Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 13:20
And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it [be] in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it [is] a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
Lower than the skin – Rather, reaching below the scarf skin.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
And if, when the priest seeth it,…. And has thoroughly viewed it and considered it:
behold, it [be] in sight lower than the skin; having eaten into and taken root in the flesh under the skin:
and the hair thereof be turned white; which are the signs of leprosy before given, Le 13:3;
the priest shall pronounce him unclean; not fit for company and conversation, but obliged to conform to the laws concerning leprosy:
it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil; which was there before: this is an emblem of apostates and apostasy, who having been seemingly healed and cleansed, return to their former course of life, and to all the impurity of it, like the dog to its vomit, and the swine to its wallowing in the mire, Pr 26:11; and so their last state is worse than the first, Mt 12:45, as in this case; at first it was a boil, and then thought to be cured, and afterwards arises out of it a plague of leprosy.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(20) Behold, it be in sight lower than the skin.Better, Behold, its appearance is lower than the other skin. If upon examination the priest finds that the spot has assumed a deeper appearance than the rest of the skin, and the hair turned whitewhich were the two critical symptomshe forthwith declared it leprosy.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
in sight: Lev 13:3, Mat 12:45, Joh 5:14, 2Pe 2:20
Reciprocal: Lev 14:37 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
13:20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it [be] in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him {g} unclean: it [is] a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
(g) No one was exempted, but if the priest pronounced him unclean, he was put out from among the people: as appears by the example of Mary the prophetess, Num 12:14 and by king Uzziah, 2Ch 26:20.