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Tzaraath (Hebrew: צָרַעַת ṣāraʿaṯ), variously transcribed into English and frequently translated as leprosy (though it is not Hansen's disease, the disease known as "leprosy" in modern times [1]), is a term used in the Bible to describe various ritually impure disfigurative conditions of the human skin, [2] clothing, [3] and houses. [4]
Leviticus 13 outlines specific procedures for dealing with a person suspected of being infected with leprosy. A priest would have to inspect the lesion, and after a period of monitoring and observation, if the condition did not improve, the person would be declared ritually "unclean".
Leviticus 13 and 14 regulate that it is a priest who may pronounce someone clean or unclean. The visit to a priest is necessary after being cleansed for the leper to be readmitted to society. [ 2 ] Local priests were found throughout the Jewish areas, but to make sacrifice the leper would have to travel to the Temple in Jerusalem.
leviticus 13 God tells Moses and Aaron that when a person has a rash it is to be reported to the priest, who is to examine it to determine whether the person is clean or unclean. Similarly, when an affection occurs in clothing, it is to be shown to the priest.
Cedar wood. Metzora, Metzorah, M'tzora, Mezora, Metsora, M'tsora, Metsoro, Meṣora, or Maṣoro (מְצֹרָע —Hebrew for "one being diseased," the ninth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 28th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the Book of Leviticus.
The Israelites used ezov more regularly for other rituals when they had settled in Israel. It was used in the ritual for cleansing from leprosy [11] and corpse uncleanness, [12] as well as for the burning of the red heifer. [13] In Psalms, the sprinkling of ezov is used metaphorically to refer to purification of the heart. [14]
God then tells Moses and Aaron the ritual for cleansing a house with an eruptive plague. PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH - Moses - Aaron. PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai - Canaan. RELATED ARTICLES: Metzora (parsha) - 613 Mitzvot - Priestly Code - Leprosy - Kohen - Korban - Tabernacle - Lamb - Unclean - Atonement in Judaism - Turtledove - Pigeon
the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed. And behold, a man full of leprosy. But, upon seeing Jesus, he fell upon his face and requested him, saying: Lord, if you wish, I can be cleansed. And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying: I wish it; be cleansed. And immediately the leprosy left him.