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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:1-57

Chapter 14In chapter fourteen it begins with very fascinating words,And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing ( Leviticus 14:1-2 ):Interesting, indeed, because leprosy is incurable. So God in the law made provision for the operation of His grace apart from human instrument. For in a technical sense leprosy was incurable, it is still incurable to the present day. And yet God has made there within the law the provision giving Him the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 14:1-57

Leviticus 14:3. The plague of leprosy. This loathsome disease rendered the body torpid, and severely depressed the spirits, as is affirmed by our learned travellers in the east. It commences with white spots on the hands and feet, or on the face, assuming gradually a scaly appearance. It spreads up the arms and legs; in its progress the joints become less active, the skin swells, and the pulse is lowered. In more stubborn cases the flesh looks like that of horses, when said to have greasy... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Leviticus 14:34-57

Leviticus 14:34-57Leprosy in a house.Leprosy of house and garments (see also Leviticus 13:49):--Few subjects have proved more perplexing to the student of Scripture than this. That human dwellings and garments should exhibit a similar disease to that which infects the human body seems at first sight to be highly improbable. We are indebted to the recent discoveries of the microscope for the first intimation of the true nature of the leprosy of house and garments. A careful examination of the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Leviticus 14:53

Leviticus 14:20 Reciprocal: Leviticus 4:35 - and the priest shall make read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 14:46-57

THE CLEANSING OF A HOUSE SUSPECTED OF LEPROSY, Leviticus 14:46-57. The same ceremony is to be performed for the house suspected of leprosy as takes place without the camp in the case of a man cured of this disease. The reason for this is not stated, but it is evident that after public attention had been directed toward the house by the priestly examination, and it had been pronounced clean, some formal and impressive notification of the priest’s verdict should be given in order to protect the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 14:53

53. Atonement for the house The Hebrew verb kipper should here be translated purge, as it is in Ezekiel 43:20; Ezekiel 43:26. It should be so rendered whenever it has a thing for its object, as in Leviticus 16:33, and Deuteronomy 32:43, where the tabernacle, altar, and land are atoned. The generic notion of freeing from impurity inheres in its use everywhere moral impurity, or guilt, in persons, and ceremonial impurity in things. The impurity of the healed leper is not atoned... read more

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