King James Version
Leviticus 13
59 verses with commentary
Laws About Skin Diseases
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
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<strong>And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediated between God and Israel, offering sacrifices and maintaining the tabe...
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XIII.
(1) **And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron.**—As laws of leprosy chiefly concerned the priests, who had to examine the symptoms and to decide whether they indicated the distemper or not, the Lord addressed the regulations to Aaron as well as to Moses. The leprosy discussed in this and the following chapters consists of three general classes: viz., (1) leprosy of man (Leviticus 13:2-46); (...
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**33. ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, &c.--**After all these preliminaries, they had still to undergo a week's probation in the court of the tabernacle before they obtained permission to enter into the interior of the sacred building. During the whole of that period the same sacrificial rites were observed as on the first day, and they were expressly admo...
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Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: rising: or, swelling
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<strong>When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַ...
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Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
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<strong>And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for pries...
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(3) **When the hair in the plague is turned white.**—Better, *and the hair in the plagued spot, &c. *The first symptom indicating the existence of the disorder is that the hair, which is generally jet-black among the Hebrews, turns white on the affected spot. The authorities during the second Temple defined it that there must at least be two hairs white, at the root and in the body of the bright s...
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Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
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<strong>If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often trans...
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(4) **If the bright spot be white.**—But if upon inspection there merely appeared a white spot in the skin, and the above named two symptoms were absent, the case was not to be decided.
**Then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague.**—The individual thus suspected was to be separated from the rest of the community for seven days, during which time it would be seen whether it actually de...
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Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
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<strong>And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'lepr...
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(5) **And the priest shall look on him.**—If at the end of a week there is no alteration in the symptoms, the case must be adjourned for another seven days. The same priest who inspected it at the first must examine it again, as another one could not tell whether it has spread or not. If the priest died in the interim, or was taken ill, another priest could examine the patient, but could not prono...
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Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
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<strong>And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin dise...
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(6) **And the priest shall look on him again.**—If**, **on further examination at the end of another week, the priest finds that the bright spot looks darker, and that it has not spread, he is to pronounce the patient clean, and set him at liberty, since it was simply an ordinary scurf; but though not leprous, the eruption indicated some impurity in his blood, and he had therefore to wash his garm...
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CHAPTER 9 Le 9:1-24. The Priests' Entry into Office.
**1-7. Moses called ... Take thee a young calf for a sin offering--**The directions in these sacred things were still given by Moses, the circumstances being extraordinary. But he was only the medium of communicating the divine will to the newly made priests. The first of their official acts was the sacrifice of another sin offering to atone fo...
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Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:
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<strong>But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>T...
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(7, 8) **But if the scab spread.**—As Leviticus 13:5 prescribes that the priest who examines the patient after seven days’ quarantine, and finds no spreading of the affected spot, is to give another seven days’ quarantine, the verses before us declare what the examining priest is to do when he notices that the spot has spread.
**For his cleansing.**—That is, for the purpose of being declared clean...
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CHAPTER 9 Le 9:1-24. The Priests' Entry into Office.
**1-7. Moses called ... Take thee a young calf for a sin offering--**The directions in these sacred things were still given by Moses, the circumstances being extraordinary. But he was only the medium of communicating the divine will to the newly made priests. The first of their official acts was the sacrifice of another sin offering to atone fo...
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Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
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<strong>And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The Aaronic priesth...
Read full commentary →Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
CHAPTER 9 Le 9:1-24. The Priests' Entry into Office.
**1-7. Moses called ... Take thee a young calf for a sin offering--**The directions in these sacred things were still given by Moses, the circumstances being extraordinary. But he was only the medium of communicating the divine will to the newly made priests. The first of their official acts was the sacrifice of another sin offering to atone fo...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
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<strong>When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediated between God and Israel, offering sa...
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(9) **When the plague of leprosy is in a man.**—The second case, discussed inverses 9-17, is of leprosy re-appearing after it has been cured, when a somewhat different treatment is enjoined. In its re-appearance, as in its first manifestation, the patient is forthwith to be brought to the priest.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
CHAPTER 9 Le 9:1-24. The Priests' Entry into Office.
**1-7. Moses called ... Take thee a young calf for a sin offering--**The directions in these sacred things were still given by Moses, the circumstances being extraordinary. But he was only the medium of communicating the divine will to the newly made priests. The first of their official acts was the sacrifice of another sin offering to atone fo...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; quick: Heb. the quickening of living flesh
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<strong>And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions...
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(10) **If the rising be white.**—If the distemper actually returns, one of two symptoms indicates it. A white rising will be noticed in the skin, which changes the black hair into white. The white hair only then indicates the disorder when it co-exists with the white rising or swelling which produced it. If the original white swelling, which discoloured the hair, disappears, and a fresh white swel...
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CHAPTER 9 Le 9:1-24. The Priests' Entry into Office.
**1-7. Moses called ... Take thee a young calf for a sin offering--**The directions in these sacred things were still given by Moses, the circumstances being extraordinary. But he was only the medium of communicating the divine will to the newly made priests. The first of their official acts was the sacrifice of another sin offering to atone fo...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.
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<strong>It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The Aaronic ...
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(11) **It is an old leprosy.**—Either of these symptoms showed that it was the re-appearance of the old distemper, and rendered quarantine needless. The priest is, therefore, to pronounce him unclean at once.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
CHAPTER 9 Le 9:1-24. The Priests' Entry into Office.
**1-7. Moses called ... Take thee a young calf for a sin offering--**The directions in these sacred things were still given by Moses, the circumstances being extraordinary. But he was only the medium of communicating the divine will to the newly made priests. The first of their official acts was the sacrifice of another sin offering to atone fo...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh ;
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<strong>And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering va...
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(12, 13) **And if a leprosy break out abroad.**—There were, however, two phases of this returned distemper which exempted the patient from uncleanness. If the leprosy suddenly covered the whole body so that the patient became perfectly white, in which case there could be no appearance of live flesh, then he was clean. This indicated the crisis, as the whole evil matter thus brought to the surface ...
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CHAPTER 9 Le 9:1-24. The Priests' Entry into Office.
**1-7. Moses called ... Take thee a young calf for a sin offering--**The directions in these sacred things were still given by Moses, the circumstances being extraordinary. But he was only the medium of communicating the divine will to the newly made priests. The first of their official acts was the sacrifice of another sin offering to atone fo...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
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<strong>Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering ...
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**8. Aaron ... went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering--**Whether it had been enjoined the first time, or was unavoidable from the divisions of the priestly labor not being as yet completely arranged, Aaron, assisted by his sons, appears to have slain the victims with his own hands, as well as gone through all the prescribed ritual at the altar.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
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<strong>But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to distinguish between clean and unclean, holy and common,...
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(14) **But when raw flesh appeareth.**—Rather, *but in the day when sound flesh appeareth again, *that is, whenever patches of natural flesh appear intermingled with the white scurf, he forthwith becomes unclean, since this showed that the disease had not exhausted itself. Because it is here said, “But in the day when sound flesh,” &c, and not simply “but when sound flesh,” &c., the administrators...
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Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
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<strong>And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediat...
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(15) **And the priest shall see the raw flesh.**—Rather, *the sound flesh. *It will be seen that it is the sound flesh only, and not the white hair, which renders the patient unclean.
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Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
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<strong>Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediated between God and Israel, off...
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(16, 17) **Or if the raw flesh turn again.**—Rather, *yet if the sound flesh changeth again and becometh, *&c. As soon, however, as the patches of sound flesh resume the white colour, so that the whole body is again white, without exhibiting any spots, the patient is to betake himself to the priest, who, after assuring himself of the fact, will pronounce him clean.
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Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.
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<strong>And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<...
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Chapter 13
Chapter Outline
Directions to the priest to judge concerning leprosy.(1-17)
Further directions.(18-44)
How the leper must be disposed of.(45-46)
The leprosy in garments.(47-59)
**Verses 1-17**
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during a...
Read full commentary →The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
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<strong>The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br><br>What Leviticus portrayed through types and shadows, Christ fulfill...
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(18) **The flesh also, in which.**—Rather, *and if there is in the skin of the flesh a boil. *The third case, discussed in Leviticus 13:18-28, is of leprosy developing itself from a healed boil, or from an inflammation which has apparently been healed. According to those who administered the law in the time of Christ, the boil and inflammation here meant are such as arise from a stroke by a piece ...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;
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<strong>And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The Aaronic prie...
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(19) **And in the place of the boil.**—If the cicatriced sore breaks out again, and exhibits the usual symptoms of leprosy, the patient is to show himself to the priest.
**White, and somewhat reddish.**—Better, *of a white-reddish colour. *This symptom is peculiar to re-opened cicatriced sores, and hence has not been mentioned before. The authorities in the time of Christ describe the mixture of r...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
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<strong>And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often tran...
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(20) **Behold, it be in sight lower than the skin.**—Better, *Behold, its appearance is lower than the other skin. *If upon examination the priest finds that the spot has assumed a deeper appearance than the rest of the skin, and the hair turned white—which were the two critical symptoms—he forthwith declared it leprosy.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
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<strong>But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but cov...
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(21) **But if the priest.**—In the absence, however, of these two symptoms, the patient is to be put in quarantine for one week only.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
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<strong>And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediated between God an...
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(22) **And if it spread much abroad.**—If, on inspecting it again at the end of the seven days’ seclusion, the priest finds that the spot has spread, it was evident that the blood was vitiated, and that the distemper began to develop in the body.
**It is a plague.**—That is, of leprosy. The word “leprosy,” which has here dropped out of the text, is still preserved in some of the ancient versions.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**17-21. meat offering ... wave offering--**It is observable that there is no notice taken of these in the offerings the priests made for themselves. They could not bear their own sins: and therefore, instead of eating any part of their own sin offering, as they were at liberty to do in the case of the people's offering, they had to carry the whole carcasses "without the camp and burn them with fi...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
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<strong>But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood medi...
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(23) **But if the bright spot stay.**—As the spreading of the spot is a sure sign of the disease lurking in the system, its continuing in the same condition showed that it was simply the re-opening of the boil. The priest is therefore to pronounce the patient clean, or clear of leprosy.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**17-21. meat offering ... wave offering--**It is observable that there is no notice taken of these in the offerings the priests made for themselves. They could not bear their own sins: and therefore, instead of eating any part of their own sin offering, as they were at liberty to do in the case of the people's offering, they had to carry the whole carcasses "without the camp and burn them with fi...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white; a hot: Heb. a burning of fire
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<strong>Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions....
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(24) **Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is.**—Rather, *or if there is in the skin of the flesh. *As a burn or inflammation arising from contact with pitch or hot water was adduced in Leviticus 13:18, the verse before us specifies a sore, pustule, or blister occasioned by “a burning of fire,” as the Margin of the Authorised Version rightly has it, and not *a hot burning, *as it i...
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**17-21. meat offering ... wave offering--**It is observable that there is no notice taken of these in the offerings the priests made for themselves. They could not bear their own sins: and therefore, instead of eating any part of their own sin offering, as they were at liberty to do in the case of the people's offering, they had to carry the whole carcasses "without the camp and burn them with fi...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
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<strong>Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to...
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(25) **Then the priest shall look.**—If upon examination the priest finds that the hair which was before black has now turned white.
**And it be in sight deeper than the skin.**—Better, *and its appearance is deeper than the other skin. *(See Leviticus 13:3; Leviticus 13:20.)
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**17-21. meat offering ... wave offering--**It is observable that there is no notice taken of these in the offerings the priests made for themselves. They could not bear their own sins: and therefore, instead of eating any part of their own sin offering, as they were at liberty to do in the case of the people's offering, they had to carry the whole carcasses "without the camp and burn them with fi...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
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<strong>But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'lepr...
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(26) **But if the priest look on it.**—**If **these symptoms are absent, the same directions are to be followed as laid down in Leviticus 13:21, in the case of a boil or an inflammation.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**17-21. meat offering ... wave offering--**It is observable that there is no notice taken of these in the offerings the priests made for themselves. They could not bear their own sins: and therefore, instead of eating any part of their own sin offering, as they were at liberty to do in the case of the people's offering, they had to carry the whole carcasses "without the camp and burn them with fi...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
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<strong>And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering vario...
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(27, 28) **And the priest shall look.**—The directions here given as to what the priest is to do at the end of the week’s quarantine are the same as those given in Leviticus 13:23-24. It will be seen that there is a difference in the treatment of the suspicious symptoms in case No. 1, and in the case before us, No. 3. In the former instance, where there is no apparent cause for the symptoms, the s...
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**22. Aaron lifted up his hand ... and blessed them--**The pronouncing of a benediction on the people assembled in the court was a necessary part of the high priest's duty, and the formula in which it was to be given is described (Nu 6:23-27).
**came down from offering--**The altar was elevated above the level of the floor, and the ascent was by a gentle slope (Ex 20:26).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
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<strong>And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often ...
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**23. Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle--**Moses, according to the divine instructions he had received, accompanied Aaron and his sons to initiate them into their sacred duties. Their previous occupations had detained them at the altar, and they now entered in company into the sacred edifice to bear the blood of the offerings within the sanctuary.
**the glory of the Lord appeared unto all...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →Laws About Infections on the Head
If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
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<strong>If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br><br>Hebrews 9-10 explains how Christ's once-for-all sacrifice supersedes the repeated Lev...
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(29) **If a man or woman.**—The fourth case, discussed in Leviticus 13:29-37, is leprosy on the head or chin. Cases where this distemper attacks first the hairy parts are not uncommon.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**24. there came a fire out from ... the Lord--**A flame emanating from that resplendent light that filled the holy place flashed upon the brazen altar and kindled the sacrifices. This miraculous fire--for the descent of which the people had probably been prepared, and which the priests were enjoined never to let go out (Le 6:13)--was a sign, not only of the acceptance of the offerings and of the ...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
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<strong>Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָ...
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(30) **Behold, if it be in sight deeper.**—Better, *Behold, if its appearance is deeper. *The first symptom of its existence is the same as usual—the depression of the affected spot.
**And there be in it a yellow thin hair.**—Whilst the symptom of leprosy in other parts of the body consisted of the hair turning white on the affected spot, in the case of this distemper breaking out on the head or c...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:
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<strong>And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tz...
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(31) **It be not in sight deeper than the skin.**—Better, *its appearance is not deeper than the other skin. *If the first symptom which manifests itself in the depression of the affected spot is absent.
**And that there is no black hair in it.—**Better, *but there is no black hair in it; *that is, the healthy black colour of the hair is absent, which is a suspicious sign. The phrase, “there is no...
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CHAPTER 10 Le 10:1-20. Nadab and Abihu Burnt.
**1. the sons of Aaron, &c.--**If this incident occurred at the solemn period of the consecrating and dedicating the altar, these young men assumed an office which had been committed to Moses; or if it were some time after, it was an encroachment on duties which devolved on their father alone as the high priest. But the offense was of a far more a...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
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<strong>And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but ...
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(32) **The scall be not in sight deeper than the skin.**—Better, *the appearance of the scall is not deeper than the other skin. *If at the expiration of the seven days’ quarantine, the priest, on examining the spot which had a resemblance to leprosy, finds that it has not developed those signs which this distemper always discloses within this time.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**2. there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them--**rather, "killed them"; for it appears (Le 10:5) that neither their bodies nor their robes were consumed. The expression, "from the Lord," indicates that this fire issued from the most holy place. In the destruction of these two young priests by the infliction of an awful judgment, the wisdom of God observed the same course, in repressing...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:
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<strong>He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood me...
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(33) **He shall be shaven.**—The priest, for the sake of making sure, and to be able to examine the patient more thoroughly, is to have his head and beard shaved. This operation was performed by professional barbers, who were always on the spot.
**But the scall shall he not shave.**—The place, however, where the scall appeared was not to be shaved, so that the priest might be able to see the colou...
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**3. Moses said ... This is it that the Lord spoke ... I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me--**"They that come nigh me," points, in this passage, directly to the priests; and they had received repeated and solemn warnings as to the cautious and reverent manner of their approach into the divine presence (Ex 19:22; 29:44; Le 8:35).
**Aaron held his peace--**The loss of two sons in so sud...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
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<strong>And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin disease...
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(34) **And in the seventh day.**—If at the expiration of the second week of quarantine the priest sees that none of the symptoms which generally indicate this distemper have appeared, he is to pronounce him clean, upon which, after performing the necessary ablutions, he is restored to the privileges of the sanctuary. (See Leviticus 13:6.)
**Be in sight deeper than the skin.**—Better, *is in appear...
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**4-5. Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan--**The removal of the two corpses for burial without the camp would spread the painful intelligence throughout all the congregation; and the remembrance of so appalling a judgment could not fail to strike a salutary fear into the hearts both of priests and people. The interment of the priestly vestments along with Nadab and Abihu, was a sign of their being ...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
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<strong>But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to distinguish between clean and unclean, holy and com...
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(35, 36) **But if the scall spread.**—If, after the scall had remained stationary for a fortnight, and the patient had been pronounced clean, he is brought again because the scall had spread after the lapse of the two quarantines, he is to be forthwith pronounced unclean, whether it was accompanied by yellow hair or not.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**4-5. Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan--**The removal of the two corpses for burial without the camp would spread the painful intelligence throughout all the congregation; and the remembrance of so appalling a judgment could not fail to strike a salutary fear into the hearts both of priests and people. The interment of the priestly vestments along with Nadab and Abihu, was a sign of their being ...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
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<strong>Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The Aar...
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**6. Uncover not your heads--**They who were ordered to carry out the two bodies, being engaged in their sacred duties, were forbidden to remove their turbans, in conformity with the usual customs of mourning; and the prohibition "neither rend your garments," was, in all probability, confined also to their official costume. For at other times the priests wore the ordinary dress of their countrymen...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
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<strong>But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various c...
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(37) **But if the scall be in his sight at a stay.**—Better, *But if the appearance of the scall hath remained the same.*
**And that there is black hair grown up therein.**—Better, *And if black hair hath, *&c. If, in addition to its not spreading, the healthy colour of the hair has returned, it shows that the patient is cured of the leprosy, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. (See Leviticu...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
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<strong>If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br><br>The holiness demanded in Leviticus becomes possib...
Read full commentary →Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(38) **If a man also or a woman.**—The fifth case, discussed in Leviticus 13:38-39, is the harmless leprosy, which does not render the patient unclean.
**Bright spots, even white bright spots.**—These white spots, which are of unequal size, and a little higher than the skin, generally appeared on the neck and face, and did not change the colour of the hair.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**8-11. Do not drink wine nor strong drink--**This prohibition, and the accompanying admonitions, following immediately the occurrence of so fatal a catastrophe [Le 10:1, 2], has given rise to an opinion entertained by many, that the two disobedient priests were under the influence of intoxication when they committed the offense which was expiated only by their lives. But such an idea, though the ...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.
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<strong>Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various c...
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(39) **Then the priest shall look.**—If the priest, upon examination, finds that these elevated spots are of a dull or palish white colour, then he is to pronounce the patient clean, that is, free of leprosy, since it is simply a white eruption or tetter, which lasts for a few months, causes no inconvenience, and by degrees disappears of itself. Hence it is called *bahack, *or “white scurf,” and n...
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**8-11. Do not drink wine nor strong drink--**This prohibition, and the accompanying admonitions, following immediately the occurrence of so fatal a catastrophe [Le 10:1, 2], has given rise to an opinion entertained by many, that the two disobedient priests were under the influence of intoxication when they committed the offense which was expiated only by their lives. But such an idea, though the ...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. hair: Heb. head is pilled
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<strong>And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israel to distinguish between clean and unclean...
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(40) **And the man whose hair is fallen off**—Better, *And if a man loseth the hair of his head. *The sixth and last case, discussed in Leviticus 13:40-44, is leprosy either at the back or in the front of the head. Though baldness in itself was regarded as a disgrace, and often looked upon as a Divine punishment (2Kings 2:23; Isaiah 3:17; Jeremiah 48:37), yet the simple fact of the mere falling of...
Read full commentary →Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**8-11. Do not drink wine nor strong drink--**This prohibition, and the accompanying admonitions, following immediately the occurrence of so fatal a catastrophe [Le 10:1, 2], has given rise to an opinion entertained by many, that the two disobedient priests were under the influence of intoxication when they committed the offense which was expiated only by their lives. But such an idea, though the ...
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**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
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<strong>And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>Ritual purity laws taught Israe...
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(41) **And he that hath his hair fallen off**—Rather, *And if he loseth the hair of his head.*
**He is forehead bald.**—This, which according to the administrators of the law, was from the crown of the head descending to his face, and constituted the man a *gibbèach, *was also not a sign of leprosy.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**8-11. Do not drink wine nor strong drink--**This prohibition, and the accompanying admonitions, following immediately the occurrence of so fatal a catastrophe [Le 10:1, 2], has given rise to an opinion entertained by many, that the two disobedient priests were under the influence of intoxication when they committed the offense which was expiated only by their lives. But such an idea, though the ...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
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<strong>And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br><br>Hebre...
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(42) **And if there be in the bald head.**—Better, *But if there be in the bald backhead. *But if a reddish-white eruption appears either in the hinder or fore part of the bald head, resembling that which arises in the place of healed boils (see Leviticus 13:19-24), then it indicates the existence of leprosy.
**In his bald head.**—Better, *in his bald backhead.*
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**12-15. Moses spake unto Aaron, &c.--**This was a timely and considerate rehearsal of the laws that regulated the conduct of the priests. Amid the distractions of their family bereavement, Aaron and his surviving sons might have forgotten or overlooked some of their duties.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
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<strong>Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but...
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(43) **Then the priest shall look.**—It is then the duty of the priest to ascertain whether the white-reddish rising in the bald backhead or bald forehead is in appearance like the leprosy in the skin of the flesh described in Leviticus 13:2, excepting, of course, the white hair, which in this case could not exist.
**As the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh.**—Better, *in appearance like ...
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**12-15. Moses spake unto Aaron, &c.--**This was a timely and considerate rehearsal of the laws that regulated the conduct of the priests. Amid the distractions of their family bereavement, Aaron and his surviving sons might have forgotten or overlooked some of their duties.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
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<strong>He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediated betwee...
Read full commentary →Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**12-15. Moses spake unto Aaron, &c.--**This was a timely and considerate rehearsal of the laws that regulated the conduct of the priests. Amid the distractions of their family bereavement, Aaron and his surviving sons might have forgotten or overlooked some of their duties.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 18-44**
The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean...
Read full commentary →And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
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<strong>And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various cond...
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(45) **His clothes shall be rent.**—As leprosy was regarded as a visitation from God for sin committed by the person thus afflicted, the patient is to rend his garments like one mourning for the dead. (See Leviticus 21:10.) During the second Temple the administrators of the law exempted leprous women from rending their clothes, which was evidently owing to a feeling of decorum.
**And his head bare...
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**12-15. Moses spake unto Aaron, &c.--**This was a timely and considerate rehearsal of the laws that regulated the conduct of the priests. Amid the distractions of their family bereavement, Aaron and his surviving sons might have forgotten or overlooked some of their duties.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 45-46**
When the priest had pronounced the leper unclean, it put a stop to his business in the world, cut him off from his friends and relations, and ruined all the comfort he could have in the world. He must humble himself under the mighty hand of God, not insisting upon his cleanness, when the priest had pronounced him unclean, but accepting the punishment. Thus must we take to ours...
Read full commentary →All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.
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<strong>All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>R...
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(46) **He shall dwell alone.**—In consequence of his extreme defilement, the leper had to live in seclusion outside the camp or city (Numbers 5:1-4; Numbers 13:10-15; 2Kings 7:3, &c.). According to the legislation during the second Temple, if he stood under a tree and a clean person happened to pass by, he defiled the passer by. In the synagogue which he wished to attend they were obliged to make ...
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**16-20. Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt--**In a sacrifice presented, as that had been, on behalf of the people, it was the duty of the priests, as typically representing them and bearing their sins, to have eaten the flesh after the blood had been sprinkled upon the altar. Instead of using it, however, for a sacred feast, they had burnt it without t...
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**Verses 45-46**
When the priest had pronounced the leper unclean, it put a stop to his business in the world, cut him off from his friends and relations, and ruined all the comfort he could have in the world. He must humble himself under the mighty hand of God, not insisting upon his cleanness, when the priest had pronounced him unclean, but accepting the punishment. Thus must we take to ours...
Read full commentary →Laws About Mildew in Clothing
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
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<strong>The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br><br>Every sacrifice and ritual in Leviticus p...
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(47) **The garment also that.**—Better, *And if a garment hath. *The fact that the same phrase, “plague of leprosy,” is used both in the case of garments and of human beings, and that the symptoms and working of leprous garments and those of leprous men are identical, shows beyond doubt that the same distemper is meant. The theory, therefore, that “plague of leprosy” is here used figuratively of g...
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**16-20. Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt--**In a sacrifice presented, as that had been, on behalf of the people, it was the duty of the priests, as typically representing them and bearing their sins, to have eaten the flesh after the blood had been sprinkled upon the altar. Instead of using it, however, for a sacred feast, they had burnt it without t...
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**Verses 47-59**
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain...
Read full commentary →Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin; thing: Heb. work of
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<strong>Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br><br>The New Testament reveals that Chri...
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**16-20. Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt--**In a sacrifice presented, as that had been, on behalf of the people, it was the duty of the priests, as typically representing them and bearing their sins, to have eaten the flesh after the blood had been sprinkled upon the altar. Instead of using it, however, for a sacred feast, they had burnt it without t...
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**Verses 47-59**
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain...
Read full commentary →And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest: thing: Heb. vessel, or, instrument
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<strong>And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated '...
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(49) **And if the plague be greenish.**—**If one of**
these symptoms manifests itself in a woollen or linen garment, or in a leathern vessel, it must forthwith be shown to the priest. The Jewish canons define the colour of the green symptom to be like that of herbs, and that of the red to be like fair crimson.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**16-20. Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt--**In a sacrifice presented, as that had been, on behalf of the people, it was the duty of the priests, as typically representing them and bearing their sins, to have eaten the flesh after the blood had been sprinkled upon the altar. Instead of using it, however, for a sacred feast, they had burnt it without t...
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**Verses 47-59**
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:
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<strong>And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediated between God and Israel, of...
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(50) **And the priest shall look.**—If upon examination the priest finds that the garment or vessel in question exhibits one of these symptoms, he must put it in quarantine for a week, as in the case of a human being. (See Leviticus 13:4.)
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**16-20. Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt--**In a sacrifice presented, as that had been, on behalf of the people, it was the duty of the priests, as typically representing them and bearing their sins, to have eaten the flesh after the blood had been sprinkled upon the altar. Instead of using it, however, for a sacred feast, they had burnt it without t...
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**Verses 47-59**
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain...
Read full commentary →And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.
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<strong>And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת...
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(51) **And he shall look on the plague.**—If at the end of the week, when the priest examines it again, he finds that the distemper has spread, it undoubtedly indicates malignant leprosy. Here, again, the symptom of spreading is the same in the garment as in the human being. (See Leviticus 13:5-6; Leviticus 13:8, &c.) The leprous garment, like a human leper, makes everything and everybody unclean ...
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**Verses 47-59**
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain...
Read full commentary →He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
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<strong>He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy'...
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(52) **He shall therefore burn.**—As this distemper could never be eradicated from stuffs, the garments which have once become possessed of leprosy had to be burnt.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
CHAPTER 11 Le 11:1-47. Beasts That May and May Not Be Eaten.
**1-2. the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron--**These laws, being addressed to both the civil and ecclesiastical rulers in Israel, may serve to indicate the twofold view that is to be taken of them. Undoubtedly the first and strongest reason for instituting a distinction among meats was to discourage the Israelites from spreading into ...
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**Verses 47-59**
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain...
Read full commentary →And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;
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<strong>And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The ...
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(53, 54) **And if the priest shall look.**—If, however, after a week’s quarantine, the priest on examination finds that the disease has not spread, he must order the affected garments to be washed, and shut them up for another week, when it will be seen whether the colour has changed, and the distemper has disappeared or not.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
CHAPTER 11 Le 11:1-47. Beasts That May and May Not Be Eaten.
**1-2. the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron--**These laws, being addressed to both the civil and ecclesiastical rulers in Israel, may serve to indicate the twofold view that is to be taken of them. Undoubtedly the first and strongest reason for instituting a distinction among meats was to discourage the Israelites from spreading into ...
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**Verses 47-59**
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain...
Read full commentary →Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
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<strong>Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but covering various conditions.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediate...
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**3-7. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud--**Ruminating animals by the peculiar structure of their stomachs digest their food more fully than others. It is found that in the act of chewing the cud, a large portion of the poisonous properties of noxious plants eaten by them, passes off by the salivary glands. This power of secreting the poisonous effects of veget...
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**Verses 47-59**
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without. whether: Heb. whether it be bald in the head thereof, or in the forehead thereof
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<strong>And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to dia...
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(55) **And the plague be not spread.**—Better, *though the plague hath not spread. *If after the washing of the affected spot the priest finds that its appearance has not changed, it must nevertheless be burnt, since the retention of the suspicious colour indicates that it is leprosy.
**It is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.**—Better, *it is a corroding in the fore baldness there...
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**3-7. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud--**Ruminating animals by the peculiar structure of their stomachs digest their food more fully than others. It is found that in the act of chewing the cud, a large portion of the poisonous properties of noxious plants eaten by them, passes off by the salivary glands. This power of secreting the poisonous effects of veget...
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**Verses 47-59**
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain...
Read full commentary →And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
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<strong>And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'lepros...
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(56) **Behold, the plague be somewhat dark.**—But if after the washing the priest finds that the suspicious colour has changed from green or red into a darkish colour, and the spot has contracted, he is to cut out the affected spot and burn it, and declare the garment itself clean. (See Leviticus 13:6.)
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**3-7. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud--**Ruminating animals by the peculiar structure of their stomachs digest their food more fully than others. It is found that in the act of chewing the cud, a large portion of the poisonous properties of noxious plants eaten by them, passes off by the salivary glands. This power of secreting the poisonous effects of veget...
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**Verses 47-59**
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain...
Read full commentary →And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.
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<strong>And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but cover...
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(57) **And if it appear still.**—If, after the affected piece has been cut out and burnt, the distemper appears again in another part of the garment or skin, it indicates beyond doubt that it is spreading leprosy; the garment must therefore be entirely destroyed, as in stuffs this disorder is incurable.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**3-7. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud--**Ruminating animals by the peculiar structure of their stomachs digest their food more fully than others. It is found that in the act of chewing the cud, a large portion of the poisonous properties of noxious plants eaten by them, passes off by the salivary glands. This power of secreting the poisonous effects of veget...
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**Verses 47-59**
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain...
Read full commentary →And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.
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<strong>And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'lep...
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(58) **And the garment . . . —**According to Leviticus 13:54; Leviticus 13:56, the suspicious symptoms often disappeared after the stuffs had been washed and put in quarantine for a week, thus showing that it was not real leprosy. But though non-leprous, the garments had to be washed a second time before they could be pronounced fit for use.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**3-7. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud--**Ruminating animals by the peculiar structure of their stomachs digest their food more fully than others. It is found that in the act of chewing the cud, a large portion of the poisonous properties of noxious plants eaten by them, passes off by the salivary glands. This power of secreting the poisonous effects of veget...
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**Verses 47-59**
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain...
Read full commentary →This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
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<strong>This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Diagnosing Skin Diseases</strong>. Detailed procedures for priests to diagnose skin diseases (צָרַעַת, tzaraat), often translated 'leprosy' but coverin...
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(59) **This is the law of the plague of leprosy.**—That is, the above-mentioned regulations are to guide the priests in their decisions whether a garment or leathern utensil is leprous or not, and in their declaration of its being clean or defiling.
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**Verses 47-59**
The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain...
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