Germs and microbiology were officially discovered in the 19th century by people like French scientist Louis Pasteur, and German doctor Robert Koch. Right? So we are told. But the interesting thing here is that the Old Testament contains dozens of references about placing sick people in quarantine, and cleansing and burning infected garments. Note what the book of Leviticus says in chapter 13:4-6, “If the spot on his skin is skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest is to put the infected person in isolation for seven days. On the seventh day the priest is to examine him, and if he sees that the sore is unchanged and has not spread in the skin, he is to keep him in isolation another seven days…. The man must wash his clothes, and he will be clean.”
Notice the attention to detail here regarding how long the isolation is to occur, and what is to be done to become “clean” – quarantine and bathing. Common knoweledge for dealing with germs, right? But wait a minute… when were all of these passages in the Bible written? Over 3,300 years ago! Quite a while before germs and handwashing were “discovered” to go hand-in-hand. God of course already knew this information, even three thousand years ago.
Notice the attention to detail here regarding how long the isolation is to occur, and what is to be done to become “clean” – quarantine and bathing. Common knoweledge for dealing with germs, right? But wait a minute… when were all of these passages in the Bible written? Over 3,300 years ago! Quite a while before germs and handwashing were “discovered” to go hand-in-hand. God of course already knew this information, even three thousand years ago.
