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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 13:4

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.

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See also Leviticus 13:4 in other biblical comments:

  • 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

    PLAGUE. plagued person. Hebrew "shut up the plague". Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct). App-6. The meaning is supplied in italics....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    If any of the symptoms are not found, the man is to be shut up seven days and again examined....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • 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

    IF THE BRIGHT SPOT BE WHITE. — But if upon inspection there merely appeared a white spot in the skin, and the above named two symptoms were absent, the case was not to be decided. THEN THE PRIEST SHAL...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אִם ־בַּהֶרֶת֩ לְבָנָ֨ה הִ֜וא בְּ עֹ֣ור

  • 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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • 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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And how sweetly is the case of a fearful, doubting mind, described by this supposed uncertainly of the disease? Reader! how often when the HOLY GHOST hath been leading you to JESUS, your high priest,...

  • 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

    IF THE BRIGHT SPOT BE WHITE IN THE SKIN OF HIS FLESH,.... The Targum of Jonathan is, white as chalk in the skin of his flesh; but other Jewish writers make the whiteness of the bright spot to be the g...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 s...

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

    _Seven days_ For greater assurance; to teach ministers not to be hasty in their judgments, but diligently to search and examine all things beforehand. _The plague_ is here put in the original for the...

  • 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

    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 d...

  • 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

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    For greater assurance; to teach ministers not to be rash nor hasty in their judgments and censures, but diligently to search and examine all things beforehand. THE PLAGUE is here put for the _man that...

  • 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 13:4 spot H934 white H3836 skin H5785 body H1320 appear H4758 deeper H6013 skin H5785 hair H8181 turned

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • 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 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

    1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Timothy 5:24; Deuteronomy 13:14; Ezekiel 44:10;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Seven days — For greater assurance; to teach ministers not to be hasty in their judgments, but diligently to search and examine all things before — hand. The plague is here put for the man that hath t...

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