Leviticus 14:2-3 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 14:1-32

The cleansing of the leper represents the absolution of the sinner, as his exclusion from the camp represented spiritual excommunication. I. THE LAW OF CHRISTIAN EXCOMMUNICATION AND ABSOLUTION , "I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" ( Matthew 16:19 ). "Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and... 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 14:2

This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. The ceremonies in the first stage of cleansing , which restored the outcast to the common life of his fellows, were the following: 1 . The priest formally examined the leper outside the camp, and made up his mind that he was clean. 2 . An earthen vessel was brought with fresh water, and one of two birds was killed, and its blood was allowed to run into this water. 3 . The other bird was taken and dipped in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 14:3

The priest. The agent is stilt the priest, not the physician. The priest shall go forth out of the camp. "May we not (as Hesychius suggests) see a figure here of the compassion of our Great High Priest, who has gone forth out of heaven itself, the camp of angel hosts, and has come down to earth, not only to examine but to heal tile moral leprosy of sin, 'to seek and to save the lost' ( Luke 19:10 ), and who carefully examines and scrutinizes all the secrets of all hearts ( Hebrews... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 14:2

Leviticus 14:2. He shall be brought to the priest Not to the priest’s tent or house, but to some place without the camp, or city, where the priest should appoint to meet him. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 14:3

Leviticus 14:3. Healed By God, for God alone did heal or cleanse him really, the priest only declaratively. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:1-32

Restoration after healing (14:1-32)A lengthy ritual was laid down for the restoration of a cleansed leper or any other person who had been healed of an infectious skin disease. The ritual lasted more than a week, and began at the place where the person was temporarily living outside the camp (14:1-3; cf. v. 10).The cleansed person, previously ‘dead’ through his disease, symbolized his ‘death’ by killing a bird, symbolized his cleansing by draining the bird’s blood into a bowl of pure water, and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 14:2

the law of the leper: provides for his cleansing. in the day = when. Compare Genesis 2:17 , and see App-18 . shall be brought unto the priest. Compare Matthew 8:2 .Mark 1:40 . Luke 5:12 ; Luke 17:13 . brought. The leper could do nothing. He must be "brought". The priest must go forth to him (Leviticus 14:3 ). read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 14:2

Leviticus 14:2. He shall be brought unto the priest— The priests, being instructed in the diagnostics of the leprosy, are now informed, what ceremonies and sacrifices were to be used for the purification of the leper, when it appeared that his leprosy was healed. The reader will observe, what we have before remarked, that these ceremonies were not used for the purpose of healing the disorder, but for the legal purification of the leper when healed; (see Leviticus 14:3.) and for this reason,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 14:2

2, 3. law of the leper in the day of his cleansing—Though quite convalescent, a leper was not allowed to return to society immediately and at his own will. The malignant character of his disease rendered the greatest precautions necessary to his re-admission among the people. One of the priests most skilled in the diagnostics of disease [GROTIUS], being deputed to attend such outcasts, the restored leper appeared before this official, and when after examination a certificate of health was... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 14:1-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 14:1-57

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 14:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 14:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 14:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 14:3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 14:1-32

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 14:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 14:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 14:2

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