not changed color, then the person was to be pronounced clean.  In either case, the person would have gone through a lot of isolation and possibly humiliation by this time, but it was done for the good of the people of Israel as a whole.  Verse thirty-eight says, If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;  Verse thirty-nine adds, Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.  Again both men and women are mentioned, and it is once again stated that there could be infections that were not leprosy, and if the priest determined that it was not leprosy, then the person would be pronounced clean.  We today cannot condemn people for doing something that we consider a sin without first asking God if it really is a sin in His eyes.  Even then, we should not condemn the person, but only their actions.  Verse forty continues, And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.  I assume this means a man whose hair had just fallen out and was naturally bald.  Verse forty-one states, And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.  If only the part of a man's hair toward his face had fallen off, the man was to be considered clean.  Verse forty-two adds, And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.  If there was a white reddish sore on the bald area, then leprosy had sprung up.  Verse forty-three continues, Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;  Then verse forty-four concludes. He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.  The priest was to pronounce the man unclean if the infection was determined to be leprosy.  Jesus Christ, our High Priest, will continually examine our lives and determine if we are spiritually unclean, and if so, I believe He will let us know.