Question

A person with this condition is told to “wear torn clothes” and “let the hair of his head hang loose." During a famine, four people with this condition asked “Why should we sit here until we die?” After disapproving of Moses’s marriage to Zipporah, Miriam was given this condition. (15[2])In the Gospel of Luke, the Samaritan is the only one (-5[1])to thank Jesus after he (*) heals ten people with this condition. The Order of St. Lazarus was named for a saint whose “sores” in the Bible are sometimes equated with this disease. For 10 points, many figures in the Bible suffered from what skin condition? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: leprosy [or Hansen’s Disease; accept skin tzaraath; prompt on any description of skin infection or lesions or uncleanliness]
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TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
Snowball Fight 21/11/2025Y3100%67%33%66.67
2024 FARSI @ Columbia12/08/2024Y11100%64%18%64.55