Footnote

a Hammurabi’s law had no such provisions; nor has a comparable hygienic code been discovered among the ancient Egyptians, although they practiced a relatively advanced form of medicine. Says the book Ancient Egypt: “Magical spells and formulae are freely interspersed [in Egyptian medicine texts] with rational prescriptions.” God’s Law, however, had no demonic overtones but was scientifically sound. Only in modern times, for example, have doctors seen the need to wash after touching corpses, something the Mosaic Law required millenniums ago!​—Numbers, chapter 19.