Loose, both for the benefit of the leper, and that others may beware of him. (Menochius) --- Bare, letting the hair grow, (chap. xxi. 5, 10,) in testimony of mourning. The leper behaved like one in mourning, tearing his garments, neglecting his hair and beard, or cutting them, and, through shame, covering his face, Ezechiel xxiv. 22. The Persians would not allow any lepers to enter their cities. (Herod., ii. 138.) (Calmet)
Verse 45. _HIS CLOTHES SHALL BE RENT, C._] The leprous person is required to be as one that mourned for the dead, or for some great and public calamity. He was to have his clothes rent in token of ex...
The leper was to carry about with him the usual signs of mourning for the dead. Compare Leviticus 10:6 and margin reference. The leper was a living parable in the world of the sin of which death was t...
3. LEPROSY: TYPE OF INDWELLING SIN CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Leprosy in a person (Leviticus 13:1)_ 2. The infected garment. (Leviticus 13:47) 3. The cleansing of the garment (Leviticus 13:58
GENERAL PROCEDURE. Certain classes of signs arouse suspicion. The priest is to inspect. If he sees them to be distinctly leprous, the patient is to be so treated; otherwise he is to be secluded for on...
RENT. See note on Leviticus 10:6. COVERING. muffler. 'UNCLEAN, UNCLEAN. ' Figure of speech _Epizeuxis,_ App-6, to emphasize the _condition._ Leprosy is the great type of sin: and teaches that the si...
_his clothes shall be rent_ not the usual Heb. word, but one used only here and in Leviticus 10:6; Leviticus 21:10; Jewish tradition exempted women from rending their clothes. The actions of the leper...
_Rules for treatment of leprous persons_(45, 46)...
THE LEPER IN WHOM THE PLAGUE IS, HIS CLOTHES, &C.— When the priest discovered the symptoms of leprosy in a man, and declared him unclean, he was not only to be separated from the people, but in all re...
_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._ The leper in whom the plague is,...
These are the signs of mourning for the dead (cp. Leviticus 10:6; Leviticus 21:10; Ezekiel 24:17; Micah 3:7), leprosy being regarded as a living death a
UNCLEANNESS CONNECTED WITH LEPROSY It is tolerably certain that the leprosy of the OT. is not the leprosy of the Middle Ages, which is still to be found in the East. The latter is a terrible and loath...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
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 L...
וְ הַ צָּר֜וּעַ אֲשֶׁר ־בֹּ֣ו הַ נֶּ֗גַע
THE UNCLEANNESS OF LEPROSY Leviticus 13:1 THE interpretation of this chapter presents no little difficulty. The description of the diseases with which the law here deals is not given in a scientific...
Here we have a section (Chapter s 13, 14) wholly devoted to the subject of leprosy. The disease was dealt with as one which is loathsome, whose tendency is to spread, and which is contagious. The whol...
And the leper in whom the plague [is], his clothes shall be (m) rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper (n) lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. (m) In sign of sorrow and...
So infinitely important is the doctrine of being convinced of a leprous state, and of the impossibility of being cleansed by anything short of divine power; that the HOLY GHOST prosecutes in these ver...
The book of Leviticus has its own character quite as manifestly as Genesis or Exodus. Its peculiar feature is that from its very starting-point it is the revelation of what God saw in Jesus Christ our...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. Leprosy requires a little more detail. It was found in persons, in garments, in houses. Leprosy was sin acting in the flesh. The spiritual man-the...
AND THE LEPER IN WHOM THE PLAGUE [IS],.... Meaning not he only that has the plague of leprosy in his head, but every sort of leper before mentioned in this chapter: HIS CLOTHES SHALL BE RENT; not tha...
_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._ Ver. 45. _His clothes shall be...
_His clothes shall be rent_ Whatever Israelite was found and declared by the priest to be a leper, was to be in the condition of a mourner, and in all respects to behave as such, that he might sensibl...
1 The Lawes and tokens whereby the Priest is to be guided in discerning the Leprosie. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 When a man shall haue in the skinne of his flesh, a [NOTE:...
And the leper in whom the plague is, every person that has been pronounced a leper by the priest, HIS CLOTHES SHALL BE RENT, as a mark of great mourning and affliction, AND HIS HEAD BARE, uncovered an...
Ordinances Concerning Leprosy....
LAWS CONCERNING LEPROSY (VV. 1-44) The seriousness of the plague of leprosy is emphasized by the fact that two long Chapter s are devoted to this subject. The physical illness, however, is significant...
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....
HIS CLOTHES SHALL BE RENT, to wit, in the upper and former parts, which were most visible. This was done, partly, as a token of sorrow, EZRA 9:3,5 JOB 2:12, because though this was not a sin, yet it w...
Of all the functions which, according to the Mosaic ritual, the priest had to discharge, none demanded more patient attention, or more strict adherence to the divine guide-book, than the discernment a...
Leviticus 13:45 leper H6879 (H8803) sore H5061 clothes H899 torn H6533 (H8803) head H7218 bare H6544 ...
THE SAD CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PERMANENTLY UNCLEAN (LEVITICUS 13:45). Leviticus 13:45 “And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he s...
CONTENTS: Laws concerning those afflicted with leprosy. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: Man is beset with troops of diseases on every side and all entered by sin. If not afflicted with an...
Leviticus 13:2. _Aaron or one of his sons_ were obliged to inspect every case of leprosy, the priests being best acquainted with the nature and progress of the complaint, and most concerned to keep th...
_The plague of leprosy._ THE CLEANSING OF THE LEPER I. The loathsome and ghastly spectacle of a leper. 1. A leper was extremely loathsome in his person. But let me remind you that this, fearful as...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 13:1 LEPROUS DISEASE (v. Leviticus 13:2 and throughout ch....
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 13:45 The person with a skin disease is to tear his clothes, go bareheaded, and have his beard and mouth covered—all signs of mourning (compare Ezekiel 24:17,...
Leprosy: its Discobery and Treatment SUGGESTIVE READINGS Gathering into view the circumstantial and concise description of the malady here given; the directions concerning leprosy may be thus analys...
EXPOSITION UNCLEANNESS DERIVED FROM LEPROSY OR CONTACT WITH LEPERS AND LEPROUS THINGS (Leviticus 13:1, Leviticu
As we get into chapter thirteen, God is dealing with the subject of leprosy, and the priests were given instructions on how to diagnose leprosy, a breaking out on a person's body. The examination of i...
2 Samuel 13:19; Ezekiel 24:17; Ezekiel 24:22; Genesis 37:29; I
His clothes shall be rent — In the upper and fore parts, which were most visible. This was done partly as a token of sorrow, because though this was not a sin, yet it was an effect of sin, and a sore...