Tazria - תזריע
Leviticus: Leviticus 12:1 - 13:59
Reading #6 - Leviticus 13:40–54
My Thoughts:
The contaminated person has to dwell outside the camp for seven days by himself. Can you imagine? First of all you must not feel good, then you have to leave your family and community to be all by yourself and quarantine seven days. Any time this happens to any one, it is awful. But, here is the thing. Hashem is always with us. So, really, we are never alone. He dwells alongside us and all we have to do is reach out to Him. It’s true. If you love and serve Adonai -- He will always be with you. You can experience that today. Just pause and reflect. Slow down and “smell the roses” and you will sense His presence.
Challenge:
When was the last time you experienced Hashem? I challenge you today to get to a quiet place. Close your eyes, pray and see if you sense His presence. If so, then take some time to worship Him. He is the One and Only Elohim of the Universe. It is a privilege to be with Him. So enjoy it as it is a precious time. And praise Him for being there!
Reading #6 - Leviticus 13:40–54
13:40 “If a man’s hair has fallen from his head, he is bald. He is clean. 41 If his hair has fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald. He is clean. 42 But if a reddish-white plague is in the bald head or the bald forehead, it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head or his bald forehead. 43 Then the priest shall examine him. Behold, if the swelling of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body, 44 he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean. His plague is on his head.
45 “The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes, and the hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 46 All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. His dwelling shall be outside of the camp.
47 “The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it is a woolen garment, or a linen garment; 48 whether it is in warp or woof; of linen or of wool; whether in a leather, or in anything made of leather; 49 if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the leather, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of leather; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest. 50 The priest shall examine the plague, and isolate the plague seven days. 51 He shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew. It is unclean. 52 He shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of leather, in which the plague is, for it is a destructive mildew. It shall be burned in the fire.
53 “If the priest examines it, and behold, the plague hasn’t spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; 54 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing that the plague is in, and he shall isolate it seven more days.
