leprosyA chronic infection caused by a certain bacteria that may result in a lack of ability to feel pain and thus loss of parts of extremities of the human body, especially the fingers and toes, due to repeated injuries. In the time of the Bible these people were considered unclean. It was believed to be contagious and those who had it covered themselves and lived in isolation in deserted areas.it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; Lev 13:2this is the law of leprosy. Lev 14:57And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Matt 8:3behold a man full of leprosy: Luke 5:12
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