REGULATIONS ABOUT MOLDS & CLEANSING
Keywords 14:31
one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt
offering, together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make
atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed.
1. The next set of regulations (13:47-59) deal with
mold on clothes. The priest should evaluate the mold to determine if the cloth
should be washed or destroyed. Mold represents death. God’s people could not stand before his holy presence in
moldy clothes because death cannot come into his presence. Likewise, people’s sins cling to them like filthy rags. We need to be
washed in Jesus’ blood and be clothed in his righteousness.
2.
Chapter 14:1-32 deals with the healing and cleansing of the person with leprosy
and restoring them to the community. Firstly, the priest goes outside of the
camp, risking his life to go to the leper and verify his healing. The priest
brings with him cedar (signifying soundness), a scarlet thread (meaning the
restoration of the body from leprosy which made their skin white) and hyssop
(representing purification). He sacrifices one bird (symbolizing Jesus’ death) and frees one bird covered in the blood
(symbolizing Jesus’
resurrection). How truly we are saved by grace!
3. Then,
the cleansed leper must remain outside for 7 days, be cleansed again, and be
restored first to the Lord by a guilt offering, sin offering, and a burnt
offering. Then, the priest pronounced the person clean and restored him to God.
Prayer Father,
thank you for Jesus, who heals me from the corruption of sin and restores me to
you.
One Word Jesus
cleanses, heals and restores
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