God's ancient laws of hygiene and sanitation:
In Leviticus 11:35, Moses revealed his knowledge of the danger of germs from animal carcasses. God inspired Moses to record these medical and sanitation instructions in the Bible to protect the Israelites from invisible, but deadly infectious germs. Until last century, medical researchers and doctors denied that disease could be transmitted by invisible germs or viruses.
Laws designed to prevent infectious disease:
Before the last century, most doctors who chose to wash their hands did so in a bowl of water (allowing germs to remain on their hands). God commanded Israelites to wash their hands in running water when dealing with those afflicted with infectious diseases (Leviticus 15:13).
Life is in the blood:
Leviticus 17:11 states, "For the life of the flesh is in the blood." Here, Moses reveals that our blood is the essence of life. We have over 75,000 miles of blood vessels in our body. These tiny veins, arteries, and capillary vessels carry blood cells with nutrients to feed every one of the 60 trillion cells in our bodies….etc, etc, etc.
The Hebrew word for the heart is lev. This word and variations of it appear at least 825 times in the Old Testament and 160 times in the New Testament. Our heart works nonstop for decades while the muscles of our legs or arms are exhausted after only a short time of exertion. Weighing less than a pound, our heart pumps over 1 & 1/2 million gallons of blood every year of our lives. How could Moses have understood, 35 centuries ago, that "the life of the flesh is in the blood" unless God revealed it to him by inspiration?
God's command concerning circumcision:
There are specific instructions regarding the process of circumcising every Hebrew male child at the age of 8 days as a sign of their obedience to the Covenant of God. Abraham was commanded specifically that, "He who is 8 days old among you shall be circumcised, every male child in your generations." – Genesis 17:12. Why would God command this on the 8th day rather than any other day? Read below!
Medical scientists have been examining the biological processes that lead to blood clotting. The rapid healing of a wound begins with clotting of the blood. Any wound that continues to bleed, especially in a primitive environment, will provide a "tremendous likelihood of infection". Recently they discovered that 2 specific factors in our blood are closely related to the ability of our blood to quickly and safely clot to facilitate healing and resistance to infection. These medical researchers have found that 2 different blood clotting factors, Vitamin K and prothrombin, are at the highest level of your life (110% of normal) on the 8th day of life! They also discovered that Vitamin K is formed in the blood of a baby between day 5 to 7 of the baby's life. So, of all the days of the baby's life, the 8th day of life is the optimum day for an operation because of the high level of Vitamin K and the prothrombin which will clot the blood and facilitate wound healing. Wow! How would Moses have known that the 8th day of life was the ideal time to circumcise the Israelite male children unless God inspired him to write this command?
