CHAPTER 14
Laws, rites, and sacrifices revealed for cleansing lepers, and their
garments, and leprous houses.
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  8 And he that is to be cleansed shall
washa his
clothes, and ashave 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 aone 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.
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8a to be cleansed shall wash
It is completely obvious why the washing of clothes, of self and shaving off
of the hair is to be done in ridding oneself of the bacteria which causes
leprosy types of disease as leprosy is a physical ailment. What is not as
understandable is the need for sin and transgression offerings. Yet when one
considers that for the power of the Lord in and through the Spirit which
directs such healing processes to be most effective it is of benefit that
the spirit and soul of a man be cleansed from sin and trangsgression for that
spirit to enter in and procede to do its work. The Spirit of God does not
dwell in unholy temples. Thus though perhaps not a spiritual disease by its
temporal nature, leperouscy, in order to be healed and cured by the power of
God which works in men through the power of the Spirit of God, the sins and
transgressions of a man ought to be removed through those sacrifices which
denote the atonement of Christ to the imputing a state of righteousness in
that man in order for the powers of heaven to enter into a 'clean house' to
the intent of curing and healing that man from his physical ailments.
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