레위기 13:1-3 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 13:1-17

I. Concerning the plague of leprosy we may observe in general, 1. That it was rather an uncleanness than a disease; or, at least, so the law considered it, and therefore employed not the physicians but the priests about it. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. We do not read of any that died of the leprosy, but it rather buried them alive, by rendering them unfit for conversation with any but such as were infected like themselves. Yet there is a tradition that Pharaoh, who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron ,.... Aaron is addressed again, though left out in the preceding law, because the laws concerning leprosy chiefly concerned the priests, whose business it was to judge of it, and cleanse from it; and so Ben Gersom observes, mention is made of Aaron here, because to him and his sons belonged the affair of leprosies, to pronounce unclean or clean, to shut up or set free, and, as Aben Ezra says, according to his determination were all the plagues or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:2

When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh ,.... Rules are here given, by which a leprosy might be judged of; which, as a disease, was frequent in Egypt, where the Israelites had dwelt a long time, and from whence they were just come; and is doubtless the reason, as learned men have observed, that several Heathen writers make the cause of their expulsion from Egypt, as they choose to call it, though wrongly, their being infected with this distemper; whereas it was the reverse, not they,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:3

And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh ,.... Whether it be a swelling, scab, or a bright spot that appears, and judge of it by the following rules, and none but a priest might do this: and when the hair in the plague is turned white ; it arising in a place where hair grows, and which hair is not naturally white, but of another colour, but changed through the force of the plague; and there were to be two hairs at least, which were at first black, but turned... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 13:2

The plague of leprosy - This dreadful disorder has its name leprosy, from the Greek λεποα , from λεπις , a scale, because in this disease the body was often covered with thin white scales, so as to give it the appearance of snow. Hence it is said of the hand of Moses, Exodus 4:6 , that it was leprous as snow; and of Miriam, Numbers 12:10 , that she became leprous, as white as snow; and of Gehazi, 2 Kings 5:27 , that, being judicially struck with the disease of Naaman, he went out... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 13:3

The priest shall - pronounce him unclean - אתו וטמא vetimme otho ; literally, shall pollute him, i. e., in the Hebrew idiom, shall declare or pronounce him polluted; and in Leviticus 13:23 , it is said, the priest shall pronounce him clean, הכהן וטהרו vetiharo haccohen , the priest shall cleanse him, i. e., declare him clean. In this phrase we have the proper meaning of Matthew 16:19 ; : Whatsoever ye bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye loose on earth shall... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 13:2

Verse 2 2.When a man shall have in the skin. Since every eruption was not the leprosy, and did not render a man unclean, when God appoints the priests to be the judges, He distinguishes by certain marks a common eruption from the leprosy; and then subjoins the difference between the various kinds of leprosy. For the disease was not always incurable; but, only when the blood was altogether corrupted, so that the skin itself had become hardened by its corrosion, or swollen by its diseased state.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 13:1-46

The name leprosy has been made to cover a number of diseases similar but not identical in character. There are many spurious forms of leprosy, and many diseases akin to leprosy which do not now come under discussion. The disease here dealt with is elephantiasis, especially in its anesthetic form, which is otherwise called white leprosy. The two varieties of elephantiasis—the tuberculated and the anesthetic—are, however, so closely connected together that they cannot be separated, the one.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 13:1-59

The diagnosis of sin as illustrated in the leprosy. cf. 2 Kings 5:1-27 : Psalms 88:1-18 ; Matthew 8:1-4 ; Luke 5:12-15 . The preceding chapter brings forward sin as an inheritance through ordinary generation. No thorough sense or treatment of sin can be reached unless it is recognized as a nature. But God went further in his education of his people. He took one disease with unmistakable characteristics; he legislated about it, doomed the possessor of it to a certain treatment,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 13:1-59

Leprosy. That leprosy is a type of sin is evident from David's allusion in confessing his own horrible offenses (see Psalms 51:7 )? This also appears from the words of Jesus to the only leper, out of the ten cleansed by him, who returned to give glory to God: "Thy faith hath saved thee" (see Luke 17:11-19 ). The others had faith which availed them to remove the leprosy of the body; but this man's faith availed to remove the leprosy of the soul. Hence this plague often came as a... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 13:1-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 13:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 13:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 13:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 13:1-46

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 13:1-59

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 13:1-59

Group of Brands