Leviticus 13:30-37

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 13:18-37

The priest is here instructed what judgment to make if there was any appearance of a leprosy, either, 1. In an old ulcer, or bile, that has been healed, Lev. 13:18 When old sores, that seemed to be cured, break out again, it is to be feared there is a leprosy in them; such is the danger of those who, having escaped the pollutions of the world, are again entangled therein and overcome. Or, 2. In a burn by accident, for this seems to be meant, Lev. 13:24 The burning of strife and contention... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:30

Then the priest shall see the plague ,.... The person on whom it is shall come or be brought unto him; and he shall look upon it and examine it: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin ; which is always one sign of leprosy: and there be in it a yellow thin hair ; like the appearance of thin gold, as the Targum of Jonathan; for, as Ben Gersom says, its colour is the colour of gold; and it is called thin in this place, because short and soft, and not when it is long and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:31

And if the priest look on the plague of the scall ,.... As it may appear in another person, brought to him for inspection and examination: and, behold, it be not in the sight deeper than the skin ; it do not seem to be got into the flesh, or lower than the skin: and that there is no black hair in it ; or, "but no black hair in it"; for, as Jarchi says, if there was a black hair in it, he would be clean, and there would be no need of shutting up; for black hair in scalls is a sign... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:32

And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague ,.... To see whether it has got any deeper, or spread any further, and has any hair growing in it, and of what colour, that he might be also able to judge whether it was a leprosy or not: and, behold, if the scall spread not ; was neither got into the flesh, nor larger in the skin: and there be in it no yellow hair ; that is, a thin yellow hair, for such only, as Ben Gersom observes, was a sign of leprosy in scalls, as in ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:33

He shall be shaven ,.... His head or beard, where the scall was, as Aben Ezra; and so Ben Gersom, who adds, the law is not solicitous whether this shaving is by a priest or not; so it seems any one might shave him: but the scall shall he not shave ; that is, the hair that is in it, but that was to continue and grow, that the colour of it might be easily discerned at the end of seven other days; according to the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, he was to shave round about it, but not that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:34

And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall ,.... That is, according to Ben Gersom, on the thirteenth day from the first inspection of him by the priest: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin ; neither appears spread on the surface of the skin, nor to have eaten into the flesh under it; also no thin yellow hair, though it is not expressed, for that made a person unclean, though there was no spreading: then the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:35

But if the scall spread much in his skin after cleansing. After he has been declared clean by the priest; for it was possible that it might spread after this, though so much precaution had been used, and so much time taken to observe it: with this compare 2 Peter 1:9 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:36

Then the priest shall look on him ,.... Again, and which is no less than the fourth time; for notwithstanding his being pronounced clean, he was still subject to the inspection of the priest, if any alteration appeared: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin ; which was a certain sign of a leprosy: the priest shall not seek for yellow hair ; or be solicitous about that, whether there is any or not, for either one or the other of these signs were sufficient to determine the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:37

But if the scall be in his sight at a stay ,.... If in a few days, or in a short space of time after this, it should appear that the scall is at a full stop, and does not spread any further at all: and that there is black hair grown up therein ; which is a sign of health and soundness, and so of purity; yea, if it was green or red, so be it, it was not yellow, according to Jarchi, it was sufficient: the scall is healed ; from whence it appears that it had been a leprous scall, but... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 13:33

The scall shall he not shave - Lest the place should be irritated and inflamed, and assume in consequence other appearances besides those of a leprous infection; in which case the priest might not be able to form an accurate judgment. read more

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