Leviticus 13:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. ”

• Leviticus 13:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The hair in the plague is turned white - The sparing growth of very fine whitish hair on leprous spots in the place of the natural hair, appears to have been always regarded as a characteristic s...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and [when] the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight [be] (b) deeper than the skin of his flesh, it [is] a plag...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  pronounce. Hebrew "shall make him". Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject). pronounce or declare him to be. App-6. Compare Ezekiel 43:3 , &c.

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague o...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And pronounce him unclean— Hebrew, shall pollute him, "that is," says Dr. Beaumont, "by his word he maketh him clean or unclean: and in this sense the ministers of Christ in the Gospel are said t...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  When the hair in the plague is turned white. — Better, and the hair in the plagued spot, &c. The first symptom indicating the existence of the disorder is that the hair, which is generally je...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Test of Leprosy Leviticus 13:1-17 Leprosy was a sort of living death, involving exclusion from the fellowship of the living, and from the sanctuary. Consequently the process of restoration...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  How sweetly is the SPIRIT's work here pointed out in the priest's looking into the case of the diseased Israelite. JESUS'S SPIRIT is that blessed gift to a poor sinner, which first convinceth of sin....

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• Leviticus 13:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh ,.... Whether it be a swelling, scab, or a bright spot that appears, and judge of it by the following rules, and none but a priest mi...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and [when] the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight [be] deeper than the skin of his flesh, it [is] a plague o...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The priest shall look on the plague In some dubious cases, the priest might find it convenient to take the judgment of physicians, or of persons who understood the theory of diseases better than hi...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Law Concerning Leprosy. B. C. 1490.       1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, say...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  On the plague, i.e. the sign or appearance of the plague of leprosy. And it is observable, that the same signs of it are given by Moses here, and by the learned physicians in their works. And when...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Dealing With Skin Eruptions ( Leviticus 13:2-8 ). Leviticus 13:2-3 “When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

  priest Some have found in the regulations of this chapter concerning an inquest by the priest of a case of leprosy, elaborate provisions for the exercise of discipline in the local church. No...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Ordinances Concerning Leprosy.

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 5:4-6 ; 1 Timothy 1:20 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:14 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:15 ; 2 Timothy 2:16 ; 2 Timothy 2:17 ; 2 Timothy 3:13 ; Acts 20:28 ; Ezekiel 16:30 ; Ezekiel 44:23 ; Genesis...

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• Leviticus 13:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  When the hair is turned white — This change of colour was an evidence both of the abundance of excrementious humours, and of the weakness of nature, as we see in old and sick persons. His flesh — F...

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