Leviticus 13:29-30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 13:30

Scall - As this is the name for another disease not allied to the leprosy, it would have been better to retain the original word נתק netheq. It is a true elephantiasis, and is recognized by modern writers under the name of the Fox mange. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 13:29

Leviticus 13:29. Upon the head or beard Pliny tells us, that a kind of disease came into Italy in the middle of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, which commonly began in the chin, and was therefore called mentagra, and was so filthy, that any death was preferable to it. It was a foul tetter, scab, or scurf, not unlike a ring-worm, which, from the chin, often ran over the face, the neck, the breast, and the hands. Was not this similar to this plague of leprosy in the beard and head here spoken... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 13:30

Leviticus 13:30. A yellow thin hair The leprosy in the body turned the hair white, in the head or beard it turned it yellow. And if a man’s hair was yellow before, this might easily be distinguished from the rest, either by the thinness or smallness of it, or by its peculiar kind of yellow, for there are divers kinds of the same colour, manifestly differing from one another. 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 13:29

plague: better, "spot". See note on Leviticus 13:2 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 13:30

thin = short. An infallible sign of leprosy. A long hair, even though "yellow", no sign. In other parts of the body the hairs would be short and white. Compare Leviticus 13:10 . scall = scab. even = it [is]. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Leviticus 13:29

"And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard, then the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, and there be in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard. And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and there be no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 13:29

Leviticus 13:29. If a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or the beard— Maimonides tells us, that in this sort of leprosy the hair on the head or beard fell off by the roots, and the place of the hair remained bare. Bishop Patrick observes, that this seems to have been that kind of disease which, Pliny says, came into Italy in the middle of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, and was called mentagra, because it commonly began in the chin, and was so loathsome, that any death was preferable to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 13:1-46

Abnormalities in human skin 13:1-46God dealt with 21 different cases of skin diseases in this pericope. Some of these may have included measles, smallpox, scarlet fever, and other diseases characterized by skin rash. [Note: Harris, p. 577.] Some authorities believe that exact identification of the various forms of scaly skin disorders described in this chapter is impossible today. [Note: Browne, pp. 5-6.] Others feel more confident. One authority suggested the following identifications. [Note:... 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

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