Bible Commentary

Then the priest shall command that they wash [the thing] wherein the plague [is], and he shall shut it up seven days more: Verse 54. He shall shut it up seven days more] To give time for the spreading of the contagion, if it did exist there; that there might be the most unequivocal marks … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 13:54”

And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; And if the priest shall look,…. On the seventh day as before, after shutting up: and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 13:53”

He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woolen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it [is] a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. Verse 52. He shall therefore burn that garment] There being scarcely any means of radically curing the infection. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 13:52”

And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, [or] in any work that is made of skin; the plague [is] a fretting leprosy; it [is] unclean. 51. a fretting leprosy ] i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 13:51”

And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up [it that hath] the plague seven days: And the priest shall look upon the plague,…. The green or red spot in the garment, c. and shut up [it that hath] the plague seven days the woollen or linen garment, the warp or the woof, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 13:50”

And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it [is] a plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest: And if the plague be greenish or reddish the garment, or in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 13:49”

Whether [it be] in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woolen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin; 48. whether it be in warp, or woof ] The LXX. and other versions translate thus; another suggestion is that different ways of working up the material are meant (so R.V. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 13:48”

The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, [whether it be] a woolen garment, or a linen garment; Leprosy in garments (47 59) The nature of these spots in clothing is not clear. It is generally supposed that they are caused by mildew or moth (see Art. Leprosy, HDB.); another suggestion is that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 13:47”

All the days wherein the plague [shall be] in him he shall be defiled; he [is] unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp [shall] his habitation [be]. Dwell alone – More properly, dwell apart; that is, separated from the people. Though thus excluded from general contact with society, it is not likely that lepers … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 13:46”

And the leper in whom the plague [is], his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. 45. his clothes shall be rent ] not the usual Heb. word, but one used only here and in Lev 10:6, Lev 21:10; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 13:45”