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| ���� LEPERS� ENDNOTES OF SCHOLARLY SOURCES {Where Document name is cited first, it is Quoted} |
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| [1]������ Synagogues were meeting places for the Jews away from Jerusalem where the Temple was.� They apparently began to be built while the Jews were in exile in Babylon and their Temple burned down around 500 BC.� Synagogues were used primarily for teaching scriptures; they never imitated or substituted for the ceremonies commanded to be taken care of at the Temple such as sacrifices.� As the number of priests and Levites grew through the millenniums, they were only needed a short time each year at the Temple.� Therefore, they lived throughout Palestine.� Those priests who also taught scriptures were also called Rabbi which means teacher. | |||||||||||
| [2]������ THE BIBLE, LEVITICUS 13:4 [NASV] - If the bright spot is white on the skin of his body and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin...then the priest shall isolate him who has the infection for seven days. | |||||||||||
| [3]������ THE BIBLE, LEVITICUS 14:3-4 - And the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp.� Thus the priest shall look, and if the infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper, then the priest shall give orders...for the one who is to be cleansed. | |||||||||||
| [4]������ Report of The Leprosy Mission International:� ...a very visible disease, starting with patches on the skin....having crooked hands, a nodulous swollen face, or sores on their hands and feet....Damaged nerves results not just in paralysis but in loss of sensation....burns go unrecognized, wounds untended, stones in shoes, and grit in the eyes are both undetected and untreated.� The end result can be loss of sight, fingers and feet. | |||||||||||
| [5]������ THE BIBLE, LEVITICUS 13:5b - ...then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days. | |||||||||||
| [6]������ THE BIBLE, LEVITICUS 13:24, 25, 27 - If the body sustains in its skin a burn by fire, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot reddish-white or white, then the priest shall look at it.....hair...white...deeper than the skin, it is leprosy; it has broken out in the burn....pronounce unclean....shall look at him on the seventh day.� If it spreads farther in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection of leprosy. | |||||||||||
| [7]������ THE BIBLE, LEVITICUS 14:45-46 - The hair of his head shall be uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache and cry, "Unclean!� Unclean!"...He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp. | |||||||||||
| [8]������ THE BIBLE, MARK 1:38-39 - Jesus said, "Let's go to the rest of the villages so I can preach there also.� This is why I've come."� He went to their meeting places all through Galilee, preaching and throwing out demons. | |||||||||||
| [9]������ THE BIBLE, MARK 1:40 - A leper came to him, begging on his knees, "If you want to, you can cleanse me." | |||||||||||
| [10]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 1:41 - Deeply moved, Jesus put out his hand, touched him, and said, "I want to.� Be clean." | |||||||||||
| [11]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 1:42 - Then and there the leprosy was gone, his skin smooth and healthy. | |||||||||||
| [12]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 1:44....Leviticus 14:8-12 - Jesus dismissed him with strict orders:� "Say nothing to anyone.� Take the offering for cleansing that Moses prescribed and present yourself to the priest.� This will validate your healing to the people."...The one to be cleansed shall....take two male lambs without defect...grain...oil....and the priest who pronounces him clean shall present the man...before the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting. | |||||||||||
| [13]����� THE BIBLE,. LUKE 17:11 - It happened that as he made his way toward Jerusalem, he crossed over the border between Samaria and Galilee. | |||||||||||
| [14]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 17:12-13 - As he entered a village, ten men, all lepers, met him.� They kept their distance but raised their voices, calling out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." | |||||||||||
| [15]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 17:14 - Taking a good look at them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." | |||||||||||
| [16]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 17:15-16 - They went, and while still on their way, became clean.� One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came back shouting his gratitude, glorifying God.� He kneeled at Jesus' feet, so grateful.� He couldn't thank him enough - and he was a Samaritan. | |||||||||||
| [17]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 17:17 - Jesus said, "Were not ten healed?� Where are the nine?" | |||||||||||
| [18]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 17:18 - "Can none be found to come back and give glory to God except this outsider?" | |||||||||||
| [19]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 17:19 - Then he said to him, "Get up.� On your way.� Your faith has healed and saved you." | |||||||||||