Numbers 12:10-11New International Version (NIV)
10 When the cloud lifted from above the tent, Miriam's skin was leprous-it became as white as snow. Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease,11 and he said to Moses, "Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.
Miriam.
Leprosy .
Saint Paul's sister's name is not mentioned in the Bible or other historical records, so it is unknown.
Leprosy - To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. (Leviticus 14.57)
Yes
Much of what was called leprosy in the Old Testament most likely was not the same disease.
Yes, Leprosy and Hansen's disease are the same. However, the leprosy of the Bible evidently is NOT the same as present-day leprosy.
The Revelation chapter of the Bible scripture references the new species.
Any verse in the Bible is considered scripture.
repentance
Scripture
Yes, in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," Tom does earn a Bible by memorizing 2,000 verses of scripture. He was able to accomplish this task and win the Bible as a prize in Sunday School.