John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:10
And the priest shall see him ,.... Look at him, and closely and narrowly inspect and examine his case: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin ; this is another appearance of the leprosy; the preceding were a bright spot, and the scab of it; but this a rising or white swelling in the skin, as white as pure wool, as the Targum of Jonathan: and it have turned the hair white ; to the whiteness of an egg shell, or the film of it, as the same Targum; that is, hath turned the... 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