Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today we see that for those who have been made clean, they bring an offering to God. It's an act of

gratitude, but it's also more than that. I know these laws may seem super detailed and frustrating to read through, but don't lose

sight of the point of it all.

God is perfect and holy.

We are not.

And there are many ways we are not.

Some are sinful, and some are just because we live in a fallen world, and sometimes you get

mold in your house when the world is broken.

But even that mold served as a reminder of the fall, and it has to be atoned for. It has to be covered. There are lots of offerings required. The leprous person brings an offering when they're

healed, but people also bring an offering for their houses when the house is purified. With any

of the various discharges, there's an offering.

But again, these things don't indicate sin, but they serve as reminders to God of the fall.

Reproduction and all its affiliated fluids are not gross or sinful. God ordained them.

But even the best parts of God's plan have a kind of brokenness attached to them now. You may remember

this from when God laid out the curses for Adam and Eve. Man's work, which brings him joy,

would have new levels of struggle attached to it. Women's childbearing and relationships with

their husbands, which are often a source of joy for them as well, would have new challenges.

These things we try to find our identities

in prove less than perfect, forcing us to look back to God our creator for acceptance and love and joy.

In 1434, God is clear on the fact that he's the one in charge of putting leprosy where it shows up.

Some people like to attribute all disease and struggle to the

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