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Leviticus 14:2-32
“ The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest,who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease,he will perform a purification ceremony, using two live birds that are ceremonially clean, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over a clay pot filled with fresh water.He will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.The priest will then sprinkle the blood of the dead bird seven times on the person being purified of the skin disease. When the priest has purified the person, he will release the live bird in the open field to fly away.“ The persons being purified must then wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean and may return to the camp. However, they must remain outside their tents for seven days.On the seventh day they must again shave all the hair from their heads, including the hair of the beard and eyebrows. They must also wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean.“ On the eighth day each person being purified must bring two male lambs and a one year old female lamb, all with no defects, along with a grain offering of six quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil, and a cup of olive oil.Then the officiating priest will present that person for purification, along with the offerings, before the Lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle.The priest will take one of the male lambs and the olive oil and present them as a guilt offering, lifting them up as a special offering before the Lord.He will then slaughter the male lamb in the sacred area where sin offerings and burnt offerings are slaughtered. As with the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest. It is a most holy offering.The priest will then take some of the blood of the guilt offering and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.“ Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand.He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the Lord.The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the Lord.“ Then the priest must present the sin offering to purify the person who was cured of the skin disease. After that, the priest will slaughter the burnt offeringand offer it on the altar along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person who was healed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.“ But anyone who is too poor and cannot afford these offerings may bring one male lamb for a guilt offering, to be lifted up as a special offering for purification. The person must also bring two quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil for the grain offering and a cup of olive oil.The offering must also include two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford. One of the pair must be used for the sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.On the eighth day of the purification ceremony, the person being purified must bring the offerings to the priest in the Lord’s presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle.The priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the olive oil, and lift them up as a special offering to the Lord.Then the priest will slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering. He will take some of its blood and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.“ The priest will also pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand.He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it seven times before the Lord.The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the Lord.“ Then the priest will offer the two turtledoves or the two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford.One of them is for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, to be presented along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the Lord.These are the instructions for purification for those who have recovered from a serious skin disease but who cannot afford to bring the offerings normally required for the ceremony of purification.”
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Luke 17:14
He looked at them and said,“ Go show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed of their leprosy.
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Luke 5:14
Then Jesus instructed him not to tell anyone what had happened. He said,“ Go to the priest and let him examine you. Take along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed of leprosy. This will be a public testimony that you have been cleansed.”
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Mark 7:36
Jesus told the crowd not to tell anyone, but the more he told them not to, the more they spread the news.
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Matthew 9:30
Then their eyes were opened, and they could see! Jesus sternly warned them,“ Don’t tell anyone about this.”
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2 Kings 5 7-2 Kings 5 8
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and said,“ Am I God, that I can give life and take it away? Why is this man asking me to heal someone with leprosy? I can see that he’s just trying to pick a fight with me.”But when Elisha, the man of God, heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes in dismay, he sent this message to him:“ Why are you so upset? Send Naaman to me, and he will learn that there is a true prophet here in Israel.”
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Matthew 10:18
You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell the rulers and other unbelievers about me.
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Mark 1:43-44
Then Jesus sent him on his way with a stern warning:“ Don’t tell anyone about this. Instead, go to the priest and let him examine you. Take along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed of leprosy. This will be a public testimony that you have been cleansed.”
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Mark 6:11
But if any place refuses to welcome you or listen to you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.”
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John 10:37-38
Don’t believe me unless I carry out my Father’s work.But if I do his work, believe in the evidence of the miraculous works I have done, even if you don’t believe me. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
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Leviticus 13:2-46
“ If anyone has a swelling or a rash or discolored skin that might develop into a serious skin disease, that person must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons.The priest will examine the affected area of the skin. If the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin deep, it is a serious skin disease, and the priest who examines it must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean.“ But if the affected area of the skin is only a white discoloration and does not appear to be more than skin deep, and if the hair on the spot has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the person for seven days.On the seventh day the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has not changed and the problem has not spread on the skin, the priest will quarantine the person for seven more days.On the seventh day the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has faded and has not spread, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. It was only a rash. The person’s clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.But if the rash continues to spread after the person has been examined by the priest and has been pronounced clean, the infected person must return to be examined again.If the priest finds that the rash has spread, he must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is indeed a skin disease.“ Anyone who develops a serious skin disease must go to the priest for an examination.If the priest finds a white swelling on the skin, and some hair on the spot has turned white, and there is an open sore in the affected area,it is a chronic skin disease, and the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. In such cases the person need not be quarantined, for it is obvious that the skin is defiled by the disease.“ Now suppose the disease has spread all over the person’s skin, covering the body from head to foot.When the priest examines the infected person and finds that the disease covers the entire body, he will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. Since the skin has turned completely white, the person is clean.But if any open sores appear, the infected person will be pronounced ceremonially unclean.The priest must make this pronouncement as soon as he sees an open sore, since open sores indicate the presence of a skin disease.However, if the open sores heal and turn white like the rest of the skin, the person must return to the priestfor another examination. If the affected areas have indeed turned white, the priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean by declaring,‘ You are clean!’“ If anyone has a boil on the skin that has started to heal,but a white swelling or a reddish white spot develops in its place, that person must go to the priest to be examined.If the priest examines it and finds it to be more than skin deep, and if the hair in the affected area has turned white, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. The boil has become a serious skin disease.But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the person for seven days.If during that time the affected area spreads on the skin, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, because it is a serious disease.But if the area grows no larger and does not spread, it is merely the scar from the boil, and the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean.“ If anyone has suffered a burn on the skin and the burned area changes color, becoming either reddish white or shiny white,the priest must examine it. If he finds that the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin deep, a skin disease has broken out in the burn. The priest must then pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a serious skin disease.But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the infected person for seven days.On the seventh day the priest must examine the person again. If the affected area has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce that person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a serious skin disease.But if the affected area has not changed or spread on the skin and has faded, it is simply a swelling from the burn. The priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean, for it is only the scar from the burn.“ If anyone, either a man or woman, has a sore on the head or chin,the priest must examine it. If he finds it is more than skin deep and has fine yellow hair on it, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. It is a scabby sore of the head or chin.If the priest examines the scabby sore and finds that it is only skin deep but there is no black hair on it, he must quarantine the person for seven days.On the seventh day the priest must examine the sore again. If he finds that the scabby sore has not spread, and there is no yellow hair on it, and it appears to be only skin deep,the person must shave off all hair except the hair on the affected area. Then the priest must quarantine the person for another seven days.On the seventh day he will examine the sore again. If it has not spread and appears to be no more than skin deep, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. The person’s clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.But if the scabby sore begins to spread after the person is pronounced clean,the priest must do another examination. If he finds that the sore has spread, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair. The infected person is ceremonially unclean.But if the color of the scabby sore does not change and black hair has grown on it, it has healed. The priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean.“ If anyone, either a man or woman, has shiny white patches on the skin,the priest must examine the affected area. If he finds that the shiny patches are only pale white, this is a harmless skin rash, and the person is ceremonially clean.“ If a man loses his hair and his head becomes bald, he is still ceremonially clean.And if he loses hair on his forehead, he simply has a bald forehead; he is still clean.However, if a reddish white sore appears on the bald area on top of his head or on his forehead, this is a skin disease.The priest must examine him, and if he finds swelling around the reddish white sore anywhere on the man’s head and it looks like a skin disease,the man is indeed infected with a skin disease and is unclean. The priest must pronounce him ceremonially unclean because of the sore on his head.“ Those who suffer from a serious skin disease must tear their clothing and leave their hair uncombed. They must cover their mouth and call out,‘ Unclean! Unclean!’As long as the serious disease lasts, they will be ceremonially unclean. They must live in isolation in their place outside the camp.
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Matthew 6:1
“ Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.
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Mark 5:43
Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell anyone what had happened, and then he told them to give her something to eat.
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Matthew 17:9
As they went back down the mountain, Jesus commanded them,“ Don’t tell anyone what you have seen until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
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Matthew 12:16-19
but he warned them not to reveal who he was.This fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah concerning him:“ Look at my Servant, whom I have chosen. He is my Beloved, who pleases me. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.He will not fight or shout or raise his voice in public.
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Luke 21:13
But this will be your opportunity to tell them about me.
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Matthew 3:15
But Jesus said,“ It should be done, for we must carry out all that God requires.” So John agreed to baptize him.
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Matthew 16:20
Then he sternly warned the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
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John 8:50
And though I have no wish to glorify myself, God is going to glorify me. He is the true judge.
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Matthew 5:17
“ Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.
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John 5:41
“ Your approval means nothing to me,
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Mark 13:9
“ When these things begin to happen, watch out! You will be handed over to the local councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell them about me.
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John 7:18
Those who speak for themselves want glory only for themselves, but a person who seeks to honor the one who sent him speaks truth, not lies.
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Mark 8:30
But Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.
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Isaiah 42:21
Because he is righteous, the Lord has exalted his glorious law.