"As long as he has the infection he remains unclean. He must live alone; he must live outside the camp." Leviticus 13:46
The priests were given great authority. To protect the people from contagious disease, God instituted the rules surrounding those with skin diseases and how they would be pronounced as clean or unclean. To hear the word "unclean" was a frightening thing. This one word had the power to isolate - to make them live outside the camp. For some, it was like a death sentence.
Lord, I am unclean. I have an infectious disease. It is something that is easily passed from one man to another and has the power to destroy entire civilizations.
The name of my disease is sin. Left by itself, it can fester - literally destroying me - isolating me from all that is good.
But You have power over sin. Your Son took my disease upon Himself, so I could live among the people - so I can be clean. Proclaim it for me. "Clean!" I want to hear it - I want to feel it. Wash me; make me one with You today.