Reading – Leviticus 13

Highlight Verse:

““If a man loses his hair and his head becomes bald, he is still ceremonially clean.”
‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭13‬:‭40‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Dr. Jack Hayford (former president of Foursquare International) once told of a birthday card he got.

On the front it read, “I always picture you standing proud on top of a hill, hair blowing in the wind.”
On the inside it continued, “And you, too proud to run after it.”

Did Moses know how funny today’s highlight verse would sound when he wrote it?

I doubt it.

But I bet God knew.

Seriously, this chapter deals with some pretty serious health issues.

It’s good to know that God considers baldness to be normal.

Dr. Howard Hendricks (of Dallas Theological Seminary) always said, “God made some heads perfect, the others he covered with hair.”

Regardless of whether your hair is full and vibrant, or grey and wild (like mine), or, like the two men I quoted, blowing in the wind,

God cares about your health.

With over a million people traveling together with Moses, health was vitally important.

The rules listed in this seemingly irrelevant chapter show the great care that God showed for His people.

He still cares for you and me today.

While the health rules outlined here may not be directly relevant to today’s health issues, the general principles of cleanliness and consulting professionals still apply today.

What parts of the rules outlined in this chapter do you think apply directly to us today?
What principles can you see in this chapter that carry over to today?