Archive - August 18, 2009

Illness amongst the Israelites found in Leviticus 13 and 14

It is confusing to read about leprosy in the bible. I had no idea what leprosy was so I looked it up: Leprosy. It is amazing to see what leprosy does to people it is a very contagious and dangerous caused by bacteria. After looking at what leprosy is I can appreciate why there is so much time devoted to it in Leviticus. In a large community such as the Israelites had in their time post captivity there cold have been easily been an outbreak of disease if there was not guidelines to follow. Continue Reading…