I think it’s particularly hard for Americans to read the Old Testament without becoming intensely uncomfortable at some point. The reason is because of the many scenes depicting the Lord destroying individuals or entire nations for the sake of His purposes and for Israel. I was born and raised in the United States but I’ve […]

When those folks who were brought up in a gentile church environment first attempt to undertake a serious study of the Old Testament, I imagine that most of them get the impression that the Old Testament is a totally different Bible than the New Testament. The opposite is true however. From the first chapter and […]

“Everyone who has tzara‘at sores is to wear torn clothes and unbound hair, cover his upper lip and cry, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’  As long as he has sores, he will be unclean; since he is unclean, he must live in isolation; he must live outside the camp.“-Leviticus 13:45-46 Although there is a medical aspect to God’s rules in […]

“The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘When anyone has a swelling or a rash or a shiny spot on their skin that may be a defiling skin disease, they must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.’”-Leviticus 13:1-2 The Hebrew word for “skin disease” is TZARA’AT. However, the majority of English Bible translations […]

Today we begin Leviticus Chapter Thirteen. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Bible, click here. Leviticus chapters 13 and 14 deals with the ritual impurity that results from skin diseases. What’s interesting is that these chapters also deal with the impurity that results from “skin diseases” on non-living things like […]