Does Leviticus Teach Us How to Handle COVID-19?

Passages in Leviticus that deal with topics like diseases and quarantine no longer seem so removed from our experience.

What do these passages teach us? And how can we apply them today?

What Leviticus Teaches

Leviticus 13 to 15 cover a variety of issues related to ceremonial cleanness. It’s part of a larger section (chapters 11 to 16) dealing with purity. God provides a way for impure people to be purified so they can worship him.

Chapters 13 and 14 cover a particular condition. ...