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The Allusion Of Leprosy In The KJV Bible
The earliest cases of leprosy were reported in 600 BC in Egypt, China, and India. This disease used to be considered a curse of God and also associated with sins that the people had committed. The people that had leprosy were so despised that they were not even allowed to stay in their community anymore, they had to move off somewhere else. They weren't allowed to come within six feet of anyone, not even their own family. All the "lepers" lived until a community together until they either got better or died. The term "leprosy" occurred thirty-nine times in the KJV Bible. Some examples in the bible of leprosy are Leviticus 13:2, Leviticus 14:32, and Leviticus 14:54.
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