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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 14:54-57

This is the conclusion of this law concerning the leprosy. There is no repetition of it in Deuteronomy, only a general memorandum given (Deut. 24:8), Take heed in the plague of leprosy. We may see in this law, 1. The gracious care God took of his people Israel, for to them only this law pertained, and not to the Gentiles. When Naaman the Syrian was cured of his leprosy he was not bidden to show himself to the priest, though he was cured in Jordan, as the Jews that were cured by our Saviour... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:57

To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean ,.... A man, his garment, or his house; for it respects them all, as Aben Ezra observes; which was the business of the priests to teach men, and they by the above laws and rules were instructed how to judge of cases, and by which they were capable of pronouncing persons or things clean or unclean: this is the law of leprosy ; respecting every sort of it, and which is very remarkably enlarged upon. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 14:1-57

The cleansing of sin as illustrated in the cleansing of the leper. cf. 2 Kings 5:1-27 ; Matthew 8:1-4 ; Luke 5:12-15 . We have seen the possibility of a cure of leprosy in the directions for its diagnosis given to the priests. The cured leper had also to be cleansed before admitted to the society of the faithful. In this chapter we have the cleansing of the leper detailed. In this we are to discern the cleansing of sin. Naaman's case is instructive upon this point. He was cured by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 14:33-57

Leprosy in a house. From the first of these verses it is concluded that leprosy was not an ordinary disease, but a plague inflicted immediately by a judgment from God. That it was so inflicted in some instances upon persons cannot be disputed (see Numbers 12:10 ; 2 Kings 5:27 ; 2 Kings 15:5 ), and God threatens to curse the house of the wicked with such a plague ( Zechariah 5:4 ). The Jews view it in this light, and consequently regard leprosy as incurable except by the hand of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 14:54-57

These verses contain the concluding formula for Leviticus 13:1-59 , Leviticus 14:1-57 . The various names of leprosy and its kindred diseases are resumed from Leviticus 13:2 . read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 14:57

Leviticus 14:57. To teach when it is unclean and when it is clean To direct the priest when to pronounce a person or house clean or unclean. Upon the whole, we may see in these laws the religious care we ought to take of ourselves to keep our minds from the dominion of all sinful affections and dispositions, which are both their disease and their defilement, that we may be fit for the service of God. We ought also to avoid all bad company, and, as much as may be, coming within the danger of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:33-57

Mildew in houses (14:33-57)Instructions were also given concerning what people were to do when, upon settling in Canaan, they lived in houses where mildew and fungus on the walls attracted disease-carrying germs. First they were to arrange for the priest to make a thorough inspection (33-36). If, after a week’s quarantine, the trouble persisted, the owners of the house were to remove and replace infected plaster and stones (37-42). If this did not cure the trouble, they had to demolish the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 14:57

To teach. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and to", thus preserving the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ) in this member r (verses: Leviticus 14:54-57 ) without a break. Eight "ands" in all. when. Hebrew "in the day". Compare Genesis 2:17 , and see App-18 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 14:54-57

Leviticus 14:54-57. This is the law, &c.— These verses contain a recapitulation of this and the former chapter, which, however they may be despised by some, yet discover to us the goodness of God towards the Israelites, whom he had adopted for his peculiar people; and therefore he took care to give them precepts about every thing which might contribute, in any degree, to the regulation of their manners, and to their payment of an exact obedience to him. And who does not see, that, by these... read more

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