Leviticus 13: Clean Clothes
- Verses 1-46 Regulations regarding defiling skin diseases
- Verses 1-4 the first 7 days
- What is the person supposed to do who has a rash?
- Verse 5 day 7-14
- who is the one who is examining the rash?
- Verses 6-8 days 15-21
- What happens if the rash has faded?
- What happens if the rash has spread?
- Verses 9-11 chronic rash
- What is different about this rash?
- Is the person clean or unclean and will they be isolated or not?
- Verses 12-17 full body rash
- What is the deciding factor if the person is clean or unclean here?
- Who is making the decision if they are clean or unclean?
- Verses 18-23 Boils
- When will the person be isolated? and for how long?
- What decides in the end if they are clean/unclean
- Verses 24-28 Burns
- What is the priest looking for in a burn?
- What makes the person clean or unclean in this situation?
- Verses 29-37 Sores on head or chin
- How many days total will this person be isolated?
- What conditions is the priest looking for?
- What part of the body is shaved when in isolation?
- What must they do to be clean?
- Verses 38-39 White spots on the skin
- Who is to examine these and decide if they are clean or unclean?
- Verses 40-46 Head rashes
- What problem is addressed that is considered clean?
- What makes a person unclean here?
- What happens if the person is unclean (verses 45-46)?
- Verses 1-4 the first 7 days
- Verses 47-59 Regulations about defiling mold
- Who is to look at the fabric to decide if it clean or unclean?
- What happens after being isolated for the first 7 days if mold is discovered?
- What will they do to the fabric if no mold was discovered after the first 7 days of isolation?
- What will happen if after being washed, and isolated again, there is still mold – whether it spread or not?
- What happens if the mold has faded at this point? What happens if it reappears?
- How many times does the article have to be washed in order to be considered clean?
Leviticus 14: Clean Houses
- Verses 1-32 Cleansing from defiling skin diseases
- As you read this section take note of the timeline as to when things happen
- What do you notice the priest is supposed to do?
- What do you notice the person with the disease is asked to do?
- Write out verse 2
- Write out verse 8 & 9
- What type of offerings are made in this section?
- What provision is made for the one who is poor?
- Verses 33-57 Cleansing from Defiling Mold
- Who is putting the spreading mold in the houses?
- Who is the owner of the house to go tell?
- What is to be done before the priest comes?
- What is the first step in ridding the house of mold?
- What happens if the mold reappears?
- What happens if you sleep or eat in an unclean house?
- What do they do to purify the house?
As you read these laws on dealing with unclean situations, what do you think? What are you learning about God? What are you learning about people? What are you learning about yourself? What are you walking away with today?
Today’s reflective question: “Do I experience the joy that should result from confession? If not, what might be blocking it?”
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The thing that stood out to me was how compassionate and caring God is when it came to cleansing. The rituals themselves may seem excessive – but they didn’t have the medical care we do today. But it wasn’t the rituals that stood out. It was the phrase “this is the law for someone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.” This applies today – we personally cannot afford the cost of our own cleansing – so Christ came and died for us, to pay that price. He is always making provision for the poor – whether financially, emotionally, physically or spiritually. He cares about the poor in every way: we all are spiritually poor when we first come to Him. These laws and rituals are a beautiful picture of the fallibleness of man and the infallibleness of God, in my opinion.
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