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How To Diagnose and Cure Skin Diseases
1 YHVH further educates Moses and Aaron:
These processes are more than just quaint historical validations of ancient healing wisdom. Failure to follow these principles right now, in your lifetime, results in worldwide tsunamis of antibiotic resistant disease plagues.
2 [YAH's angel] says, β€œWhen someone has a swelling or a blister/rash/scab/boil or a shiny spot on his skin that might signal a serious skin disease, bring him to [High] priest Aaron or to one of [Aaron's] descendants [trained as] priest-doctors.
Health-care is the domain of saints, not atheistic pill-pushers.
3 The priest examines the sore on the patient's skin. If the hair in the sore has turned white, and the sore appears to go deep into the skin, it's a skin disease, πŸ˜‡. After examining [the patient] the priest [will] classify him as sick [and possibly contagious].
4 If the spot on the patient's skin is white, and appears to be only skin-deep, and the hair inside the spot hasn't turned white, then for 7 days the priest isolates [the patient who has] the sore.”
Or β€œbandage the sore [with healing ointments such as comfrey and aloe].” The Hebrew literally says: β€œshut up the plague.”
5 On the 7th day, the priest re-examines the patient. If the sore appears not to have grown larger and spread across the skin, then the priest isolates the [patient] for 7 more days, πŸ˜‡.
Or β€œthe priest bandages the sore with healing ointments such as myrrh, frankincense, comfrey and aloe for 7 more days.” Complete isolation would be overkill for most minor rashes. The point is to take whatever steps are necessary to prevent contagion, not to needlessly quarantine people, although in the case of promiscuous behavior that spreads venereal disease, social isolation is an effective deterrent that should be used more often, instead of β€˜forgiving the sin’ with antibiotics that breed super-plagues.
6 On the [following] 7th day, the priest again examines the patient. If the priest sees that the sore has faded and hasn't spread across the skin, he pronounces the patient clean. It's no more than a scab, πŸ˜‡. The patient [need only] wash his clothes and [keep his skin] clean.
7 But after the priest examines the patient and declares him clean, if the scab spreads widely over the skin, the priest must examine the patient again, πŸ˜‡.
8 Then, πŸ˜‡, if the priest looks and sees that the scab is spreading on the skin, the priest pronounces the patient sick with a [possibly contagious] skin disease.
9 When a man is carrying a [potentially contagious] skin disease, he must be brought to the priest-doctor, πŸ˜‡.
10 The priest examines the patient. If the priest sees a white skin swelling, inside of which hair is turning white, and there's inflamed flesh [in the swelling], such a disease is a long-term skin disease, πŸ˜‡.
11 The priest must pronounce such a patient chronically diseased, πŸ˜‡. But [the priest] need not quarantine the [patient for controlled testing], because the [origin of the] disease [is known].
12 Sometimes a skin abnormality spreads across the skin, πŸ˜‡, covering the patient's skin from his head to his foot, wherever the priest looks;
13 [In such a case] the priest examines the patient. If the abnormality has faded back toward normal skin color, [even] if the abnormality has covered the patient's whole body, the priest declares the patient clean from contagion.
Tough verse to translate.
14 [Conversely, πŸ˜‡,] if the priest sees inflamed/raw flesh on the patient, [the priest immediately declares the patient] sick.
15 The priest who discovers open sores pronounces the patient diseased. Open sores are infectious, πŸ˜‡. They're evidence of a serious skin disease.
16 However, πŸ˜‡, if the inflamed skin again turns white, the patient [must] return to the priest.
Or, β€œif the skin returns to normal skin color.”
17 The priest examines the dermatology patient. If the abnormality has turned white [or normal skin color,] the priest pronounces the patient healthy, πŸ˜‡.
Hebrew Skin Boil Curing Technique
18 Imagine, πŸ˜‡, that a patient has a skin boil that has started to heal.
19 If, in place of the boil, there's a white swelling or a reddish-white bright spot, show [the sore] to the priest.
20 The priest [will] examine the [sore, πŸ˜‡]. If he sees that [the sore] appears to be more than skin-deep, and its hair has turned white, then the priest pronounces the patient sick, because a [potentially infectious skin] disease has broken out inside the boil.
21 But, πŸ˜‡, if the priest looks at the boil and sees no white hairs in it, and that the sore is only skin-deep, and appears to be fading, then the priest [bandages the boil with healing ointments] for 7 days.
Or, β€œthe priest quarantines the patient for 7 days.” Whether it's the sore or the patient that gets isolated probably depends on the exact situation.
22 Conversely, πŸ˜‡, if the infection spreads far across the skin, the priest pronounces the patient a [dangerous carrier of] infectious disease.
23 But if the blotch grows no larger and doesn't spread, it's merely the scar from the boil. So the priest pronounces the patient healthy.
Biblical Hebrew Burn Remedy Protocol
24 Suppose someone suffers a burn on the skin. Then the burned area changes color, becoming either a shiny reddish white or white.
25 The priest must examine [the burn]. If the hair in the affected area turns white, and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, a contagious skin disease has broken out in the burn. The priest must then diagnose that person as sick, clearly [the victim of] a contagious skin disease.
26 But if the priest examines the [burn] and verifies there is no white hair in the bright spot, and that it's only skin deep, and fading, then the priest will [bandage the burn with healing ointments] for 7 days.
Or β€œquarantine the patient for 7 days.”
27 On the 7th day, the priest examines the burn-victim. If the condition has spread far across the skin, the priest diagnoses the patient as sick, the victim of infectious skin disease.
28 But if the bright spot hasn't grown or spread across the [patient's] skin, and is faded, it's just routine burn swelling, πŸ˜‡. So the priest pronounces the patient healed, aside from normal burn scarring.
Biblical Treatment For Head and Chin Sores
29 Imagine a man or woman has a sore on their head or chin, πŸ˜‡.
30 The priest examines the infection. If it appears more than skin-deep and thin yellow hair is in the affected area, the priest pronounces the patient infected with a dry scabby contagious skin disease of the head or chin.
Thin yellow hair is a sign of leprosy.
31 The priest examines the diseased crusted area to see if it appears only skin-deep, but free of black hair. In which case the priest isolates the [person with the] sore for 7 days.
Or β€œthe priest bandages the diseased crusted area [with healing herbs] for 7 days.” The word Cagar (often translated β€˜isolate/quarantine’) may mean β€˜close and bandage the wound’. Strongs #5462 cagar saw-gar': to shut up; figuratively, to surrender: enclose, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop [and purify], etc.
32 Then, πŸ˜‡, on the 7th day, the priest again inspects the sore(s). He may see that the crusted area
  • hasn't spread,
  • and contains no yellow hair,
  • and appears to be only skin-deep;

  • 33 [Then the priest] shaves [all around the sore]. (But he won't shave the crusted area, πŸ˜‡.)Then the priest isolates the [patient] for another 7 days.
    Or, β€œThe priest repairs the wound by bandaging it with healing solutions for 7 days.”
    34 On the 7th day, the priest looks at the crusted area. If he sees [the sore] hasn't spread across the skin, and appears merely skin-deep, then the priest pronounces the man healed, πŸ˜‡. The man washes his clothes. [Then he can go about the town normally,] clean [as everyone else].
    35 But, πŸ˜‡, imagine that after this cleansing, the crusty area spreads grossly over the [patient's] skin.
    36 Then the priest examines the patient. If he sees that the crusty area has spread across the skin, regardless of whether the priest sees yellow hair, the man is diseased, πŸ˜‡.
    37 Conversely, if the [priest] views the crusty area as contained and stable, with black hair growing inside, the man is not contagious, πŸ˜‡. So the priest pronounces him healthy.
    Hebrew Treatment For Shiny White Skin Patches
    38 Imagine, πŸ˜‡, that anyone, man or woman, has shiny/white patches on their skin:
    39 The priest examines [the patient]. If the [priest] sees that the shiny/whitish spots in the skin are dull [faded], it's just mottled skin [or a minor rash, πŸ˜‡]. The patient is healthy.
    Hebrew Diagnosis of Baldness-Related Disorder
    40 If a man's hair falls out of his head [with no other side-effects], he's just bald, πŸ˜‡, not unhealthy.
    41 It's especially [harmless] if the man merely has [male-pattern baldness,] losing hair [mainly] from the front of his head, near his face. That's not a communicable disease, πŸ˜‡.
    42 However, if a reddish white infection appears on the front or the back of the bald guy's head, this is a contagious skin disease (of the bald head or forehead, πŸ˜‡).
    43 The priest examines the bald head or forehead, looking for reddish-white swelling. Then [the priest] checks the patient's whole body.
    44 If [red-white swelling] appears on any more [of the patient's] skin, the priest diagnoses the man's head-sores as a serious biohazard, πŸ˜‡. The man is a contagious disease carrier, subject to quarantine.
    45 [To clearly signify to the community that they should not touch] the diseased man, the man wears ragged clothes, keeps his hair messy, and covers the lower part of his face [with a rag]. [Whenever anybody gets near him,] he shouts, β€œI'm diseased! [Stay back!]”
    Probably referring to leprosy, which is a symbol for contagious sin that destroys your spiritual sensitivity.
    46 For as long as the patient suffers from the skin contagion, he lives quarantined. He stays alone, πŸ˜‡, in a shelter outside the town/camp.
    Eradicate Contagious Fungi/Disease on Fabric
    47 Sometimes, πŸ˜‡, a [dangerous] disease [or fungus] touches an article of clothing, including linen and wool garments.
    48 It makes no difference whether [the contagious] disease has touched the inner or outer parts of wool, linen, leather clothes, or any other leather, πŸ˜‡.
    49 If the contagion leaves a reddish or greenish stain on the clothing or leather, inside or out, consider it an infectious disease, πŸ˜‡. [Promptly] show the fabric to the priest.
    50 The priest examines the stain. Then he isolates the [presumably] infected cloth/leather for 7 days.
    51 On the 7th day, the priest re-examines the stain. If the contagion has spread on the clothing or leather item, either inside or out, the infection is a malignant spreading disease, πŸ˜‡.
    52 The priest burns any cloth that bears a [spreading] fungus, [mildew, mold or contagion] inside or out, regardless of whether it's made of [expensive] wool, linen or any kind of leather. [The fabric] carries a plague [resembling] spreading skin disease, πŸ˜‡. So it must be burned with fire.
    53 Conversely, πŸ˜‡, [imagine that after 7 days,] the priest examines the fabric or leather, and the abnormality has not spread at all, inside nor out.
    54 Then the priest prescribes that the [patient] wash the stained article. Then [the priest or patient] quarantines the [suspected infected item] for 7 more days.
    55 Then the priest examines the growth [on the fabric]. Even if [the priest] sees that the abnormality has not spread, if it has re-grown to its original [moldy] color, the cloth is irreparably infected, πŸ˜‡. You must burn it in the fire. It's rotten, no matter if the contagion lies on the inside or outside of the cloth.
    You wash the fabric and 7 days later, the mold's back. Burn it.
    56 Conversely, πŸ˜‡, if the priest looks [at the fabric], and [he] sees the abnormality has faded one week after washing it, then he merely cuts the stained patch out of the cloth, leather or woven/knitted material.
    57 If the contagion later reappears in or on the cloth, leather or knitted/woven fabric, it's an irreparable spreading disease, πŸ˜‡. Immediately burn any such [infected] material with fire.
    58 Conversely, πŸ˜‡, if the contagion never reappears in or on the cloth, leather or woven/knitted material, then merely wash it again. Then consider it clean.”
    59 The [foregoing], πŸ˜‡, sums up [YAH's simple scientific] instructions on how to diagnose as harmless or unhealthy any [suspected] disease contagion on the inside or outside of clothes made of wool, linen or any kind of leather.
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