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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 13:30

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 scall.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SCALL - As this is the name for another disease not allied to the leprosy, it would have been better to retain the original word נתק _netheq_. It is a true elephantiasis, and is recognized by modern w...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THIN. short. An infallible sign of leprosy.. long hair, even though "yellow", no sign. In other parts of the body the hairs would be short and white. Compare Leviticus 13:10. SCALL. scab. EVEN. it ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Leprosy in the hair of the head or face_(29 37) The treatment is similar to that in the preceding cases, but two periods of confinement are prescribed, and the hair is to be shaven after the first s...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _yellow thin hair_ The Heb. word for -yellow" is used only here and in Leviticus 13:32_; Leviticus 13:36_. _a scall] a dry scall_A.V.; the Heb. word _néthek_is used only in this section, and denotes...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    e. THE FIFTH CASE 13:29-37 TEXT 13:29-37 29 And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard, 30 then the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the appearance there...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _IF A MAN OR WOMAN HAVE A PLAGUE UPON THE HEAD OR THE BEARD;_ a dry scall, х_ NETEQ_ (H5424); Septuagint, thrausma], when the leprosy was distinguished by being in sight deeper than the skin, and the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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 Y...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ רָאָ֨ה הַ כֹּהֵ֜ן אֶת ־הַ נֶּ֗גַע

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible 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 (i) hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it [is] a dry sca...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Leprosy, or scurf. (Calmet) --- This species causes the hair to be yellow, and not white. (Menochius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These verses convey the same doctrine, only they are diversified so as to answer the diversified appearances of sin. The spots which appear without may differ, but the disease, if leprous, is the same...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN THE PRIEST SHALL SEE THE PLAGUE,.... The person on whom it is shall come or be brought unto him; and he shall look upon it and examine it: AND, BEHOLD, IF IT [BE] IN SIGHT DEEPER THAN THE SKIN;...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A yellow thin hair_ The leprosy in the body turned the hair white, in the head or beard it turned it yellow. And if a man's hair was yellow before, this might easily be distinguished from the rest, e...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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, the natural hair being replaced with thin hair of a golden sheen, THEN...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Ordinances Concerning Leprosy....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 entang...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The leprosy in the body turned the hair white, in the head or beard it turned it yellow. And if a man's hair was yellow before, this might easily be distinguished from the rest, either by the thinness...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 13:30 priest H3548 examine H7200 (H8804) sore H5061 appears H4758 deeper H6013 skin H5785 thin H1851

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DEALING WITH SORES (LEVITICUS 13:29). Leviticus 13:29 “And when a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard, then the priest shall look on the plague, and, behold, if its appearance is d...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 13:1 LEPROUS DISEASE (v. Leviticus 13:2 and throughout ch....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 13:18 These rules deal with various cases of the leprous disease in relation to other common skin diseases. The PRIEST is to determine if the condition makes the person unc...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION UNCLEANNESS DERIVED FROM LEPROSY OR CONTACT WITH LEPERS AND LEPROUS THINGS (Leviticus 13:1, Leviticu

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Leviticus 13:34; Leviticus 14:54...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A yellow, thin hair — The leprosy in the body turned the hair white, in the head or beard it turned it yellow. And if a man's hair was yellow before, this might easily be distinguished from the rest,...

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