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James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:1-59

THE TYPICAL DISEASE Here we have what appears like a treatise on leprosy, but it is not introduced simply for medical purposes. There were other diseases more serious, but this is singled out and made the subject of special regulations because of its typical character. It is a parable of sin, drawn by the divine hand of the workings, developments and effects of inborn depravity. The disease is diagnosed under four heads: (1) leprosy rising spontaneously (Leviticus 1:17 ); (2) rising out of a... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Leviticus 13:1-59

The Law of Leprosy Leviticus 13:0 , Leviticus 14:0 The thirteenth and fourteenth chapters are occupied with the question of leprosy. With that disease we have now, happily, nothing to do in this country; yet those who care to peruse the note at the end of this discourse will find that England was once ravaged by that terrible disease. It would be pleasant to turn over the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters, and to escape to subjects less revolting; but pleasure is not the law of life. It is... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Leviticus 13:47-59

The apostle Jude, no doubt in allusion to this defiled state of the garment, speaks of the hatred that is to be shown to such as are spotted by the flesh. Jude 1:23 . Nothing can more fully indicate the dreadful malignity which there is in sin. It soils all that it comes near, and defiles everything with which it is once connected. Well might one of old exclaim, LORD cleanse thou me from secret faults. Psalms 19:12 . Dearest and ever blessed JESUS! do thou wash me from all the leprosy of sin in... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:47

Garment that shall have the leprosy. These prescriptions, with relation to garments and houses infected with the leprosy, are to teach us to fly all such company and places as are apt to be the occasion of sin. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 13:47-59

47-59 The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used. This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain upon all he has and all that he does. And those who make their clothes servants to their pride and lust, may see... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Leviticus 13:1-59

Ordinances Concerning Leprosy. v. 1. And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, v. 2. When a man, a person of either sex, shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a raised spot on the epidermis, or cuticle, of his skin, a scab, or bright spot, one of a whitish tinge, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy, the characteristic spot or sore which indicated the presence of the dread disease, then he shall be brought unto Aaron, the priest, or unto one of his... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Leviticus 13:1-59

THIRD SECTIONLaws Concerning LeprosyChaps. 13, 14______________PRELIMINARY NOTEThe disease of leprosy has happily become so rare in modern times in the better known parts of the world that much obscurity rests upon its pathology. The attempt will only be made here to point out those matters which may be considered as fixed by common consent, but which will be found sufficient for the illustration of the more important points in the following chapters.In the first place, then, it appears... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 13:1-59

Here we have a section (chapters 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 whole community must be zealously safeguarded. Therefore, there must be no carelessness in the method of dealing with leprosy. In the instructions two principles of perpetual importance are manifested. The first is the necessity for guarding the general health of the community and the second is that... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 13:47-59

Deliverance From A Fungoid Plague In What We Wear (Leviticus 13:47-59 ). The laws of uncleanness now move on to uncleanness in clothing. It is quite possible from what follows that in the conditions under which they lived in the wilderness, and possibly even continuing into Canaan, there were types of fungus that could infest clothing which were especially dangerous to men and women. It may have been a type of fungus unknown to us, although we are, of course, familiar with types of mould... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 13:1-59

Leviticus 13:1-Acts : . 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 one or two periods of seven days; if there is no further spreading, he is discharged clean.” Leviticus 13:1-Ruth : . First Case.— A ring or scab on the flesh. If there are white hairs more than skin-deep, the disease is present. Leviticus 13:9-Esther : . Recovery of... read more

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