Leviticus Chapter 13 Discussion

Leviticus 13 continueda the discomfort of skin diseases.

God thought that quarantining sick people was a wise practice. We should be thoughtful of others when we are sick and stay home so we do not infect others. Even though we may be robust and not suffer too much from a certain infection, others we may come in contact with may be immune compromised, or weak, or vulnerable in other ways and will not fair well with the same infection. It is about loving our neighbors and looking out for the interests of others. We should care about avoiding causing others to become ill.

Instead of going to priests, we go to doctors. We should not resist doing so. And we should be willing submit to following the reasonable orders given to us by our doctors. But in the area of sin, we have pastors and elders or a mature trustworthy friend/mentor to go to for spiritual guidance and support at times. But mostly, we bring everything to Jesus, our cure for sin.

Leviticus Chapter 13

This chapter details the procedure for the Israelites when there is some kind of break of or boil in the skin. Generally, skin disease was considered as "leprosy" although "boil" and "scale" are mentioned. So, I think that God was addressing all kinds of skin diseases. The people were to be scrupulous about observing the condition of their skin. And when something was not right they were to go to the priest to get a determination of whether the skin problem made them unclean or not. If unclean, a 7 days of seclusion from the community was mandatory and then their condition was to be rechecked every 7 days until the priest determined them to be clean once again.

We, too, should be scrupulous about self-examination before the Lord, asking Him, as David did, to search us and tell us if their is any sinful way in us. We agree with God's determination and confess our transgressions to Him, knowing He will forgive us and cleanse us of our sin. If He points out a sin in us, we should quarantine ourselves away from it, especially if it is some sort of habit. Setting goals of going "X' number of hours or days without committing this sin may be helpful perhaps and then do a recheck. Making small incremental goals when overcoming sin encourages us to stick to our guns for a short term and in doing so, we then know we can go another "X" number of hours or days. With the Holy Spirit's help we can end such habits. But we do need to commit to refusing the temptations that will come hard and heavy when we determine to be done with such a habit.

I can see how this law laid out in Chapter 13 can lead to abuse from the priests. They may be angry with someone and so determine that this person is "unclean" though clean. The opportunity for manipulation looms large in the power and responsibility given the priests.

But this set of instructions concerning skin diseases is for the health of the community.

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Sharon,

Stress as my wife has the same and sometimes worse. May be the Lord showing a need to seek medical attention. There may an underlying problem you are unaware of. I will pray for your relief.

Sharon,

I don't believe there's a biblical answer to that. I actually had the same thing going on with me recently for over a week where I would wake up at 3:30 am almost every morning. It seemed odd that it would be the same time, give or take a few minutes every night. I am normally a good sleeper and can sleep through the night. What it was for me is that I was stressed out over a few things which I believe were interfering with my sleep.

If you know of anything that you are having stress about, that might be the issue. If it continues, I would maybe consider seeing a doctor. And also, as S Spencer has said, prayer is always a good thing!

Hi Sharon,

Not sure if anyone can answer that with certainty,

Have you asked the Lord in prayer?

Is it scriptual for a womanto cover her hair when attend worship. 1 corinthians 11.... realy confused ?

Waking up every morning between 3-4am could this mean something?

Praise God, for this amazing knowledge, and these wonderful verses. What a blessing....

Lately, and more and more, the Scripture is like pure nourishment to me. Thank you Richard!

God Bless you Lauren for your kind reply. It truly gives me joy to help anyone with the Holy Scriptures if I am able. All glory to the Lord as the little ability I have is a Blessing from Him.

Just a couple verses to note for you with Salvation of the Lord:

Jonah 2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

Luke 3:6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

Acts 28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

Hebrews 5:7-9 Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared;

Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered;

And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him;

2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Have a wonderful Blessed day Lauren.

That is amazing, that a tiny word can change a whole meaning. Thank you so much, your work and research

has handed me a gem today. What searchless riches are ours in the WORD. And yet, "seek and ye shall find"

even greater riches! May the Lord bless you today for your efforts..... I feel such joy at His Kingdom expanding!

Hi Lauren,

I'd be happy to look into that for you. As I understand how it kind of looks a little backwards in that it is us who need Salvation not God.

First I looked in to the Greek word for Salvation. It is the word "soteria" G4991 with some definitions of "deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation , rescue". That checked out. As there was one variation between Textus Receptus versions I'll post at the end which didn't really answer anything as the differences are minor.

I believe I found why the verse is a little off in the translation. I found this by going over the "article or adverb" right after the word Salvation. As the translation from Greek to English removes a lot of the adverbs and puts them all together. What I found was the one adverb G3588 used five times in the Greek, though only twice in English as "the", was actually three different Greek words in this one verse of Revelation 7:10. So using a translator I took that article right after Salvation and what I got was "of the". That gave me the answer we were looking for as Salvation "of" the one sitting upon the throne. Is what it should be and it is correct in the Greek. That's the best I could do as you noted another little flaw in the translation. Really no big deal as we know Salvation is of God not "to" Him. Though as you noticed It could be confusing to some.

The one variant of the Textus Receptus that did not fully support this verse is the Stephanus. It reads "Salvation to him which sitteth upon the throne of our God, even unto the Lamb" instead of "Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb." Though it still uses "Salvation to him" so it has the same little flaw.

That was a very good question Lauren and I always enjoy looking over the Scriptures to find details.

God Bless.

Richard, That is an interesting phrase from Revelation 7:9-10, "Salvation to our God, which sitteth upon the throne...." as we almost exclusively hear of "salvation for sinners," not to our God. Any comment? Thank you for all you share!

Many Blessings, Lauren

Amen my sister! Just coming across that vision from Esdras the other night. It also parallels with John's vision in Revelation 7:9-10.

Peace and Blessing be upon you.

Praise God!

2 Esdras 2:35-47 Be ready to the reward of the Kingdom, for the everlasting light shall shine upon you for evermore.

Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your glory: I testify my Saviour openly.

O receive the gift that is given you, and be glad, giving thanks unto him that hath led you to the Heavenly Kingdom.

Arise up and stand, behold the number of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lord;

Which are departed from the shadow of the world, and have received glorious garments of the Lord.

Take thy number, O Sion, and shut up those of thine that are clothed in white, which have fulfilled the law of the Lord.

The number of thy children, whom thou longedst for, is fulfilled: beseech the power of the Lord, that thy people, which have been called from the beginning, may be hallowed.

I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people, whom I could not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs.

And in the midst of them there was a young Man of a high stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads He set crowns, and was more exalted; which I marvelled at greatly.

So I asked the angel, and said, Sir, what are these?

He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off the mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and have confessed the name of God: now are they crowned, and receive palms.

Then said I unto the angel, What young person is it that crowneth them, and giveth them palms in their hands?

So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of God, whom they have confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to commend them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord.

Update: Of interests, perhaps are Federal Osha restrictions likely coming into place. Google Osha news April for most recent information. Look past Cal Osha for federal information. Again, I think the Covid 19 is a test for all Christians as lambs of Christ. God gives grace to the humble.

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Hi Sam, I imagine you are in a state in the US where employers are also required to be under the law of covid restrictions and face fines or worse. The covid restriction laws in certain states upon employers are in place until at least late spring 2022. There may be states that have not enforced these covid restrictions upon the employers that one can still flee to

(for employment) without seeking revenge or hardening the heart and losing the peaceable way of Salvation if the vaccines seem to be burden to one's beliefs. Regarding employers, the restrictions are the same for an employer with at least two employees to thousands of employees. The witness of the true believing Christian is not to condemn others to hell but to lead to (by example) salvation in Jesus Christ while time remains.

God bless our meditations.

The 'vaccines' for covid are different than flu vaccines which have years of testing data before being offered for humans. What they call a covid vaccine is just an experimental injection of a science experiment. It's already proven to not work. If it works, then why are those who had the 'vaccine' still getting covid? And if it's so safe, then why have so many people died from it. Shall I risk death to avoid death? That doesn't make sense to me. Eating right and exercising and keeping our immune system strong is the natural and best way to protect against this. Even if someone wants more, you can still find medicine that has been tested safe for all ages that has been around for 65+ years and used against malaria. In hundreds and tens of thousands of people tested- it has a 100% success rate against covid and little to zero side effects and the data is transparent and nonpartisan. Unlike this experimental injection which has caused an unknown amount of death, is highly political, not transparent, and the media and government who like to control people are pushing it hard, but even if you get it you're still forced to wear masks. Some have admitted to using tissue from aborted animal fetuses for vaccines, even human blood, and this is wrong. Some say it affects your RNA. In this culture of people shaming each other for asking questions and asking for transparency, I think this whole thing stinks. In fact, the CDC already admitted that the death count in the US isn't even true. Only 6% of the reported deaths are covid. And literature from a few years ago report covid as a cold virus. About 3 million people die in the US every year and about 3 million are born. Many of these deaths are the same year after year- heart disease, lung cancer, accidents, obesity, abortion, flu, pneumonia. And what we see this year and last is no different- same amount of death (increased with population), but flu and pneumonia are gone- instead reported as covid. That's wrong.

Render to Caesar the things that are Caesars and to God the things that are Gods. That means you pay taxes etc. since God commands us to keep every ordinance for the Lord's sake. That means you keep the speed limits as a goal, and do what you're told. Our peaceable walk in this world is a testimony to the ungodly, and will judge them as they are condemned to hell forever. When your so called 'free will' goes against these commands of God, it is nothing but SELF will and sin. These commands were given under the Caesars, who burned Christians as torches and fed them alive to lions. Our corrupt government is not quite there yet are they? As for the covid vaccine and your job, do what you think is right, but don't complain if you defy your boss and get fired. In fact, get fired with grace and kindness, and ask God to guide you. I teach biology, and the covid is a flu vaccine, that will help with antibodies. If they stick in unknown control poisons, it is not proven, and anti government rebels tend to throw the baby out with the bathwater. And is God able to keep poison from hurting you. Ask Paul at the camp fire in the rain at night on the beach. I'd suggest to get a letter of belief from a Bible believing pastor and go the route of peace and love. See you in heaven! Tim

The only mention of "jurisdiction" is in Luke 23:7 & applied to Herod's jurisdiction. Pontius Pilate was the Roman procurator assigned by the Roman government. Whereas Herod Antipas, was not of Roman birth, but from a mixed parentage of Idumean & Arabian. He was therefore assigned by Rome as King (the Tetrarch) over Galilee & Perea, therefore Pilate was more than willing to pass Jesus onto Herod, as Pilate knew nothing of or cared little about Jewish matters & arguments. So, when we read of Herod's jurisdiction, it means that Jesus was assigned to Herod, as Herod had control over that part of Roman territory in which Jesus was born & lived.

Why is jurisdiction found in the Bible

Are you referring to Leviticus 13:45-59 where the mention of "warp & woof" is in several verses? If so, this whole chapter is devoted to the disease of leprosy, if it happened to appear amongst the children of Israel.

The verses prior to verse 45, describe the leprae bacteria that is found in the skin or scalp of the diseased person. From verse 45, it's the disease that is noticed in the person's clothing. So if it was found in the clothing, whether linen, woollen or of skin material, that garment was to be burned. So the mention of "warp & woof" in the garments, signifies the basic structure of the garment, that of its weaving of the thread: it is the direction of the weave of that particular garment. The "warp" threading runs lengthwise, and the "woof" threading runs across the garment. This, to me, shows how close an examination had to be made to detect any evidence of leprosy, as if any evidence escaped the priest, then the community would be at risk. And so we see our present distress of having to mask up, be checked out & quarantine ourselves in this Covid pandemic, just as the leper had to do in those early days - these were God's instructions to properly & carefully deal with diseases or plagues.

And a further note about "warp & woof", I've learned that this term is also used in this way: For example, "The Constitution & Declaration of Independence are the warp and woof of the American nation", denoting its essential foundational base of the country, or the thread which holds it together.

I hope that explains it better for you, though if you meant 'wood & warp' that you saw in some other Scripture, then I don't know of any such phrase, & my apologies for rambling on.

What is the meaning of wood & warp?

Thank you

Firstly, just considering the two types of Offering (amongst others as appointed to Israel to perform), that you referred to: the Burnt Offering was a daily, continual Offering made on the Altar by the Priest. It was done indicating the continuing, eternal position of Israel before their God & their full consecration to Him. Whereas the Sin Offering was, as the name suggests, an offering for the sins of the priest & the people. This was done yearly on the Day of Atonement, but also the Offering made at other times of the year, as required & as mentioned below.

In Leviticus chapter 12, we see the account of a new mother who is required to fulfil these Offering requirements. For the Burnt Offering, the mother indicated her gratitude to the Lord for His Mercies in child-bearing & delivery. Even as she remembered the 'curse' placed upon women because of Eve's transgression ( Genesis 3:16) & so the offering she made was in gratitude for God's Mercies upon her & bringing through this time of "sorrow in conception & birth".

She then offered the Sin Offering. Ordinarily, we couldn't justify such an offering as the bearing of child is not associated with any sin. However, Jews support the need for this offering by commenting, that in the event that a mother, in delivery sinned, whether in her mind or by her mouth, because of the pain she was experiencing, an offering was required to cover the sin. So this wasn't anything to do with the sin of Eve, but of some personal transgression committed at this time.

What is the difference between the burnt offering and the sin offering as referred to in Chapter 12 Leviticus?

2 Thess. 2:3 ( the falling Away)

1Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. (Satan) 5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you

There actually are simple... Asherah, or Ashtoreth, was the name of the chief female deity worshiped in ancient Syria, Phoenicia, and Canaan. The Phoenicians called her Astarte, the Assyrians worshiped her as Ishtar, and the Philistines had a temple of Asherah ( 1 Samuel 31:10).

Hence: Easter = Astarte

Isaiah 49:14

mostly is to stay with a God

Because of the seriousness of leprosy, many thought that the victim gets it due to their sinfulness. To take care that others would not get the disease, the infected would be separated from the rest of the community, thus starting the conception of someone being sinful. This is still a regular occurrence today, how do most people treat those with an affliction different from us like sexuality? Physical disorders? God later teaches us to love people afflicted with leprosy, but this helped start the fear mongering of people being different from the average person.