Leviticus 13

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There are a lot of instructions in this chapter for things that don't apply to us today, however the reason they don't apply to us is because Jesus came and sacrificed Himself so that we could be forever clean in God's eyes.

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Hello and welcome to the Christians on College Kansas Podcast. My name is Will from the University of Oklahoma, and today we are talking about Leviticus chapter 13. So it's important to remember that in this day and age, dome next to anything associated with death and mortality made you ceremonially unclean in the eyes of the Lord. It has this effect because God is holy and set apart, absent of all death and only full of life. So anything that is the opposite of that just completely contradicts that and makes you unclean. Anyone that comes into contact with something related to mortality meant that you could not be around the things and people of God. So it says that the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, if anyone has a swelling or a rash or discolored skin that might develop into a serious skin disease, that person must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons. The priest will examine the affected area of the skin. If the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin deep, it is a serious skin disease, and the priest who examines it must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. But if the affected area of the skin is only a white discoloration and does not appear to be more than skin deep, and if the hair on the spot has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the person for seven days. On the seventh day, the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has not changed and the problem has not spread on the skin, the priest will quarantine the person for seven more days. On the seventh day, the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has faded and is not spread, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. It was only a rash. The person's clothing must be washed and the person will be ceremonially clean. But if the rash continues to spread, after the person has been examined by the priest and has been pronounced clean, the infected person must return to be examined again. If the priest finds that the rash has spread, he must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is indeed a skin disease. Anyone who develops a serious skin disease must go to the priest for an examination. If the priest finds a white swelling on the skin and some hair on the spot has turned white, and there is an open sore in the affected area, it is a chronic skin disease, and the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. In such cases the person need not be quarantined, for it is obvious that the skin is defiled by the disease. Now, suppose the disease has spread all over the person's skin, covering the body from head to foot. When the priest examines the infected area and finds that the disease covers the entire body, he will pronounce the person ceremonially clean, since the skin has turned completely white, the person is clean. But if any open sores appear, the infected person will be pronounced ceremonially unclean. The priest must make this pronouncement as soon as he sees an open sore, since open sores indicate the presence of a skin disease. However, if the open sores heal and turn white like the rest of the skin, the person must return to the priest for another examination. If the affected areas have indeed turned white, the priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean by declaring, you are clean. If anyone has a boil on the skin that has started to heal, but a white swelling or a reddish-whot develops in its place, that person must go to the priest to be examined. If the priest examines it and finds it to be more than skin deep, and if the hair in the affected area has turned white, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. The boil has become a serious skin disease. But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin deep and is faded, the priest must quarantine the person for seven days. If during that time the affected area spreads on the skin, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean because it is a serious disease. But if the area grows no larger and does not spread, it is merely a scar from a boil, and the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. If anyone has suffered a burn on the skin and the burned area changes color and becomes either reddish, white, or shiny white, the priest must examine it. If he finds that the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin deep, a skin disease has broken out in the burn. The priest must then pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a serious skin disease. But if the priest finds no white hair in the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the infected person for seven days. On the seventh day of the priest must again examine the person. If the affected area has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce that that person is ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a skin disease. But if the affected area has not changed or the spread on the skin has faded, it is simply a swelling from a burn. The priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean, for it is only the scar from the burn. If anyone, either a man or woman, has a sore on the head or chin, the priest must examine it. If he finds it more than skin deep and has fine yellow hair on it, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, it is a scabby sore of the head or chin. If the priest examines the scabby sore and finds that it is only skin deep, but there is no black hair on it, he must quarantine the person for seven days. On the seventh day, the priest must examine the sore again. If he finds that the scabby sore has not spread and there is no yellow hair on it, and it appears to be only skin deep, the person must shave off all hair except the hair on the affected area. Then the priest must quarantine the person for another seven days. On the seventh day he will examine the sore again. If it is not spread and appears to be no more than skin deep, the priest will announce the person ceremonially clean. The person's clothing must be washed and the person will be ceremonially clean. But if the scabby sore begins to spread after the person is pronounced clean, the priest will do another examination. If he finds that the sore has spread, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair. The infected person is ceremonially unclean. But if the color of the scabby sore does not change and the black hair is grown on it, it has healed. The priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean. If anyone, either a man or woman, has shiny white patches on the skin, the priest must examine the affected area. If he finds that the shiny patches are only pale white, this is a harmless skin rash and the person is ceremonially clean. If a man loses his hair and his head becomes bald, then he is still ceremonially clean. And if he loses hair on his forehead, he simply has a bald forehead and he is still clean. However, if the reddish white sore appears on the bald area on top of his head or on his forehead, this is a skin disease. The priest must examine him, and if he finds smelling around the reddish white sore anywhere on the man's head, and it looks like a skin disease, the man is indeed infected with a skin disease and is unclean. The priest must pronounce him ceremonially unclean because of the sore on his head. Those who suffer from a serious skin disease must tear their clothing and leave their hair uncombed. They must cover their mouth and call out unclean, unclean. As long as serious disease lasts, they will be ceremonially unclean. They must live in isolation in their place outside the camp. Now, that was a lot, but it is important to know that they were basically sick, and it could have spread other places, might be contagious. Um and so that's why it was treated with such like severity. And at the same time, it is facing death and mortality, which is the opposite of God, which is just full of life. Furthermore, in this chapter, this chapter now talks about treatment of contaminated clothing. Now, suppose mildew contaminates some woolen or linen clothing. Woolen or linen fabric, the hide of an animal or anything made of leather. If the contaminated area in the clothing, the animal hide, the fabric or the leather article has turned greenish or reddish, it is contaminated with mildew and must be shown to the priests. After examining the affected spot, the priest will put the article in quarantine for seven days. On the seventh day, the priest must inspect it again. If the contaminated area has spread, the clothing or fabric or leather is clearly contaminated by a serious mildew and is ceremonially unclean. The priest must burn the item, the clothing, the woolen or leaden fabric, or piece of leather. For it has been contaminated by a serious mildew. It must be completely destroyed by fire. But if the priest examines it and finds that the contaminated area has not spread in the clothing, the fabric, or the leather, the priest will order the object to be washed and then quarantined for seven more days. Then the priest must examine the object again. If he finds that the contaminated area has not changed color after being washed, even if it did not spread it, the object is defiled. It must be completely burned up, whether the contaminated spot is on the inside or outside. But if the priest examines it and finds that the contaminated area has faded after being washed, he must cut the spot from the clothing, the fabric, or the leather. If the spot reappears on the clothing, then the mildew is clearly spreading and the contaminated object must be burned, but if the spot disappears, it must be washed again, and then it will be ceremonially clean. So, all of this to say, anything dealing with death or mortality is apart from God who is only filled with life. And so, in the eyes of the Lord, we are also unclean, but it is because of Jesus that we can be clean and made right in the Lord, and that we're s and the reason why we're still not doing sacrifices today or being exercised for having skin diseases. So let's pray. Jesus, I come here now, and I thank you that because of you, we don't have to be ostracized and like set apart from all of society for having skin diseases. And that we don't have to worry if mildew gets on our clothing. Because you came down and did the ultimate sacrifice for us so that we could be made clean in the eyes of the Lord. And in Jesus' name I pray. Amen.