Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 13:11
It [is] an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he [is] unclean.
It [is] an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh,…. An inveterate one, of long standing and continuance, an obstinate one, not to be cured by medicine; as this sort of leprosy was, and therefore the person was sent not to a physician, but to the priest: the leprosy of sin is an old disease, brought by man into the world with him, and continues with him from his youth upwards, and nothing but the grace of God and blood of Christ can remove it:
and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up; there being no doubt at all of it being a leprosy, and of his uncleanness, and therefore no need to shut him up for further examination, but to turn him out of the camp till his purification was over:
for he [is] unclean; in a ceremonial sense, and was obliged to the law for cleansing, such as after given.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(11) It is an old leprosy.Either of these symptoms showed that it was the re-appearance of the old distemper, and rendered quarantine needless. The priest is, therefore, to pronounce him unclean at once.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 13:11. And shall not shut him up “For trial, as in the former case, Lev 13:5 but he shall remove him out of the camp, to dwell by himself, till he is perfectly clean.” See Lev 13:46. There seems to be no doubt, from this state of the case, that proper medicinal means were used, as we have observed, during this time of the leper’s separation without the camp. The reader will excuse us if we do not enter minutely into all the symptoms of this disease; we refer the curious to Calmet and Le Clerc’s Dissertations.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Lev 13:11 It [is] an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he [is] unclean.
Ver. 11. It is an old leprosy. ] So habituated sinners, that are crooked and aged with good opinions of themselves, these are seldom or never set straight again.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
shall not: or, need not.
is: i.e. is undoubtedly, no farther proof being needed.