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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Leviticus 13:6

And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, [if] the plague [be] somewhat (c) dark, [and] the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it [is but] a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

(c) As having the skin drawn together, or blackish.

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See also Leviticus 13:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SOMEWHAT DARK - Rather, somewhat dim: that is, if the spot is dying away....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • 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

    SPREAD. This is the criterion here for persons, as for houses and garments (Compare Leviticus 13:55, &c. 14, 44, 48). This is the criterion for our judgment of the antitype "sin" our old nature, to wh...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK ON HIM AGAIN. — If, on further examination at the end of another week, the priest finds that the bright spot looks darker, and that it has not spread, he is to pronounce the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ רָאָה֩ הַ כֹּהֵ֨ן אֹתֹ֜ו בַּ †...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Obscure. Some translate the Hebrew "retired," with the Syriac and Arabic versions. --- Scab, "an ebullition," or pustule. (Theodoret; St. Jerome in Nah. ii.) --- Clothes, and himself. See Chap. xi. 4...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Observe, the priest is not to say the leper is healed, but pronounce him clean. Reader! remark with me how evidently this refers to the cleansing from sin by the blood of JESUS. The ten lepers, which...

  • 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

    AND THE PRIEST SHALL LOOK ON HIM AGAIN THE SEVENTH DAY,.... On the second seventh day, at the end of a fortnight from his being first presented to him, and shut up: AND, BEHOLD, [IF] THE PLAGUE [BE]...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, [if] the plague [be] somewhat dark, [and] the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it [is but] a sc...

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

    _Dark_ Contrary to the white colour of the leprosy. But the word may be rendered, _have contracted itself_, and thus the opposition seems to be most clear to the _spreading_ of itself. _He shall wash...

  • 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

    And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, if the skin on the spot has regained its normal color, AND THE PLAGUE SPREAD NOT IN THE SKIN, THE P...

  • 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

    IF THE PLAGUE BE SOMEWHAT DARK; which is opposed to the white colour of the leprosy. But the word may be rendered, _have contracted itself_, or, _be restrained_ or _confined_ to its former place and b...

  • 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 13:6 priest H3548 examine H7200 (H8804) again H8145 seventh H7637 day H3117 sore H5061 faded H3544 sore

  • 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 John 1:7; 1 Kings 8:38; 1 Kings 8:45; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Deut

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Dark — Contrary to the white colour of the leprosy. But the word may be rendered, have contracted itself, and thus the opposition seems to be most clear as the spreading of itself. He shall wash his c...

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