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We see an apparently naked, white-skinned, bearded man immersed to the waist in water and a second, darker-skinned, man pouring water over his head. Two brown strips of land running parallel to the blue water accent the narrowness of the Jordan River, pictured here with flowers in the foreground. The three blue mountains hint at the land of Aram.<\/p>\n<p>The white-skinned individual is Naaman, a captain in the army of Aram, who was a leper. Hearing from a captive Israelite slave girl that a great Israelite prophet named Elisha could heal him, Naaman traveled to Elisha\u2019s home bearing gifts. The prophet did not come out to meet him but sent a messenger with instructions: \u201cGo and bathe seven times in the Jordan and your flesh shall be restored and you shall be clean\u201d (2 Kings 5:10). Naaman at first refused, declaring that there were even larger and better rivers in Aram, but he finally agreed and immersed himself in the Jordan, whereupon he was healed. Interestingly, the artist\u2019s image of this scene is similar to a Piero della Francesca Renaissance rendition of a baptism.<\/p>\n<p>Gratefully, Naaman said to Elisha: \u201cNow I know that there is no God in the whole world except in Israel! So please accept a gift from your servant\u201d (2 Kings 5:15). Elisha refused the gift and they parted ways. However, as Naaman was leaving, Elisha\u2019s servant Gehazi ran after him, saying that he was sent to ask for the gifts for two youths that had just arrived from the hill country of Ephraim, and Naaman gave him the gifts that the prophet had refused. When Elisha discovered Gehazi\u2019s perfidy he declared: \u201cSurely, the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever and as [Gehazi] left his presence, he was snow white with leprosy\u201d (2 Kings 5:27).<\/p>\n<p>This story of Naaman does not deal with the many different diseases mentioned in <em>Tazria\u2019 <\/em>and Elisha\u2019s role is not like that of the priests, but it does illustrate the essence of uncleanness and impurity. Naaman was a leper and, despite the fact that he was an enemy, Elisha cured him. Naaman then experienced the greatness of the God of Israel and of His prophet, who was able to accomplish what the priests of Aram could not. Elisha did not diagnose Naaman\u2019s disease or see to it that he was isolated to keep the Israelite camp clean and holy. 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