Leviticus 13:38,39 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

Dealing With Rashes (Leviticus 13:38-39).

Leviticus 13:38-39

“And when a man or a woman has in the skin of the flesh bright spots, even white bright spots, then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a minor skin disease, it has broken out in the skin. He is clean.”

This kind of skin complaint can be dealt with quickly. If the person has white bright spots and they are a dull white it is simply a minor skin disease and can be ignored. The person is clean. It may be impetigo, or acne, or eczema. It would be a different matter if they were the inflamed white vesicles of clinical leprosy.

It matters not how small and insignificant something is, Jesus Christ is still interested in it. It is by constantly coming to Him that we make sure that any ‘spots' we have are not signs of something which could destroy us. Fortunately much of the time our ‘spots' turn out not to be too important, and can be removed by our own decisions. But we would be foolish to ignore them.

Leviticus 13:38-39

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 flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.