“ If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; ”
General Procedure. Certain classes of signs arouse suspicion. The priest is to inspect. If he sees them to be distinctly leprous, the patient is to be so treated; otherwise he is to be secluded for...
plague: better, "spot". See note on Leviticus 13:2 .
29 If a man or woman. What is here spoken of is not the baldness which so often occurs in old age; but that loss of hair, which is the consequence of leprosy, is distinguished from any other...
If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; A plague upon the head or the beard - This refers to a disease in which, according to the Jews, the hair either on the head or the chin dro...
If a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or the beard— Maimonides tells us, that in this sort of leprosy the hair on the head or beard fell off by the roots, and the place of the hair remained...
If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; a dry scall, х neteq ( H5424 ); Septuagint, thrausma], when the leprosy was distinguished by being in sight deeper than the ski...
Uncleanness connected with Leprosy It is tolerably certain that the leprosy of the OT. is not the leprosy of the Middle Ages, which is still to be found in the East. The latter is a terrible and l...
If a man or woman. — The fourth case, discussed in Leviticus 13:29-37 , is leprosy on the head or chin. Cases where this distemper attacks first the hairy parts are not uncommon.
THE UNCLEANNESS OF LEPROSY Leviticus 13:1-46 THE interpretation of this chapter presents no little difficulty. The description of the diseases with which the law here deals is not given in a sc...
Here we have a section (Chapter s 13, 14) wholly devoted to the subject of leprosy. The disease was dealt with as one which is loathsome, whose tendency is to spread, and which is contagious. The who...
These verses convey the same doctrine, only they are diversified so as to answer the diversified appearances of sin. The spots which appear without may differ, but the disease, if leprous, is the sam...
If a man or a woman hath a plague upon the head or the beard. Any breaking out in those parts a swelling, scab, or spot, on a man's beard or on a woman's head; or on the head of either man or woman...
Upon the head or beard Pliny tells us, that a kind of disease came into Italy in the middle of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, which commonly began in the chin, and was therefore called mentagra , an...
LAWS CONCERNING LEPROSY (vv. 1-44) The seriousness of the plague of leprosy is emphasized by the fact that two long Chapter s are devoted to this subject. The physical illness, however, is signifi...
18 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, 19 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, a...
No text from Poole on this verse.
Dealing With Sores ( Leviticus 13:29-37 ). Leviticus 13:29-30 “And when a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard, then the priest shall look on the plague, and, behold, if its a...
Leprosy: its Discobery and Treatment SUGGESTIVE READINGS Gathering into view the circumstantial and concise description of the malady here given; the directions concerning leprosy may be thus ana...
Leviticus 13:2 . Aaron or one of his sons were obliged to inspect every case of leprosy, the priests being best acquainted with the nature and progress of the complaint, and most concerned to keep...
The plague of leprosy. The cleansing of the leper I. The loathsome and ghastly spectacle of a leper. 1. A leper was extremely loathsome in his person. But let me remind you that this, fearfu...
EXPOSITION UNCLEANNESS DERIVED FROM LEPROSY OR CONTACT WITH LEPERS AND LEPROUS THINGS ( Leviticus 13:1-3 , Leviticus 14:1-3 ). A third cause of uncleanness is found in a t...
Ordinances Concerning Leprosy.
1 Kings 12:28 ; 1 Kings 8:38 ; 2 Chronicles 6:29 ; 2 Corinthians 4:3 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:11 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:12 ; Acts 22:3 ; Acts 22:4 ; Acts 26:10 ; Acts 26:9 ; I...