Thematic Bible: Isolation of lepers


Thematic Bible



He will remain unclean as long as he has the infection; he is unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp. Verse ConceptsCamps, Unclean ThingsQuarantiningQuarantineIsolated PersonsOutside The Camp

“Command the Israelites to send away anyone from the camp who is afflicted with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, or anyone who is defiled because of a corpse. Verse ConceptsHealingLeprosyQuarantiningQuarantineDischarges

The Lord afflicted the king, and he had a serious skin disease until the day of his death. He lived in a separate house, while Jotham, the king’s son, was over the household governing the people of the land. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesQuarantiningHealingOutcastsQuarantine

The Lord answered Moses, “If her father had merely spit in her face, wouldn’t she remain in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.” Verse ConceptsSpittingSalivaShaming People

So King Uzziah was diseased to the time of his death. He lived in quarantine with a serious skin disease and was excluded from access to the Lord’s temple, while his son Jotham was over the king’s household governing the people of the land. Verse ConceptsdiseasesHoliness,  Worldly SeparationLonelinessHygieneQuarantine

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