Leviticus 13:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, Ver. 1. _And the Lord spake._] _See Trapp on "_ Lev 7:22 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, Ver. 1. _And the Lord spake._] _See Trapp on "_ Lev 7:22 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
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: Ver. 2. _Like the plague of leprosy._] Leprosy is both an effect and... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 3. _The plague in the s... [ Continue Reading ]
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: Ver. 4. _Shall shut up him._] For further trial of truth, that daughter of time. We may... [ Continue Reading ]
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: Ver. 5. _Spread not in the skin._] So if men mend by admonition, and take up in time; if they refuse... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 6. _It is but a scab._] Such as may be "the s... [ Continue Reading ]
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: Ver. 7. _But if the scab spread._] So if sin be gaining and growing still upon the sinner, even after admonition, or is scattered and spread to the inf... [ Continue Reading ]
And [if] the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it [is] a leprosy. Ver. 8. _The scab spreadeth._] This signifieth that there was yet more corruption within the body, and the inward parts were not sound. Think the same of the reign o... [ Continue Reading ]
When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; Ver. 9. _He shall be brought unto the priest._] Who was to discern it by the law of leprosy: so must we find out our sins by the moral law. Romans 3:20 _; _ Rom 7:7 "The works of the flesh are manifest." Gal 5:19 Neit... [ Continue Reading ]
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; Ver. 10. _And there be quick raw flesh._] It is one of the most remarkable things in all this law, saith a learned divine, that quick... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 11. _It is an old leprosy._] So habituated sinners, that are crooked and aged with good opinions of themselves, these are seldom or never set straight ag... [ Continue Reading ]
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; Ver. 12. _And if a leprosy._] So called, because so counted at first: but it proves no more than a kind of scurf or scab.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 13. _He shall pronounce him clean,_] _i.e., _ Not infectiously or incurably unclean.... [ Continue Reading ]
But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. Ver. 14. _But when raw flesh._] Because it showed that there were still corrupt and poisoned humours in the body, not easy to be expelled till death.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: [for] the raw flesh [is] unclean: it [is] a leprosy. Ver. 15. _It is a leprosy._] Properly so called; a fretting soreness or scabbedness. The Greeks call it _Elephas,_ or _Elephantiasis,_ when the skin grows hard as the elepha... [ Continue Reading ]
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest; Ver. 16. _Turn again,_] viz., To be white like the rest of the body: so if a sinner stop or step back, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 17. _He is clean,_] _i.e., _ He will be so shortly: for why? the venom of the plague is coming forth apace.... [ Continue Reading ]
The flesh also, in which, [even] in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, Ver. 18. _Was a boil, and is healed._] Seemed to be healed, as apostates to have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of Christ, 2Pe 2:20 and to have known the way of righteousness, 2Pe 2:21 and ye... [ Continue Reading ]
And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it [is] a plague. Ver. 22. _And if it spread much abroad._] So, if sin reign, there is no pardon: rebel it may, reign must not.... [ Continue Reading ]
But if the bright spot stay in his place, [and] spread not, it [is] a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. Ver. 23. _But if the bright spot stay._] Sin, if it reign not, is not imputed; for "we are not under the law, but under grace." Romans 6:12 _; _ Rom 6:14... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 25. _A leprosy broken out... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 30. _A yellow thin hair._] Which is a true sign of a... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 34. _He shall wash his clothes._] _See Trapp on "_ L... [ Continue Reading ]
But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; Ver. 35. _After his cleansing._] _See Trapp on "_ Lev 13:18 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 37. _Black hair._] A sign of soundness. _Quod sanitas in corpore, id sanctitas in corde,_ saith Bernard.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 39. _A freckled spot._] Or white leprous eruption. This made not a man unclean: no more do mere infirmities make God... [ Continue Reading ]
He is a leprous man, he [is] unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague [is] in his head. Ver. 44. _His plague is in his head._] Such a leper is every ignorant man; how much more the man that is a heretic! whom therefore after the first and second admonition we must reject,... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 rent._] To show his sorrow for sin, the cause of his calamity. _ And his head bare._] That men migh... [ Continue Reading ]
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]. Ver. 46. _Without the camp._] And that utterly, if incurable, as Uzzias. A lively type of excommunication, which the apostle describeth in 2 Co... [ Continue Reading ]
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, [whether it be] a woollen garment, or a linen garment; Ver. 47. _The garment also._] A plague not anywhere else read or heard of: being nothing like clothes now-a-days infected with the plague, but far more strange and dangerous; whether it did spr... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 59. _This is the law of the plague._] A plague ordinary among the Jews, not so among Christians, who should therei... [ Continue Reading ]