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Leviticus chapter 14 verses one through three.

The Lord spoke to Moses saying,

This shall be the law of the leperous person for the day of his cleansing.

He shall be brought to the priest,

and the priest shall go out of the camp and the priest shall look.

These verses basically begin a chapter that unfolds

how the priest would be a part of cleansing

for a lepros person or the house of a lepros person.

How the priest was responsible before God,

God had entrusted this responsibility to the priest

to go and minister to the person with leprosy or the house of a person with

leprosy and as I read this and think about Leviticus chapter 13 which we considered in a previous podcast episode, and thought about how Jesus in Luke chapter 5 went to the lepers person touched that man made him clean. And now the next chapter to see in

Leviticus 14 how the priest was an instrument in God's hands for ministry to the lepers person and

ministry to his or her house. I just think about what we've already seen in the

Book of Leviticus that we are a royal

priesthood that we have priestly duties as the new testament new covenant people of

God that we have direct access to God through Jesus

as our great high priest and we have the responsibility before God of ministering to people around us, people who are hurting,

people who are struggling with sin, people who are looked at as shamed or unclean in this world.

And I just think about my life, I would encourage you to think about your life when you see this picture of a priest in Leviticus 14 going outside the camp to care

for those who are dirty for those who are despised those who are despairing and I just want you to think about in your life, how is that playing out?

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