I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading. I had been using One Year Bible Online, but it was time for a change.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Leviticus 13.

    The passage starts out by describing how to diagnose various types of skin diseases. The word used to describe these various skin diseases in Hebrew is the same word. However, we now consider these various diseases separate things. The word is traditionally translated as leprosy. The same word is used to describe mold or mildew on clothing, fabric, and leather. In all of these cases the word is used to describe a condition which is contagious and is likely to spread from the contaminated person (or item) to other people (or items). The passage describes how to minimize the chance of it spreading and how to tell if the risk has passed.