The OT has precedent for quarantine: Levitical laws kept contagious people away from gatherings. James 5:14 assumes sick people DON'T come to church — elders go to THEM. There is no biblical command requiring church gatherings during plague conditions.
Biblical precedent for quarantine
OT clean/unclean laws included quarantine-like provisions for contagious skin diseases — sick people couldn't enter the temple. James 5:14: "Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders" — the sick person stays home; leaders come to them. No NT text commands gathering during epidemics.
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Exodus 15:20-21
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Numbers 12:1-15
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צָרַעַת (ṣāraʿat)
skin disease / ritual leprosy (Lev 13-14)
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Titus 2:3-5
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1 Timothy 3:1-4
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πρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)
elder, older man; church overseer/leader by seniority
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