Leviticus 13:38–39
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that prides itself on its medical advancements, and yet it is an age that is profoundly sick. We have therapies and treatments for every conceivable malady of the body, but we are spiritually leprous, covered from head to toe in the defiling disease of sin. And our modern solution is to simply rename the disease. The book of Leviticus, and this chapter in particular, forces us to confront the reality of defilement. It teaches us that God cares immensely about the difference between clean and unclean, and that this distinction is not arbitrary but is woven into the fabric of creation. To the modern ear, these detailed laws about skin diseases sound strange, perhaps even primitive or unhygienic. But to think this way is to miss the point entirely. God is not giving a medical textbook; He is giving a theological picture book.