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When he who has an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
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Restoration Is a Process
Commentators explain that physical healing was only the first step. The individual had to wait a full seven days to ensure the healing was complete before performing the final cleansing rituals. This demonstrates that restoration to fellowship with God and the community was a deliberate and thorough process, not an automatic event.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The mere cessation of the discharge does not make him clean: he must wait seven days, and so forth, preparatory to his offering sacrifice.
19th Century
Anglican
And when he ... is cleansed of his issue. —That is, recovered from his infirmity or healed of it (), as the real purifica…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when he that has an issue is cleansed of his issue That is, it is ceased from him, as the Targum of Jonathan and…
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