The priests were not allowed to accept an offering from the hands of one who had been afflicted with leprosy, unless they first thoroughly examined him and proclaimed to the people that he was entirely free from the infectious disease, was in sound health, and could again unite with his family and friends without endangering them. However unwilling the priest might have been to accredit this marvelous cure to Jesus, he could not evade an examination and decision of the case. The multitude were anxious to learn the result of the investigation, and when he was pronounced free from disease, and privileged to return to his family and friends, great was the excitement. Such a thing had never before been known. {2SP 230.1}

Præsten havde ingen tilladelse til at modtage er offer fra nogen, som havde lidt af spedalskhed, før han havde undersøgt ham omhyggelig og vidnet for folket, at han var fuldstændig fri for den smitsomme sygdom. Så kunne han atter leve sammen med sin familie og venner uden fare for dem. Hvor uvillig end præsten var til at erkende, at Jesus havde udført denne underfulde kur, så kunne han dog ikke undgå at undersøge den forhenværende spedalske og at afgive sin erklæring om sagen. Folket længtes meget efter at høre, hvad følgen blev af præsternes undersøgelse, og da han erklærede, at manden var fri for al spedalskhed, og han gav ham tilladelse til at vende tilbage til sin familie og sine venner, blev folket meget begejstret. Man havde aldrig før hørt sådant i Israel.