Leviticus 14:1
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THIS SHALL BE THE LAW OF THE LEPER IN THE DAY OF HIS CLEANSING: HE SHALL BE BROUGHT UNTO THE PRIEST:_ Law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. A leper, though quite convalescent, was not allowed to return to society immediately and at his own will. The malignant character of his disease rende... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PRIEST SHALL GO FORTH OUT OF THE CAMP; AND THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK, AND, BEHOLD, IF THE PLAGUE OF LEPROSY BE HEALED IN THE LEPER;_ The priest shall go forth out of the camp. The person infected, having been separated from the worship of God and from communion with His people, could not be re... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SHALL THE PRIEST COMMAND TO TAKE FOR HIM THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED TWO BIRDS ALIVE AND CLEAN, AND CEDAR WOOD, AND SCARLET, AND HYSSOP:_ Then shall the priest command to take for him ... two birds alive and clean. This first step in the purifying course was toward a return to the camp and a re-un... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PRIEST SHALL COMMAND THAT ONE OF THE BIRDS BE KILLED IN AN EARTHEN VESSEL OVER RUNNING WATER:_ The priest shall command that one of the birds be killed. The act of slaughter was performed by the agency of an attendant, not by the hands of the priest himself, because it was without the camp... [ Continue Reading ]
_AS FOR THE LIVING BIRD, HE SHALL TAKE IT, AND THE CEDAR WOOD, AND THE SCARLET, AND THE HYSSOP, AND SHALL DIP THEM AND THE LIVING BIRD IN THE BLOOD OF THE BIRD THAT WAS KILLED OVER THE RUNNING WATER:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND SHAVE OFF ALL HIS HAIR, AND WASH HIMSELF IN WATER, THAT HE MAY BE CLEAN: AND AFTER THAT HE SHALL COME INTO THE CAMP, AND SHALL TARRY ABROAD OUT OF HIS TENT SEVEN DAYS._ He that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT IT SHALL BE ON THE SEVENTH DAY, THAT HE SHALL SHAVE ALL HIS HAIR OFF HIS HEAD AND HIS BEARD AND HIS EYEBROWS, EVEN ALL HIS HAIR HE SHALL SHAVE OFF: AND HE SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES, ALSO HE SHALL WASH HIS FLESH IN WATER, AND HE SHALL BE CLEAN._ On the seventh day ... he shall shave all his hair .... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY HE SHALL TAKE TWO HE LAMBS WITHOUT BLEMISH, AND ONE EWE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR WITHOUT BLEMISH, AND THREE TENTH DEALS OF FINE FLOUR FOR A MEAT OFFERING, MINGLED WITH OIL, AND ONE LOG OF OIL._ Two he-lambs ... and one ewe lamb. The second stage in the lustral course now commen... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF HE BE POOR, AND CANNOT GET SO MUCH; THEN HE SHALL TAKE ONE LAMB FOR A TRESPASS OFFERING TO BE WAVED, TO MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HIM, AND ONE TENTH DEAL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING, AND A LOG OF OIL;_ If he be poor - a kind and considerate provision for an extension of t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN YE BE COME INTO THE LAND OF CANAAN, WHICH I GIVE TO YOU FOR A POSSESSION, AND I PUT THE PLAGUE OF LEPROSY IN A HOUSE OF THE LAND OF YOUR POSSESSION;_ Leprosy in a house. This law was prospective, not being to come into operation until the settlement of the Israelites in Canaan. The words, "I... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF THE PRIEST SHALL COME IN, AND LOOK UPON IT, AND, BEHOLD, THE PLAGUE HATH NOT SPREAD IN THE HOUSE, AFTER THE HOUSE WAS PLAISTERED: THEN THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE THE HOUSE CLEAN, BECAUSE THE PLAGUE IS HEALED._ The priest shall pronounce the house clean. The precautions here described show t... [ Continue Reading ]