When the hair is turned white — This change of colour was an evidence both of the abundance of excrementious humours, and of the weakness of nature, as we see in old and sick persons. His flesh — For the leprosy consumed both the skin and the flesh.
Verse Leviticus 13:3. _THE PRIEST SHALL - PRONOUNCE HIM UNCLEAN._] וטמא אתו _vetimme otho_; literally, _shall pollute him_, i. e., in the Hebrew idiom, shall _declare_ or _pronounce_ him _polluted_;...
THE HAIR IN THE PLAGUE IS TURNED WHITE - The sparing growth of very fine whitish hair on leprous spots in the place of the natural hair, appears to have been always regarded as a characteristic sympto...
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...
PRONOUNCE. Hebrew "shall make him". Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject). pronounce or declare him to be. App-6. Compare Ezekiel 43:3, &c....
The Treatment of Leprosy The word leprosy is now used to denote a malignant disease which in the Middle Ages swept over Europe and the British Isles. Traces of this visitation are found in the leper...
The distinctive marks of leprosy are the hair, which is generally very dark among Jews, turns while, and the swelling appears deep-seated; in that case the priest is at once to declare the man unclean...
_Leprosy in man_(Leviticus 13:2-46) _Appearances in the skin which should be shewn to the priest_(2 8) 2. _a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot_ Of the three words thus translated, the first is a co...
AND PRONOUNCE HIM UNCLEAN— Hebrew, _shall pollute him,_ "that is," says Dr. Beaumont, "by his word he maketh him clean or unclean: and in this sense the ministers of Christ in the Gospel are said to b...
LAWS CONCERNING LEPROSY 13:114:57 EXAMINATION AND ITS RESULT 13:1-46 a. THE SYMPTOMS OF LEPROSY, WHETHER PROCEEDING DIRECTLY FROM ERUPTIONS IN THE SKIN, OR CAUSED BY A BOIL OR BURN 13:1-8 TEXT 13:1-8...
_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 LEPR...
PLAGUE] i.e. plagued spot....
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...
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...
וְ רָאָ֣ה הַ כֹּהֵ֣ן אֶת ־הַ נֶּ֣גַע
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...
THE TEST OF LEPROSY Leviticus 13:1 Leprosy was a sort of living death, involving exclusion from the fellowship of the living, and from the sanctuary. Consequently the process of restoration consisted...
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 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] (b) deeper than the skin of his flesh, it [is] a plagu...
Flesh. These two signs indicated the species of leprosy called volatile, or impetigo, (Menochius) resembling a scab, which did not penetrate the flesh or bones, as our leprosy or elephantiasis does. ...
How sweetly is the SPIRIT's work here pointed out in the priest's looking into the case of the diseased Israelite. JESUS'S SPIRIT is that blessed gift to a poor sinner, which first convinceth of sin....
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 PRIEST SHALL LOOK ON THE PLAGUE IN THE SKIN OF THE FLESH,.... Whether it be a swelling, scab, or a bright spot that appears, and judge of it by the following rules, and none but a priest might...
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...
_The priest shall look on the plague_ In some dubious cases, the priest might find it convenient to take the judgment of physicians, or of persons who understood the theory of diseases better than him...
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:...
Ordinances Concerning Leprosy....
and the priest shall look on the plague, on the spot or sore, IN THE SKIN OF THE FLESH; AND WHEN THE HAIR IN THE PLAGUE, on the suspicious spot, IS TURNED WHITE, this sign was all the more striking si...
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...
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 and after their residence...
ON THE PLAGUE, i.e. the sign or appearance of the plague of leprosy. And it is observable, that the same signs of it are given by Moses here, and by the learned physicians in their works. And when the...
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 13:3 priest H3548 examine H7200 (H8804) sore H5061 skin H5785 body H1320 hair H8181 sore H5061 turned...
DEALING WITH SKIN ERUPTIONS (LEVITICUS 13:2). Leviticus 13:2 “When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague...
PRIEST Some have found in the regulations of this chapter concerning an inquest by the priest of a case of leprosy, elaborate provisions for the exercise of discipline in the local church. No little...
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 13:3 The law required UNCLEAN people to live outside the camp until they were free of disease (vv. Leviticus 13:45) and to present a sacr
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...
1 Corinthians 5:4; 1 Timothy 1:20; 2 Thessalonians 3:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:15;...