Today’s passage: Leviticus 14
Helpful thoughts:
- Today’s chapter details how a person or property is declared “clean” after diseases, molds or fungi declared to be “leprous” have been cured or removed.
- When a person had been healed, provision was made for those who are unable to afford as much grain or larger animals.
- In both cases (Whether for a person or a house) the bird that is released into the open country may well be a picture meant to symbolize the departure of the “disease.”
Questions to consider:
- What parts of these laws seem like good sense and appropriate response to sickness or mold-like issues? What is the practical side of all this?
- What parts of these laws seem ceremonial?
- Why is it good to remember the Lord in all things, even things that we think we are able to take care of on our own through practical steps?