John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:4
If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh ,.... The Targum of Jonathan is, white as chalk in the skin of his flesh; but other Jewish writers make the whiteness of the bright spot to be the greatest of all, like that of snow; See Gill on Leviticus 13:2 , and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white ; though it be a bright spot, and be very white, yet these two marks not appearing, it cannot be judged a leprosy, at most it is only... read more
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