Chapter 14 – Cleansing of Leprosy Ritual for Cleansing a Leper:When a leper was healed, he had to go through a detailed cleansing ceremony. This involved: Two birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop. One bird was killed over running water, the other dipped in the blood and released alive. The […]
Leprosy
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Subject: Regulations concerning leprosy and skin diseases. This chapter provides detailed instructions given by God to Moses and Aaron regarding how the priests were to diagnose leprosy (a term that included a wide range of serious skin diseases, mildew, and infections). It is the longest chapter in Leviticus, emphasizing the […]