Leviticus 13:2 KJV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 13:2

Leviticus 13:2. A rising, a scab, or bright spot The leprosy appeared in one of these three forms. Now, as these marks might sometimes be upon the skin when there was no leprosy, rules are here given whereby the priests might discern between a plague of leprosy and the resemblance of it; that accordingly they might pronounce a person clean or unclean. Some of the symptoms of the leprosy here described are of a very extraordinary nature, particularly its infecting houses and garments. This... 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 13:2

the plague = spot: mark too weak for person, though suited for house (Leviticus 14:34 ): "plague" and "stroke"would be too strong in every case. leprosy. Hebrew. zar'ath, from zar'a , to strike down, a leper being one stricken of God. One of the four points which Christ endorses Leviticus as being written by Moses: 1. Circumcision, Leviticus 12:3 (John 7:22 , John 7:23 ). 2. Law of leper, Leviticus 14:3-32 (Matthew 8:4 ). 3. The shewbread. Leviticus 24:5-9 (Matthew 12:4 ). . Death penalty... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 13:2

Leviticus 13:2. When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh, &c.— Maimonides, who may well be supposed the best judge in this case, tells us, that of these three marks, which were supposed to be prognostics of the leprosy, the first is a bright spot, one species of which is an exceeding whiteness, like that of snow; the second (rendered very properly by us a rising, or swelling, as it comes from the verb נשׂא nasa, to raise, elevate, &c.) is a whiteness inferior to the former, like... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 13:2

2. When a man shall have in the skin, c.—The fact of the following rules for distinguishing the plague of leprosy being incorporated with the Hebrew code of laws, proves the existence of the odious disease among that people. But a short time, little more than a year (if so long a period had elapsed since the exodus) when symptoms of leprosy seem extensively to have appeared among them and as they could not be very liable to such a cutaneous disorder amid their active journeyings and in the dry... 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 13:2-8

Serious skin disease apparently began with some sort of swelling or a shiny patch on the skin (Leviticus 13:2). Serious skin disease resulted in uncleanness, but less important conditions might not. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 13:1-59

Uncleanness connected with LeprosyIt is tolerably certain that the leprosy of the OT. is not the leprosy of the Middle Ages, which is still to be found in the East. The latter is a terrible and loathsome disease, called elephantiasis, in consequence of which the skin thickens, the features are distorted, and the very limbs mortify and drop off from the body. The leprosy of the Bible is a skin disease, known as psoriasis, in which the skin and hair grow white, and which is accompanied with scab... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:1-46

THE UNCLEANNESS OF LEPROSYLeviticus 13:1-46THE interpretation of this chapter presents no little difficulty. The description of the diseases with which the law here deals is not given in a scientific form; the point of view, as the purpose of all, is strictly practical. As for the Hebrew word rendered "leprosy," it does not itself give any light as to the nature of the disease thus designated. The word simply means "a stroke," as also does the generic term used in Leviticus 13:2 and elsewhere,... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 13:2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:1-59

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 13:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 13:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 13:2

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 13:1-59

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 13:2-8

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 13:1-59

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:1-46

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