PM February 11th Leviticus 14

February 11^th Leviticus 14

Regulations re cleanliness

1: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2: This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: 3: And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; 4: Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 5: And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: 6: As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: 7: And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. 8: And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. 9: But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. 10: And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. 11: And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: 12: And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: 13: And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: 14: And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: 15: And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: 16: And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD: 17: And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering: 18: And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD. 19: And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: 20: And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 21: And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil; 22: And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. 23: And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD. 24: And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: 25: And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: 26: And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand: 27: And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD: 28: And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering: 29: And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD. 30: And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; 31: Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD. 32: This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.

Cleanliness in the home

33: And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 34: When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; 35: And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house: 36: Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house: 37: And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; 38: Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days: 39: And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house; 40: Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: 41: And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place: 42: And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house. 43: And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered; 44: Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean. 45: And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place. 46: Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even. 47: And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. 48: And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. 49: And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 50: And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: 51: And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: 52: And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: 53: But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean. 54: This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, 55: And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, 56: And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 57: To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.

Leviticus 15 Cleanliness & bodily discharges

1: And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. 3: And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. 4: Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. 5: And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 6: And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 7: And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 8: And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 9: And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean. 10: And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 11: And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 12: And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. 13: And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. 14: And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: 15: And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue. 16: And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. 17: And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. 18: The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. 19: And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. 20: And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 21: And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 22: And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 23: And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. 24: And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. 25: And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean. 26: Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation. 27: And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 28: But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 29: And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 30: And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness. 31: Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them. 32: This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; 33: And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.

In this Bible reading we have more regulations regarding the issue of cleanliness and leprosy. Then more instructions regarding cleanliness in the home and of a personal nature. In the first part of chapter 14 the Lord by Moses reiterates the law of the leper. As we said earlier this passage though interesting was never actually implemented until the coming of Christ. If a leper was cleansed of his leprosy then an atonement was made that was very similar to the offerings of the day of atonement. It was an offering of two birds. One was killed in a bucket and the blood of the dead bird was sprinkled on the live bird and it was set free. This was the sacrifice that the high priest Caiaphas must have performed on the leper that was cleansed at the beginning of Christ’s ministry. This High Priest Caiaphas eventually rejected Christ and right at the end of Christ’s ministry ten lepers were cleansed and sent to Caiaphas for the ritual offering. These cleansing brought about the investigations into Christ’s ministry that were the hall mark of Christ’s Messianic authority. As part of the ritual on the seventh day the leper would be shaved and washed and on the eighth day – the day of the new beginning the ex-leper would bring two male lambs and one ewe lamb and fine flour for a meal offering with oil and one container of oil. This is what Caiaphas offered for the leper that Christ healed. The priest would offer a trespass offering, a sin offering and then after the anointing a burnt offering and a meal offering. The oil was sprinkled seven times before the LORD. And the leper was anointed on his right ear with the oil and on his right big toe and the rest was poured on his head. The trespass offering and sin offering dealt with his past and the burnt offering and meal offering spoke of the future. Then we are told what special provision was available for the poor. These long and unique instructions set the cleansing of the leper apart from other rituals. And they became an acknowledgement of the Messiahs sign. Next the lord turns to plague in the walls of a house. First we are told that when the children of Israel come into the promised land that the Lord will put plague in the houses of the land. Presumably this would be a result of the sin of the Canaanites or of Israel. it was a judgment of God. The priest is to be informed by the head of the house and the priest will make his inspection of the visible signs of it. The house was to be quarantined for seven days then the stones which had the plague were to be removed and thrown into an unclean place outside the city. (This seems to be like the procedure for eradicating dry rot) Then the plaster is to be scraped off the rooms and taken away. Then the house is to be repaired with new stones and mortar and plaster. If the plague reoccurs then the whole house is removed to the unclean place, stones timber and plaster. And anyone that goes into the house will be unclean till the evening. (When he will wash) All clothing was to be boiled in water and any occupant is to be washed. If the house does not appear to have any signs of plague then the priest will inspect it and after seven days he will offer a sacrifice of two birds (Similar to the sacrifice on the day of atonement). Next we have the law regarding Cleanliness & bodily discharges. If a man has an open sore like an ulcer then he is unclean. Everything and everyone that comes into contact with him affected by this uncleanness. When the man finds that he is healed he is to wait seven days and then he is to offer two birds, turtledoves or pigeons. One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. One dies and one flies away. If a mans sperm touches his flesh then he is unclean until the evening and if it touches cloth then that is unclean too. If a woman has a blood flow in her body she is to be set apart for seven days and whoever touches her is unclean for that day. Everything that she touches is unclean. When a man has intercourse with a virgin he is unclean for seven days. All of these regulations had to do with the cleanliness of the Children of Israel in relation to the Tabernacle.

• How does the law regarding lepers touch the life of Christ?
• What was the plague in the house all about?
• How did Israel deal with bodily discharges in relation to their cleanliness before the Lord?