{"id":5497,"date":"2026-03-30T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/?p=5497"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:03:59","slug":"leviticus-131-2-and-the-lord-spoke-to-moses-and-aaron-saying-when-a-man-has-on-the-skin-of-his-body-a-swelling-a-scab-or-a-bright-spot-and-it-becomes-on-the-skin-of-his-body-like-a-le","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/?p=5497","title":{"rendered":"Leviticus 13:1\u20132: “And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes on the skin of his body like a leprous sore, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a striking similarity between the disease of leprosy and the disease<\/em> of sin. Both spread throughout the body. Sin usually begins as a thought that becomes a desire that then leads on to an act. The results of both, unchecked, are always devastating.<\/p>\n

The root of leprosy and sin lies much deeper than the surface where the symptoms appear. The prophet Jeremiah, in Jeremiah 17:9, said the root of sin is the heart: \u201cThe heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart.” Jesus pointed to this same root when He said, “out of the heart comes forth uncleanness, murders.”<\/p>\n

The beginning stages of leprosy are very much like sin. First there is a swelling, or as the King James version says, flesh arising. In that swelling of flesh we see a picture of the first of all sins, the sin of pride. Pride caused Lucifer to rebel against God. The same happens when we want to exalt ourselves, to be noticed by others, or to be out in front. Many have noticed that the middle letter in the word pride<\/em> is the letter i<\/em> and describes the main problem: I<\/em> first.<\/p>\n

The second symptom of leprosy is a scab or a cover up<\/em> of the wound. We do the same when sin gets a hold in our lives. We try to cover it up, conceal what we know is there.<\/p>\n

The third symptom mentioned is a bright spot. Sin can be a bright spot for a short time. We have heard our own minds speak to us, saying, “it\u2019s the brightest spot in my life, the one thing that brings me pleasure.” Scripture does say there is pleasure in sin for a season, but the final outcome, unchecked, is always the same\u2014death.<\/p>\n

Both sin and leprosy not only spread but also defile the patient’s mind, heart, and body, including all that they touch. Both diseases isolate the person from their family, friends, and, ultimately, God.<\/p>\n

Rehabilitation of a sinner is a waste of time because the disease always returns. There is only one cure available and that is rebirth. It is necessary for the sinner to be transformed inside, reborn, making everything new, “you must be born again.”<\/p>\n

“Thank you, Lord, that You have given the cure\u2014Your own life. Help us to follow You this day.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Leviticus 13 KJV<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/sup>\u00a0And the\u00a0LORD\u00a0spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,\u00a02<\/sup>\u00a0When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh\u00a0like\u00a0<\/em>the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:\u00a03<\/sup>\u00a0And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and\u00a0when\u00a0<\/em>the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>deeper than the skin of his flesh, it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.\u00a04<\/sup>\u00a0If the bright spot\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up\u00a0him that hath\u00a0<\/em>the plague seven days:\u00a05<\/sup>\u00a0And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold,\u00a0if\u00a0<\/em>the plague in his sight be at a stay,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:\u00a06<\/sup>\u00a0And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold,\u00a0if\u00a0<\/em>the plague\u00a0be<\/em>somewhat dark,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it\u00a0is but\u00a0<\/em>a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.\u00a07<\/sup>\u00a0But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:\u00a08<\/sup>\u00a0And\u00a0if\u00a0<\/em>the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a leprosy. 9<\/sup>\u00a0When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;\u00a010<\/sup>\u00a0And the priest shall see\u00a0him:\u00a0<\/em>and, behold,\u00a0if\u00a0<\/em>the rising\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and\u00a0there be\u00a0<\/em>quick raw flesh in the rising;\u00a0\u00a011<\/sup>\u00a0It\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he\u00a0is<\/em>unclean.\u00a012<\/sup>\u00a0And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of\u00a0him that hath\u00a0<\/em>the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;\u00a013<\/sup>Then the priest shall consider: and, behold,\u00a0if\u00a0<\/em>the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce\u00a0him\u00a0<\/em>clean\u00a0that hath\u00a0<\/em>the plague: it is all turned white: he\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>clean.\u00a014<\/sup>\u00a0But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.\u00a015<\/sup>\u00a0And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean:\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>the raw flesh\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>unclean: it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a leprosy.\u00a016<\/sup>\u00a0Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;\u00a017<\/sup>\u00a0And the priest shall see him: and, behold,\u00a0if\u00a0<\/em>the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce\u00a0him<\/em>clean\u00a0that hath\u00a0<\/em>the plague: he\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>clean. 18<\/sup>\u00a0The flesh also, in which,\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,\u00a019<\/sup>\u00a0And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;\u00a020<\/sup>\u00a0And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.\u00a021<\/sup>\u00a0But if the priest look on it, and, behold,\u00a0there be\u00a0<\/em>no white hairs therein, and\u00a0if\u00a0<\/em>it\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>not lower than the skin, but\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:\u00a022<\/sup>\u00a0And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a plague.\u00a023<\/sup>\u00a0But if the bright spot stay in his place,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>spread not, it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 24<\/sup>\u00a0Or if there be\u00a0any\u00a0<\/em>flesh, in the skin whereof\u00a0there is\u00a0<\/em>a hot burning, and the quick\u00a0flesh<\/em>that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;\u00a0\u00a025<\/sup>\u00a0Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold,\u00a0if\u00a0<\/em>the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it\u00a0be in\u00a0<\/em>sight deeper than the skin; it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>the plague of leprosy.\u00a026<\/sup>\u00a0But if the priest look on it, and, behold,\u00a0there be\u00a0<\/em>no white hair in the bright spot, and it\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>no lower than the\u00a0other\u00a0<\/em>skin, but\u00a0be<\/em>somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:\u00a027<\/sup>\u00a0And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day:\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>the plague of leprosy.\u00a028<\/sup>\u00a0And if the bright spot stay in his place,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>spread not in the skin, but it\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>somewhat dark; it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>an inflammation of the burning. 29<\/sup> If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;\u00a030<\/sup>\u00a0Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>in sight deeper than the skin;\u00a0and there be\u00a0<\/em>in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a dry scall,\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>a leprosy upon the head or beard.\u00a031<\/sup>\u00a0And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>not in sight deeper than the skin, and\u00a0that there is\u00a0<\/em>no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up\u00a0him that hath\u00a0<\/em>the plague of the scall seven days:\u00a032<\/sup>\u00a0And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold,\u00a0if\u00a0<\/em>the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>not in sight deeper than the skin;\u00a033<\/sup>\u00a0He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up\u00a0him that hath\u00a0<\/em>the scall seven days more:\u00a034<\/sup>\u00a0And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold,\u00a0if\u00a0<\/em>the scall be not spread in the skin, nor\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.\u00a035<\/sup>\u00a0But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;\u00a036<\/sup>\u00a0Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>unclean.\u00a037<\/sup>\u00a0But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and\u00a0that\u00a0<\/em>there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 38<\/sup> If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots,\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>white bright spots;\u00a039<\/sup>\u00a0Then the priest shall look: and, behold,\u00a0if\u00a0<\/em>the bright spots in the skin of their flesh\u00a0be<\/em>darkish white; it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a freckled spot\u00a0that\u00a0<\/em>groweth in the skin; he\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>clean.\u00a040<\/sup>\u00a0And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>bald;\u00a0yet is\u00a0<\/em>he clean.\u00a0\u00a041<\/sup>\u00a0And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>forehead bald:\u00a0yet is\u00a0<\/em>he clean.\u00a042<\/sup>\u00a0And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.\u00a043<\/sup>\u00a0Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold,\u00a0if\u00a0<\/em>the rising of the sore\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;\u00a044<\/sup>\u00a0He is a leprous man, he\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>in his head.\u00a045<\/sup>\u00a0And the leper in whom the plague\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.\u00a046<\/sup>\u00a0All the days wherein the plague\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>in him he shall be defiled; he\u00a0is<\/em>unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp\u00a0shall\u00a0<\/em>his habitation\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>. 47<\/sup>\u00a0The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in,\u00a0whether it be\u00a0<\/em>a woollen garment, or a linen garment;\u00a048<\/sup>\u00a0Whether\u00a0it be\u00a0<\/em>in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;\u00a0\u00a049<\/sup>\u00a0And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:\u00a0\u00a050<\/sup>\u00a0And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up\u00a0it that hath\u00a0<\/em>the plague seven days:\u00a051<\/sup>\u00a0And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin,\u00a0or\u00a0<\/em>in any work that is made of skin; the plague\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a fretting leprosy; it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>unclean.\u00a052<\/sup>\u00a0He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.\u00a053<\/sup>\u00a0And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;\u00a054<\/sup>\u00a0Then the priest shall command that they wash\u00a0the thing\u00a0<\/em>wherein the plague\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>, and he shall shut it up seven days more:\u00a055<\/sup>\u00a0And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold,\u00a0if\u00a0<\/em>the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>fret inward,\u00a0whether\u00a0<\/em>it\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>bare within or without.\u00a0\u00a056<\/sup>\u00a0And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague\u00a0be\u00a0<\/em>somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:\u00a057<\/sup>\u00a0And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>a spreading\u00a0plague:\u00a0<\/em>thou shalt burn that wherein the plague\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>with fire.\u00a058<\/sup>\u00a0And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin\u00a0it be\u00a0<\/em>, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.\u00a059<\/sup>\u00a0This\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is a striking similarity between the disease of leprosy and the disease of sin. Both spread throughout the body. Sin usually begins as a thought that becomes a desire that then leads on to an act. The results of both, unchecked, are always devastating. The root of leprosy and sin lies much deeper than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5497"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5497"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15900,"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5497\/revisions\/15900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}