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 loathsome disease, called _elephantiasis_, in consequence of which the skin thickens, the features are d... [ Continue Reading ]
PLAGUE] i.e. plagued spot.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHUT UP _him_] i.e. place him in quarantine: separate the affected person from the society of others and the service of the tabernacle. 9-17. The case of the reappearance of leprosy after it has been cured.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL NOT SHUT HIM UP] there is no need for quarantine as the case is undoubtedly one of leprosy.... [ Continue Reading ]
When the eruption is complete, the disease is supposed to have reached its crisis, and to be discharging itself externally in dry scales. 18-23. The case of leprosy developing from a healed boil. 24-28. The case of leprosy arising from the inflammation following a burn. 29-37. Leprosy in the hair... [ Continue Reading ]
Another form of leprosy in the shape of white spots. This is harmless, and the affected person is not unclean. 40-44. Leprosy in the bald head.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 and the severest token of the divine displeasure: cp. Numbers 12:12. 47-59. The leprosy of garments. What is described here is not the leprosy that a... [ Continue Reading ]
WARP, OR WOOF] This translation is doubtful. The words probably mean as in RM, 'woven or knitted stuff,' referring to material not yet made into garments.... [ Continue Reading ]