“ And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. ”
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...
And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.
The man whose hair is fallen off his head, &c.— The sacred writer intends in these words to instruct the priest, that the loss of hair by sickness, or age, was not to be esteemed a token of lep...
And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. Bald ... forehead bald. The falling off of the hair is another symptom which creates a suspicion of leprosy, when t...
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...
And the man whose hair is fallen off — Better, And if a man loseth the hair of his head. The sixth and last case, discussed in Leviticus 13:40-44 , is leprosy either at the back or in the front...
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...
So infinitely important is the doctrine of being convinced of a leprous state, and of the impossibility of being cleansed by anything short of divine power; that the HOLY GHOST prosecutes in these ve...
And the man whose hair is fallen off his head ,.... That is, from the back part of his head, from the crown of his head toward his neck behind: he [is] bald ; in that spot of the head where the ha...
Leviticus 13:39 ; Leviticus 13:42 . If the spots be darkish white When there was no other symptom but that of whiteness in the skin, the priest was to be cautious not to pronounce it a leprosy...
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...
38 If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; 39 Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their f...
No text from Poole on this verse.
Dealing With Baldness ( Leviticus 13:40-44 ). Leviticus 13:40-41 “And if a man's hair has fallen off his head, he is bald; yet he is clean. And if his hair has fallen off from the front part o...
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.
Galatians 4:13 ; Leviticus 13:41 ; Romans 6:12 ; Romans 6:19 ; Romans 8:10 ; Song of Solomon 5:11