Infectious Disease Because of advances in medicine we face less
of a threat from infectious disease.
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Infectious Disease Because of advances in medicine we face less
of a threat from infectious disease. For the infectious diseases
with which we are familiar the illness may be traumatic but
short.
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Leprosy Leprosy was both infectious and long lasting.
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Leprosy Leprosy was both infectious and long lasting. It could
cause disfigurement and blindness.
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The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, When a person has on
the skin of his body a swelling or an eruption or a spot, and it
turns into a case of leprous disease on the skin of his body, then
he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the
priests, and the priest shall examine the diseased area on the skin
of his body. And if the hair in the diseased area has turned white
and the disease appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it
is a case of leprous disease. When the priest has examined him, he
shall pronounce him unclean...
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...The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn
clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover
his upper lip and cry out, Unclean, unclean. He shall remain
unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live
alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp. Leviticus 13:1-3,
45-46 ESV
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Leprosy The leper was quarantined for the good of the
community.
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Leprosy The leper was quarantined for the good of the
community. This quarantine would have led to a life of
desperation.
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Leprosy The leper was quarantined for the good of the
community. This quarantine would have led to a life of desperation.
This would have destroyed the humanity of the person
afflicted.
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And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to
him, If you will, you can make me clean. Moved with pity, he
stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, I will; be
clean. And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.
And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, and said
to him, See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself
to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded,
for a proof to them. But he went out and began to talk freely about
it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly
enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were
coming to him from every quarter. Mark 1:40-45 ESV
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And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to
him, If you will, you can make me clean. Moved with pity, he
stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, I will; be
clean. And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.
And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, and said
to him, See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself
to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded,
for a proof to them. But he went out and began to talk freely about
it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly
enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were
coming to him from every quarter. Mark 1:40-45 ESV
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And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to
him, If you will, you can make me clean. Moved with pity, he
stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, I will; be
clean. And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.
And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, and said
to him, See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself
to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded,
for a proof to them. But he went out and began to talk freely about
it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly
enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were
coming to him from every quarter. Mark 1:40-45 ESV
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And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to
him, If you will, you can make me clean. Moved with pity, he
stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, I will; be
clean. And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.
And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, and said
to him, See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself
to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded,
for a proof to them. But he went out and began to talk freely about
it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly
enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were
coming to him from every quarter. Mark 1:40-45 ESV
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Jesus heals a leper
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By healing the man Jesus restores him to a position of
fellowship in the community.
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Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great
man with his master and in high favor, because by him the LORD had
given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a
leper.
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Naaman
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He was not an Israelite.
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Naaman He was not an Israelite. In fact Israel may have
suffered because of him.
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Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little
girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of
Naaman's wife. She said to her mistress, Would that my lord were
with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his
leprosy.
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The Girl
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She was a slave in the house of Naaman
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The Girl She was a slave in the house of Naaman It is possible
that her family is dead and she is a slave because of the Syrian
army.
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Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little
girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of
Naaman's wife. She said to her mistress, Would that my lord were
with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his
leprosy.
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The Girl She was a slave in the house of Naaman It is possible
that her family is dead and she is a slave because of the Syrian
army. She has every confidence that Naaman would be healed if he
went to Samaria.
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The Girl She was a slave in the house of Naaman It is possible
that her family is dead and she is a slave because of the Syrian
army. She has every confidence that Naaman would be healed if he
went to Samaria. She tells Naaman about this possibility.
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But when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel
had torn his clothes, he sent to the king, saying, Why have you
torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, that he may know that
there is a prophet in Israel. So Naaman came with his horses and
chariots and stood at the door of Elisha's house. And Elisha sent a
messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times,
and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean. But
Naaman was angry and went away, saying, Behold, I thought that he
would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the
LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the
leper.
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Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than
all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean? So
he turned and went away in a rage.But his servants came near and
said to him, My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken
to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, Wash, and
be clean? So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the
Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was
restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. 2
Kings 5:1-3, 8-15 ESV
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The Lord
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Gods healing power restores the Israelite to his
community.
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The Lord Gods healing power restores the Israelite to his
community. Gods power extends beyond the borders of Israel to heal
a foreigner and enemy.
