Leviticus 13:18-59 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:25

Then the priest shall look upon it ,.... And examine it, whether it has the marks and signs of a leprosy or not, such as follow: behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white ; which before was black, or of another colour from white, and is now, turned into the whiteness of chalk, as the Targum of Jonathan: and it be in sight deeper than the skin ; the same Targum is,"and its sight or colour is deeper in being white like snow, more than the skin;'but this respects not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:26

But if the priest look on it ,.... On the hot burning and bright spot in it, in another person: and, behold, there be no white hair on the white spot, and it be no lower than the other skin ; why the word "other" should be supplied I know not, any more than in Leviticus 13:21 , but be somewhat dark ; or "contracted"; see Gill on Leviticus 13:21 , then the priest shall shut him up seven days ; as in the case of the burning boil or hot ulcer, as in Leviticus 13:21 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:27

And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day ,.... When that is come, any time on that day; not needing to wait until the end of it, or till, the seven days are precisely up; the same is to be understood in all places in this chapter where the like is used: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin ; in the space of seven days: then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the plague of leprosy : according to the law; so that it was necessary, in such a case for him... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:28

And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin ,.... If, after being shut up, seven days, it appears that the spot is no larger than, when it was first viewed, but is as it was, and not at all increased: but it be somewhat dark ; either not so bright as it was, or more contracted: it is a rising of the burning ; or a swelling of it, a swelling which sprung from it, and nothing else: the priest shall pronounce him clean ; from the leprosy, and so set... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:29

If a man or a woman hath a plague upon the head or the beard. Any breaking out in those parts a swelling, scab, or spot, on a man's beard or on a woman's head; or on the head of either man or woman; or on a woman's beard, if she had any, as some have had though not common. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:30

Then the priest shall see the plague ,.... The person on whom it is shall come or be brought unto him; and he shall look upon it and examine it: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin ; which is always one sign of leprosy: and there be in it a yellow thin hair ; like the appearance of thin gold, as the Targum of Jonathan; for, as Ben Gersom says, its colour is the colour of gold; and it is called thin in this place, because short and soft, and not when it is long and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:31

And if the priest look on the plague of the scall ,.... As it may appear in another person, brought to him for inspection and examination: and, behold, it be not in the sight deeper than the skin ; it do not seem to be got into the flesh, or lower than the skin: and that there is no black hair in it ; or, "but no black hair in it"; for, as Jarchi says, if there was a black hair in it, he would be clean, and there would be no need of shutting up; for black hair in scalls is a sign... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:32

And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague ,.... To see whether it has got any deeper, or spread any further, and has any hair growing in it, and of what colour, that he might be also able to judge whether it was a leprosy or not: and, behold, if the scall spread not ; was neither got into the flesh, nor larger in the skin: and there be in it no yellow hair ; that is, a thin yellow hair, for such only, as Ben Gersom observes, was a sign of leprosy in scalls, as in ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:33

He shall be shaven ,.... His head or beard, where the scall was, as Aben Ezra; and so Ben Gersom, who adds, the law is not solicitous whether this shaving is by a priest or not; so it seems any one might shave him: but the scall shall he not shave ; that is, the hair that is in it, but that was to continue and grow, that the colour of it might be easily discerned at the end of seven other days; according to the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, he was to shave round about it, but not that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:34

And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall ,.... That is, according to Ben Gersom, on the thirteenth day from the first inspection of him by the priest: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin ; neither appears spread on the surface of the skin, nor to have eaten into the flesh under it; also no thin yellow hair, though it is not expressed, for that made a person unclean, though there was no spreading: then the... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:34

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