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time. In the case of Jairus, there had been twelve years of perhaps sun shine and happiness in his home. For this woman, there had been twelve years of suffering, separa tion from spiritual observances and home life. A lonely, helpless, pen niless, old woman. She was a determined seeker. What a tremendous contrast! No tice the determination she had. Her Page 51
tion on top of the law, strictly for hygiene. They said that this kind of thing was probably the result of sin, so the husband should divorce his wife or put her outside the home. She was ostracized, not on ly from corporate worship, but be cause of the nature of her sickness, was also separated from home life. Leviticus 15:19 ff gives us some of the implications of what this wo man had been living with all this
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