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Today we’ll read  Leviticus 13-15. Afterwards, I’ll have some thoughts to share with you. I’m calling today’s episode “The Cleansing of the Leper.”

Comments on Leviticus 14

Well, this was fun reading today, wasn’t it? How about no?

I’m not going to go into any detail in my comments today. Not because I don’t think there is anything of value here, but because I personally find the find the details on how to deal with leprosy and bodily discharges somewhat distasteful for discussion on this podcast. It’s  not that I can’t handle this kind of subject matter. I have a degree in biology, and I worked in three different emergency medical fields for some time many years ago. I’ve seen a lot of gross stuff. I just don’t want to discuss the details here.

I will say, though, that the Hebrew word that is translated as “leprosy” in our Bibles today could include a variety of different skin diseases, such as psoriasis or ringworm, including what is known  today as “Hansen’s disease”, commonly called leprosy. In addition, there are some diseases that at first manifest themselves on the skin, but are not strictly skin diseases, such as smallpox and measles.

Something else I will comment on in a general sense is in regards to quarantine. Note that even though true leprosy is a horrible disease that ultimately causes death, quarantine was reserved for the person with the disease. The healthy population was not quarantined. Only the person suspected of having the disease was quarantined, or locked down. 

I would like to share a bit with you from Leviticus 14:1-7 because it sounds a bit strange upon first blush. 

Let’s read it again:

1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest, 3and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then, if the case of leprous disease is healed in the leprous person, 4the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop. 5And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water. 6He shall take the live bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water. 7And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird go into the open field.

Leviticus 14:1-7 ESV

Now you might wonder what this ritual has to do with anything. It sort of seems a bit random, doesn’t it?

But it’s not. 

Leprosy is thought by some to be a symbolic representation of sin. It begins with almost no visible symptoms and is painless in the early stages. It grows slowly. Sometimes it seems to go away, then comes back. The affected area becomes numb. It causes decay and deforms the person, to the point where they become repulsive. Eventually, the victim dies.

So, this ritual has to do with the cleansing of the leper. Listen to this:

In summarizing the ritual here is what happens:

• The ritual happens outside of the camp
• A being (a bird) from the heavens is sacrificed in an earthen vessel
• As the bird is killed, it is cleansed by the fresh water
• The death, which is associated with blood and water, is applied to the leper seven times (the number of perfection, or completeness) in connection with a living bird
• The sacrificial blood is also applied to scarlet yarn and a piece of wood, along with hyssop
• With the mark of the sacrifice, the living bird flies away, ascending to the heavens and out of sight.

Are you getting the illustration, yet? Listen:

• Jesus was sacrificed outside the camp (Hebrews 13:11-13)
• He was the Man from heaven (John 3:13, 6:38)
• He remained cleansed and holy (Acts 2:27) even in death, and He became sin (2 Corinthians 5:21) without becoming a sinner
• He came to the world by water and blood (1 John 5:6) and water and blood was at his death (John 19:34-35)
• He was given a scarlet robe while they mocked Him before the crucifixion (Matthew 27:28)
• He was hung on a wooden cross (John 19:17-18)
• He was offered a sponge dipped in vinegar and raised on a hyssop branch while He hung on the cross   
• When He was resurrected, He bore the marks of His death (John 20:27)
• He ascended to heaven, out of sight (Acts 1:9)

So when we look at the parallels, it’s not random, as it first appears, is it?

Today’s Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 13 NKJV; Ch. 14-15 ESV

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Steve Webb 0:00
It sort of seems a bit random, doesn’t it?

Steve Webb 0:10
This is the Lifespring family Audio Bible coming to you from Riverside, California, podcasting since 2004. I’m your OG God caster Steve Webb, welcome. If you’re new to the show, I’m so glad you found us. I hope you like what you hear and that you’ll be back again. And again. This is a daily show where we’re reading through the entire Bible in a year, we’re more than halfway through, but you can go back and listen to all the previous episodes at Lifespring media.com. Most podcast apps won’t show you the entire season, but they’re all there at Lifespring media.com. Our reading today is Leviticus 13 through 15. And afterwards, I’ll have some thoughts to share with you. I’m calling this episode the cleansing of the leper. The show notes page for today’s episode is at Lifespring media.com/s 12. E 194. If you’d like to email me you can do so I encourage you, I invite you, Steve at Lifespring media calm. With all of that aside, let’s begin.

Steve Webb 1:12
Leviticus chapter 13.

Steve Webb 1:14
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron saying, when a man has on the skin of his body, his swelling a scab or a bright spot, and it becomes on the skin of his body like a leper sore, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons, the priests, the priest shall examine the sore on the skin of his body. And if the hair on the sore has turned white, and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leper sore, then the priest shall examine him and pronounce him unclean. But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his body, and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest shall isolate the one who has the sore seven days. And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day. And indeed, if the sore appears to be as it was, and the sore has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him another seven days, then the priest shall examine him again on the seventh day. And indeed, if the sore has faded, and the sore has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. It is only a scab, and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. But if the scab should at all spread over the skin, after he has been seen by the priest for His cleansing, he shall be seen by the priest again. And if the priest sees that the scab has indeed spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean, it is leprosy. When the leper sore is on a person, then he shall be brought to the priest, and the priest shall examine him. And indeed, if the swelling on the skin is white, and it has turned the hair white, and there is a spot of raw flesh and the swelling, it is an old leprosy on the skin of his body, the priest shall announce him unclean, and shall not isolate him, for he is unclean. And if leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the one who has the sore from his head to his foot, wherever the priest looks, then the priest shall consider. And indeed if the leprosy has covered all his body, he shall pronounce him clean, who has the sore, it has all turned white, he is clean. But when raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean. And the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him to be unclean, for the raw flesh is unclean than his leprosy. Or if the raw flesh changes and turns white again, he shall come to the priest, and the priest shall examine him. And indeed, if the sore has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean, who has the sore, he is clean. If the body develops a boil in the skin, and it is healed, and in the place of the boil, there comes a white swelling or a bright spot, reddish white, then it shall be shown to the priest. And if when the priest sees it, it indeed appears deeper than the skin, and its hair has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore which is broken out of the boil. But if the priest examines it, and indeed there are no white hairs in it, and it is not deeper than the skin, but is faded, then the priest shall isolate in seven days, and if it should, at all spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leper sore. But if the brightspot stays in one place, and is not spread, it is the scar of the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. Or if the body receives a burn on its skin by fire, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish white or white. Then the priest shall examine it. And indeed if the hair on the bright spot is turned white, and it appears deeper than the skin

Steve Webb 5:00
It has leprosy broken out in the burn. Therefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leper sore. But if the priest examines it, indeed there are no white hairs in the bright spot, and it is not deeper than the skin, but has faded, then the priest shall isolate him seven days, and the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, if it has at all spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leper sore. But if the brightspot stays in one place, and is not spread on the skin, but it’s faded, it is a swelling from the burn, the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the scar from the burn. If a man or woman has a sore on the head or the beard, then the priest shall examine the sore. And indeed, if it appears deeper than the skin, and there is in it thin yellow hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a scaly leprosy of the head or beard. But if the priest examines the scaly, sore, and indeed it does not appear deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate the one who has the scale seven days. And on the seventh day, the priest shall examine the sore. And indeed, if the scale has not spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, in the scale does not appear deeper than the skin, he shall shave himself, but the scale he shall not shave, and the priest shall isolate the one who has the scale another seven days. On the seventh day, the priest shall examine the scale. And indeed, if the scale has not spread over the skin, and does not appear deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes and be clean. But if the scale should at all spread over the skin after His cleansing, then the priest shall examine him. And indeed if the scale has spread over the skin, the priests need not seek for yellow hair, he is unclean. But if the scale appears to be at a standstill, and there is black hair grown up in it, the scale is healed. He is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. If a man or woman has bright spots on the skin of the body, specifically white bright spots, then the priest shall look and indeed, if the bright spots on the skin of the body are dough white, it is a white spot that grows on the skin, he is clean.

Steve Webb 7:27
As for the man whose hair has fallen from His head, He is bald, but he is clean. He whose hair has fallen from his forehead, He is bald on the forehead, but he is clean. And if there is on the bald head or bald forehead, a reddish white sore, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead, then the priest shall examine it. And indeed, if the swelling of the sore is reddish white on his bald head, or on his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy on the skin of the body, he is a leprous man, he is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean. His sore is on his head.

Steve Webb 8:07
Now the leper on whom the sore is, his clothes shall be torn at his head, bear, and he shall cover his moustache and cry, Unclean, unclean, he shall be unclean. All the days he has the sore, he shall be unclean, he is unclean, and he shall dwell alone, his dwelling shall be outside the camp. Also, if a garment has a leprous plague in it, whether it is a woolen garment, or a linen garment, whether it is in the warp or woof of linen, or wool, whether in leather, or in anything made of leather, and if the plague is greenish, or reddish, in the garment or in the leather, whether in the warp or in the wolf, or in anything made of leather, it is a leprous plague, and shall be shown to the priest, the priest shall examine the plague and isolate that which has the plague seven days, and he shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague is spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the wolf, in the leather, or in anything made of leather, the plague is an act of leprosy, it is unclean, he shall therefore burn that garment in which is the plague, whether warp or woof, in wool or linen, or in anything of leather, for it is an act of leprosy, the garment shall be burned in the fire. But if the priest examines it, and indeed the plague is not spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the wolf, or in anything made of leather, then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which is the plague, and he shall isolate it another seven days. Then the priest shall examine the plague after it has been washed. And indeed, if the plague has not changed its color, though the plague is not spread, it is unclean, and you shall burn it in the fire. It continues eating away whether the damage is outside or inside, if the priest examines it, and indeed

Steve Webb 10:00
The plague is faded after washing it, then he shall tear it out of the garment, whether out of the warp or out of the wolf, or out of the leather. But if it appears again in the garment, either in the warp or in the wolf or in anything made of leather, it is a spreading plague, you shall burn with fire that in which is the plague. And if you wash the garment, either warp or woof, or whatever is made of leather, if the plague is disappeared from it, then it shall be washed a second time and shall be clean. This is the law of the leprous plague in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or woof or in anything made of leather to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.

Steve Webb 10:40
Leviticus chapter 14.

Steve Webb 10:42
The Lord spoke to Moses saying, this shall be the law of the lepers person for the day of His cleansing, he shall be brought to the priest and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then if the case of leprosy diseases healed in the leprous person, the priest shall command them to take for him who was to be cleansed to live clean birds, and cedarwood in scarlet yarn and hyssop. And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water. He shall take the live bird with the cedar wood and the scarlet yarn in the hyssop and dip them in the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the freshwater, and he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who has to be cleansed of the leprous disease, then he shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird goes into the open field. And he who has to be cleansed shall wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean. After that he may come into the camp, but live outside his tent seven days. And on the seventh day, he shall shave off all his hair from his head, his beard, and his eyebrows, he shall shave off all his hair, and then he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body and water, and he shall be clean. And on the eighth day, he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb, a year old without blemish, and a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, and one log of oil. And the priest who cleanses him shall set the man who has to be cleansed, and these things before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the priest shall take one of the male lambs and offer it for a guilt offering along with a log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. And he shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering in the place of the sanctuary. For the guilt offering, like the sin offering belongs to the priest, it is most holy, the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of Him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, then the priest shall take some of the log of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand, and dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some oil with his finger seven times before the Lord and some of the oil that remains in his hand, the priest shall put on the lobe of the right ear of Him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering. And the rest of the oil that is in the priests hand, he shall put on the head of him who has to be cleansed, then the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.

Steve Webb 13:31
The priest shall offer the sin offering to make atonement for him who has to be cleansed from his uncleanness and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering, and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean. But if he is poor, and cannot afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be waived to make atonement for him, and a 10th of an Tifa. Find flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil, also two turtledoves or two pigeons, whichever he can afford, the one shall be a sin offering in the other a burnt offering. And on the eighth day, he shall bring them for His cleansing to the priest to the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord. And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering in the log of oil, and the priest shall waive them for a wave offering before the Lord, and He shall kill the lamb of the guilt offering. And the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of Him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand, and shall sprinkled with his right finger, some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord and the priest shall put some of the oil that is in His hand on the lobe of the right ear of him who was to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right

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hand and on the big toe of his right foot, in the place where the blood of the guilt offering was put, and the rest of the oil that is in the priests hand, he shall put on the head of Him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the Lord. And he shall offer of the turtle doves or pigeons, whichever he can afford, one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering along with a grain offering. And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for him who is being cleansed. This is the law for him in whom is a case of leprous disease, who cannot afford the offerings for His cleansing. The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a case of leprous disease in a house in the land of your possession, then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, there seems to me to be some case of disease in my house, then the priests shall command that they empty the house before the priest goes to examine the disease, lest all that is in the house be declared unclean. And afterward the priest shall go in to see the house, and he shall examine the disease. And if the disease is in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish spots, and if it appears to be deeper than the surface, then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days, and the priest shall come again on the seventh day and look, if the disease has spread in the walls of the house, then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the disease and throw them into an unclean place outside the city. And he shall have the inside of the house scraped all around, and the plaster that they scrape off, they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city. Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster in plaster the house, if the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it, then the priest shall go and look. And if the disease has spread in the house, it is a persistent leprous disease in the house, it is unclean, and he shall break down the house, it stones in timber and all the plaster of the house, and he shall carry them out of the city to an unclean place. Moreover, whoever enters the house, while it is shut up, shall be unclean until the evening, and whoever sleeps in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes. But if the priest comes and looks and if the disease has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, for the disease is healed. And for the cleansing of the house, he shall take two small birds with cedarwood and Scarlet yarn and hyssop, and shall kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over freshwater, and shall take the cedar wood and the hyssop of The Scarlet yarn, along with a live bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed and in the freshwater, and sprinkle the house seven times. Thus he shall cleanse the house with a blood of the bird, and with a freshwater and with a live bird, and with the cedar wood and hyssop in scarlet yarn, and he shall let the live bird go out of the city into the open country. So he shall make atonement for the house and it shall be clean.

Steve Webb 18:18
This is the law for any case of leprous disease for an itch for a leprous disease in a garment or in a house, and for a swelling or an eruption or a spot to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprous disease.

Steve Webb 18:35
Leviticus chapter 15.

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The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, when any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean. And this is the law of his uncleanness for discharge, whether his body runs with his discharge or his body is blocked up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be unclean, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean. And anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. And whoever sits on anything on which the one with a discharge has sat, shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. And whoever touches the body of the one with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. And if the one with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening, and any saddle on which the one with the discharge rides shall be unclean. And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening, and whoever carries such things shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. anyone whom the one with a discharge time

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without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening and in earthenware vessel, that the one with a discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. And when the one with the discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count for himself seven days for His cleansing, and wash his clothes, and he shall obey this body and fresh water and shall be clean. And on the eighth day, he shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, and come before the Lord to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and give them to the priest. And the priest shall use them one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for his discharge.

Steve Webb 20:48
If a man has any mission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body and water and be unclean until the evening, and every garment and every skin on which the semen comes, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening. If a man lies with a woman and has an admission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water and be unclean until the evening. When a woman has a discharge and the discharge in her body is blood, she shall be in her menstrual impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening, and everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean. And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. And whoever touches anything on which she sits, shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening, whether it is the bed or anything on which she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening. And if any man lies with her and her menstrual impurity comes upon him, he shall be unclean seven days, and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.

Steve Webb 22:03
If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time of her menstrual impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her impurity, all the days of the discharge, she shall continue in uncleanness. As in the days of her impurity, she shall be unclean. Every bed on which she lies, all the days of her discharge shall be to her is the bed of her impurity, and everything on which she sits, shall be unclean, as in the uncleanness of her menstrual impurity. And whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. But if she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall count for herself seven days, and after that, she shall be clean. And on the eighth day, she shall take two turtledoves, or two pigeons, and bring them to the priest to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the priest shall use one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for her unclean discharge. Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness less they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.

Steve Webb 23:18
This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an admission of semen becoming unclean thereby, also for her who is unwell with her menstrual impurity that is for anyone, male or female, who has a discharge and for the man who lives with a woman who is unclean.

Steve Webb 23:37
Well, this was a fun reading today wasn’t about No, I’ll tell you what, I’m not going to go into any detail in my comments today. Not because I don’t think there’s anything of value here. But because I personally find the details of how to deal with leprosy and bodily discharge is somewhat distasteful for discussion on the show. It isn’t that I can handle this kind of stuff. I do have a degree in biology and I worked in three different emergency medical fields for some time many years ago. I’ve seen a lot of gross stuff. I just don’t want to discuss the details here. Is that okay with you? I will say though, that the Hebrew word that is translated as leprosy in our Bibles today could include a different variety of skin diseases such as psoriasis or ringworm, including what is known today as Hansen’s Disease commonly called leprosy. Also, there are some diseases that at first manifest themselves on the skin but are not strictly skin diseases like smallpox and measles.

Steve Webb 24:38
Something else I will comment on in a general sense is in regards to quarantine. Even though true leprosy is a terrible disease that ultimately causes death. Quarantine was reserved for the person with the disease. The healthy population wasn’t quarantined. Only the person suspected of having the disease was quarantined or as we say today, locked down, draw your own conclusions.

Steve Webb 25:05
Today let’s talk just a little bit about Leviticus 14, verses one through seven because it sounds a little bit strange upon first reading. Let’s read it again. The Lord spoke to Moses saying, this shall be a law of the lepers person for the day of His cleansing, he shall be brought to the priest, and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look, then if the cause of leprous disease is healed in the lepers person, the priest shall command them to take for him who has to be cleansed, to live clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water. He shall take the live bird with a cedar wood and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water, and he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleanse developers disease, then he shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go into the open field. Now, you might wonder what this ritual has to do with anything is sort of seems a bit random, doesn’t it? But it isn’t. Leprosy. And sin begins with almost no visible symptoms and is painless in the early stages. It grows slowly, sometimes it seems to go away, then it comes back, the affected area becomes numb, it causes decay and deforms the person to the point where they become repulsive. Eventually, the victim dies. So listen to this in summarizing the ritual, here’s what happens. The ritual happens outside of the camp, of being a bird from the heavens is sacrificed in an earthen vessel. As the bird is killed, it is cleansed by the freshwater. The death which is associated with blood and water is applied to the leper seven times which is the number of perfection or completeness in connection with the living bird. The sacrificial blood is also applied to Scarlet yarn in a piece of wood along with hyssop. And then with the mark of the sacrifice, the living bird flies away, ascending to the heavens and out of sight. So are you seeing the illustration yet? Listen, Jesus was sacrificed outside the city gates. Jesus was the man from heaven. He remained cleansed and holy, even in death, and he became sin without becoming a sinner. He came to the world by water and blood and watering blood was at his death. He was given a scarlet robe while they mocked him before the crucifixion. He was hung on a wooden cross, He was offered a sponge dipped in vinegar and raised on a hyssop branch. While he hung on the cross. When he was resurrected, He bore the marks of his death, and he ascended to heaven out of sight. So when we look at the parallels, this ritual wasn’t so random, after all, was it? It’s actually a beautiful representation of what Jesus did for us. I’d love to hear your comments. Go to the show notes page and let me know your thoughts, the show notes pages at Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 194. Or you can email me at Steve at Lifespring media.com. I reading tomorrow is Second Kings six through 10 Boost.

Steve Webb 28:43
On this date in church history, march 14 1644, Roger Williams was granted a colonial patent by the English parliament to found Rhode Island, the first American colony where the freedom to worship God was separated from the control of the state and on the state in church history. March 14 1871. American holiness author Hannah Whittle Smith, who wrote many books, including the classic the Christians, secret of a happy life, wrote this in a letter. It is a mistake to think we must feel good before we pray. We need to pray most of all when we feel poor and empty and weak. That’s a great point. So many times we don’t feel like praying when we feel empty and weak, but that’s the most important time.

Steve Webb 29:42
Prayer requests. Well, I have a praise that I want to share with you. This is from a woman who used to go to the church that the lovely lady Leanne, and I went to Leanne pretty much grew up there and I started attending when Leanne and I were dating. Well, this woman’s name is Candy and her husband is a dynamic

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preacher named Keith. Candy posted this on our Facebook page just yesterday, I believe, but I just had to share it with you here. She said I have a huge praise report. I didn’t share this earlier on Facebook because some things don’t need to be blasted on social media. She says in September, I was diagnosed with liver cancer. And ultrasound showed a tumor on my liver that is considered incurable. It’s called hepatocellular carcinoma. I was facing a liver transplant, I was given the treatment to buy some time until I could get a liver. Oh, today after having an MRI, the radiologist said the tumor is gone miracle. Now, yes, I know, I still have to confirm this with a liver doctor on Tuesday. But the radiologist said your liver is pristine. I absolutely had to share this because God deserves the glory. Many of you have been praying for me and I say thank you for your prayers. But most of all, I thank God for His healing touch. I intend on getting the scans and sharing them on here for the glory of God. So if I hear any updates, I’ll share him with you. But isn’t that a marvelous praise? Let’s pray. Our Heavenly Father, we thank you so much for cleansing those who have given their hearts to Jesus from sin. Like the leper, we were doomed to die unless we were cleansed. Thank you for your mercy. Thank you for healing candy Jackson, Lord, I know that you’re a god of healing. And it’s so good to know somebody that you’ve done this for. And once again, I thank you for healing Leanna in a very similar way very early in our marriage. That was certainly a growth time for us. And Lord, I ask once more that you do this for Kathy, in Jesus name. I thank You, Lord, for the Lifespring family. If there is any who need your healing touch, we ask that you do that now. I know that there are many needs in the Lifespring family and we pray for each one of them. You know what the needs are. And as a loving father, you know what’s best for all of us. We trust you and we know that your will is perfect. I pray this in Jesus name, amen. If you have a prayer request or a praise that you’d like to share with the family, please fill out the form you’ll find it prayer dot Lifespring media.com. I’ll pray for you in my private time, and we’ll pray together on the show.

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