Leprosy
Leprosy speaks of sin as
1. in the blood;
2. becoming overt in loathsome ways;
3. incurable by human means. The anti-type as applied to the people of God is "sin," demanding self-judgment (1 Corinthians 11:31) and "sins," demanding confession and cleansing. (1 John 1:9).
Verse Leviticus 13:2. _THE PLAGUE OF LEPROSY_] This dreadful disorder has its name _leprosy_, from the Greek λεποα, from λεπις, a _scale_, because in this disease the body was often covered with _thi...
THE SKIN OF HIS FLESH - An expression found nowhere but in this chapter. It probably denotes the cuticle or scarf skin, as distinguished from the curls or true skin. RISING ... SCAB ... BRIGHT SPOT -...
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...
THE PLAGUE. spot: mark too weak for person, though suited for house (Leviticus 14:34): "plague" and "stroke"would be too strong in every case. LEPROSY. Hebrew. _zar'ath,_ from _zar'a_, to _strike down...
_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...
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...
WHEN A MAN SHALL HAVE IN THE SKIN OF HIS FLESH, &C.— Maimonides, who may well be supposed the best judge in this case, tells us, that of these three marks, which were supposed to be prognostics of the...
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...
_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...
13:2 sore (c-30) Lit. 'stroke.'...
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...
אָדָ֗ם כִּֽי ־יִהְיֶ֤ה בְ עֹור ־בְּשָׂרֹו֙ שׂ
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...
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 (a) [like] the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or...
_Colour, &c. Hebrew, "a tumour, abscess, or white spot," which are the three marks of leprosy. (Calmet) --- Leprosy. The leprosy was a figure of sin: and the observances prescribed in this and the fol...
Let the Reader keep in view through the whole of this account of the leprosy of the body, the striking affinity and agreement it bears to the sin of the soul. As first, it was deemed to be incurable b...
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...
2._When a man shall have in the skin. _Since every eruption was not the leprosy, and did not render a man unclean, when God appoints the priests to be the judges, He distinguishes by certain marks a c...
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...
WHEN A MAN SHALL HAVE IN THE SKIN OF HIS FLESH,.... Rules are here given, by which a leprosy might be judged of; which, as a disease, was frequent in Egypt, where the Israelites had dwelt a long time,...
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 unt...
_A rising, a scab, or bright spot_ The leprosy appeared in one of these three forms. Now, as these marks might sometimes be upon the skin when there was no leprosy, rules are here given whereby the pr...
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:...
When a man, a person of either sex, SHALL HAVE IN THE SKIN OF HIS FLESH A RISING, a raised spot on the epidermis, or cuticle, of his skin, A SCAB, OR BRIGHT SPOT, one of a whitish tinge, AND IT BE IN...
Ordinances Concerning Leprosy....
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...
RISING: Or, swelling...
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...
IN THE SKIN, for there was the seat of the leprosy. BRIGHT SPOT, shining like the scale of a fish, as it is in the beginning of a leprosy. LEPROSY was a distemper most frequent in Egypt and Syria, &c....
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 13:2 man H120 skin H5785 body H1320 swelling H7613 scab H5597 spot H934 skin H5785 body H1320 leprous...
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...
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....
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...
2 Chronicles 26:19; 2 Kings 5:1; 2 Kings 5:27; 2 Samuel 3:29;...
In the skin — For there is the first seat of the leprosy, the bright spot shining like the scale of a fish, as it is in the beginning of a leprosy. The priest — The priest was to admit to, or exclude...