Jewish people believed that if you came into contact with a leper you would be ‘unclean’. Lepers were often forced to live in leper colonies and not allowed to come close to towns and villages.

He is a leprous man, he is unclean; the priest must pronounce him unclean; his disease is on his head. The leper who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose ...

In keeping with the tradition that he inherited, Mark depicts Jesus as performing an impressive array of healing miracles: the man with the unclean spirit, the leper, the paralytic, the man with a ...

At a village called Tala, he saw a sight that horrified him. The people of Tala were all lepers. These, thought the Rev. Anthony L. Hofstee, are surely the most unfortunate people on earth.

Leprosy has existed for more than 3,000 years and is the one of the oldest diseases known to humanity. Though a cure is available, 200,000 individuals are still diagnosed with the disease each year.

Christ was Love incarnate. He loved the unlovely and the unloveable, whether an unclean leper or an unscrupulous tax-collecter or a sinful woman. His compassion embraced all humankind. He exhorted His ...

While not quite declaring a Miami-Dade Publix’s offerings as gas station sushi, a state inspector did declare shrimp, chicken, a “premium” sampler and some rolls unfit for consumption and ...

Just like the lepers are “lepers” in scripture ... As for the woman in the Bible story, she was considered “unclean” ...

"Najes" is the story of a religious man's accident with a dog. Due to the belief that the dog is impure, the man's wife and mother are against keeping it at home. But he thinks the life of a dog ...

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Maccoby, Hyam 2001. How Unclean Were Tax-Collectors?. Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture, Vol. 31, Issue. 2, p. 60.

An official investigation in the provinces of Hebei, Tianjin, Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi found the use of unclean tankers was "extremely severe," state media Xinhua said, citing the State Council ...