Leviticus 13:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. ”

• Leviticus 13:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Somewhat dark - Rather, somewhat dim: that is, if the spot is dying away.

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• Leviticus 13:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, [if] the plague [be] somewhat (c) dark, [and] the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it [is but]...

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• Leviticus 13:6 - 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 13:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  spread. This is the criterion here for persons, as for houses and garments (Compare Leviticus 13:55 , &c. 14, 44, 48). This is the criterion for our judgment of the antitype "sin" our old natu...

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• Leviticus 13:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a s...

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• Leviticus 13:6 - 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 13:6 - 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 13:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And the priest shall look on him again. — If , on further examination at the end of another week, the priest finds that the bright spot looks darker, and that it has not spread, he is to pronounce...

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• Leviticus 13:6 - 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 13:6 - 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 13:6 - 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 13:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Observe, the priest is not to say the leper is healed, but pronounce him clean. Reader! remark with me how evidently this refers to the cleansing from sin by the blood of JESUS. The ten lepers, which...

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• Leviticus 13:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day ,.... On the second seventh day, at the end of a fortnight from his being first presented to him, and shut up: and, behold, [if] the plague [...

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• Leviticus 13:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, [if] the plague [be] somewhat dark, [and] the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it [is but] a s...

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• Leviticus 13:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Dark Contrary to the white colour of the leprosy. But the word may be rendered, have contracted itself , and thus the opposition seems to be most clear to the spreading of itself. He shall wash...

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• Leviticus 13:6 - 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 13:6 - 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 13:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  If the plague be somewhat dark; which is opposed to the white colour of the leprosy. But the word may be rendered, have contracted itself , or, be restrained or confined to its former place an...

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• Leviticus 13:6 - 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 13:6 - 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 13:6 - 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 13:6 - 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 13:6 - 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 13:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Ordinances Concerning Leprosy.

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• Leviticus 13:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 1:7-9 ; 1 Kings 8:38 ; 1 Kings 8:45 ; 2 Corinthians 7:1 ; Deuteronomy 32:5 ; Ecclesiastes 7:20 ; Hebrews 10:22 ; Hebrews 9:10 ; Isaiah 11:3 ; Isaiah 11:4 ; Isaiah 42:3 ; James 3:2...

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• Leviticus 13:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Dark — Contrary to the white colour of the leprosy. But the word may be rendered, have contracted itself, and thus the opposition seems to be most clear as the spreading of itself. He shall wash hi...

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