Disease נֶ֫גַע

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We are in chapter fourteen of Leviticus with our word for today. נֶ֫גַע afflicted with a rash or skin disease, leprous, be struck with leprosy. It is used 78 times in the Old Testament, 14 times in our chapter today. Our word is used in the sense of an infection, a state of ill health resulting from the invasion of the body by something harmful. Leviticus 13:45-46 The leprous person who has הַנֶּ֗גַעthe disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’ He shall remain unclean as long as he has הַנֶּ֥גַע…