Levítico 13:47-14:32 NVI

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 13:47

The garment - Rather, The clothing, referring to the ordinary dress of the Israelites in the wilderness; namely,, a linen tunic with a fringe Numbers 15:38 and a woolen cloak or blanket thrown on in colder weather. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 13:47

Leviticus 13:47. Leprosy in garments and houses is unknown in these times and places, which is not strange, there being some diseases peculiar to some ages and countries. And that such a thing was among the Jews, cannot reasonably be doubted; for, if Moses had been a deceiver, a man of his wisdom would not have exposed himself to the contempt of his people, by giving laws about that which their experience showed to be but a fiction. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:1-59

Detection of leprosy (13:1-59)Biblical scholars and medical scientists alike have shown that the leprosy the Old Testament speaks of was not always the disease that we know as leprosy today. The word had a broad meaning that covered a number of infectious skin diseases, some of which were curable. It applied even to fungus or mildew on clothes and buildings.Laws laid down in these chapters concerned two main things. Firstly, because such disease was symbolic of sin, it made people ceremonially... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 13:47

garment. Type of habits and ways seen by others. Compare Jude 1:23 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Leviticus 13:47

"The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woolen garment, or a linen garment; whether it be in warp, or woof; of linen, or of woolen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin; if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or any thing of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest: and the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up that which hath the plague seven days: and he... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 13:47

Leviticus 13:47. The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in— After having spoken of the leprosy in human creatures, the sacred writer proceeds to that very peculiar species of the disorder which affected garments, of whatever composition, and which, Calmet thinks, may well be accounted for upon that hypothesis which we mentioned before, observing, that as the Israelites in the wilderness were but ill provided in change of raiment, their linen, for want of being often changed and washed,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 13:47

47-59. The garment . . . that the . . . leprosy is in—It is well known that infectious diseases, such as scarlet fever, measles, the plague, are latently imbibed and carried by the clothes. But the language of this passage clearly indicates a disease to which clothes themselves were subject, and which was followed by effects on them analogous to those which malignant leprosy produces on the human body—for similar regulations were made for the rigid inspection of suspected garments by a priest... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 13:1-59

3. Uncleanness due to skin and covering abnormalities chs. 13-14Many translations and commentaries have regarded the legislation in these chapters as dealing with leprosy, but this is misleading. The confusion has arisen because the term "leprosy" appears in most English texts in these chapters, and English readers automatically think that what we know as modern leprosy is in view. However as the chapters unfold it becomes increasingly clear that what is in view is not modern leprosy (Hansen’s... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 13:47-59

Abnormalities in clothing 13:47-59God mentioned three different cases of diseased garments in this part of the chapter.Material objects do not contract illnesses, but they do occasionally become abnormal due to mold, mildew, or some other invasive agent. Mosaic law did not view these abnormalities as necessarily dangerous to the health of the Israelites. They did, however, represent deviation from a proper condition."Decay or corruption [in and of the environment] is incompatible with the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 13:1-59

Uncleanness connected with LeprosyIt 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 distorted, and the very limbs mortify and drop off from the body. The leprosy of the Bible is a skin disease, known as psoriasis, in which the skin and hair grow white, and which is accompanied with scab... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 13:47

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 13:47

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:1-59

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 13:47

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Leviticus 13:47

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 13:47

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 13:47

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 13:1-59

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 13:47-59

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 13:1-59

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