The laws of Moses for quarantine refer to situations in Israel that have changed. There are, however abiding principles for us to apply today. They are often called “case laws.” They examine different kinds of cases – real-life situations. These cases are representative of the general types of situations you might encounter. The specific incidents reveal the wisdom of God. They help us to know how to respond to categories of real-life situations. 

The laws specifically address touching the dead, and contact with different diseases. There are procedures for handling excrement, contaminated clothing, infected bodily secretions, sick houses, mold, and epidemics. Remedies for visible infections on the body include rinsing, bathing, and shaving. Cleansing remedies were also prescribed for clothing, fabrics, bedding, and saddles. God in His wisdom taught His people the best practices of quarantine.

The Black Plague, also known as the Bubonic Plague, killed from 75-200 million people. It peaked between 1346-1353. The Jews in Europe followed the biblical principles of quarantine and they did not experience the same suffering as the general population. They washed away the germs and practiced quarantine when necessary. They loved their neighbors. However, this did not improve their social credit with their neighbors. The Jews were blamed for the Plague and persecuted for it during the 14^th century. 

Here is the most basic principle of the quarantine laws according to the “general equity” of the Law of God: when you have symptoms, you ought to quarantine or be quarantined to protect others. If there are no symptoms, there is no reason for quarantine. This protects us from both being irresponsible and from hypochondria, ochlophobia, and irregular church attendance.

The laws of Moses for quarantine, as we said before, refer to situations in Israel that have changed. There are, however, abiding principles for us to apply today. And they are often called case laws because they examine different cases, different real life situations. And these cases are representative of the general types of situations that you might encounter. The specific incidents reveal the wisdom of God.

They help us to know how to respond to categories of real life situations. Now, the laws specifically address touching the dead, contact with different diseases. There are different procedures for handling excrement, contaminated clothing, infected body secretions, Sick houses, mold, epidemics, and remedies for visible infections on the body include rinsing, and bathing, and shaving. Cleansing remedies were prescribed for clothing and fabrics, bedding, and even saddles. And God in His wisdom taught His people the best practices of quarantine.

Here's an example. In the Black Plague, known as the Bubonic Plague, it killed between 75 and 200 million people in Europe between 1346 and 1533. And the Jews followed the biblical principles of quarantine but they did not suffer the same maladies of the general population. They washed off her germs, they practiced quarantine when necessary, they loved their neighbors, however this did not improve their social credit with their neighbors. The Jews were actually blamed for the plague and persecuted for it during the 14th century.

Well, here's the most basic principle of the quarantine laws according to the general equity of the law of God. When you have symptoms, you ought to quarantine or be quarantined to protect others. If there are no symptoms, there's no reason to quarantine. This protects us both from being irresponsible and hypochondria and enochlophobia and irregular church attendance. Now, let's compare this with the shelter at home and the shelter in place orders from our governments.

These laws are manifestly unbiblical. The Bible makes it very clear that you quarantine when you are sick, that we don't create a culture where, just because we know someone who is sick or we've been with someone who is sick, that we quarantine ourselves. I.e. Staying home from church, from work, from contact with other people. We ought to quarantine ourself when we have symptoms and show signs of being sick.

But if we're well, we should be free. And if someone else is well, even though they've had contact with a sick person, you should treat them with love. Part of loving your neighbor is recognizing that God is sovereign and living in the freedom of the knowledge that God ordains all things. You