"Leprosy" here (tsara'at) is a broader category than the modern disease that now carries the name - it covers a range of skin conditions, and later in this same law, mildew in fabric and mold in the walls of a house. The unifying idea isn't a specific illness; it's visible decay spreading somewhere it shouldn't, on a body, a garment, or a home.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
“Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,”
"Leprosy" here (tsara'at) is a broader category than the modern disease that now carries the name - it covers a range of skin conditions, and later in this same law, mildew in fabric and mold in the walls of a house. The unifying idea isn't a specific illness; it's visible decay spreading somewhere it shouldn't, on a body, a garment, or a home.