And the leper in whom the plague [is], his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
Ver. 45. His clothes shall be rent.] To show his sorrow for sin, the cause of his calamity.
And his head bare.] That men might not mistake him; and further to show his humility, whereof this also was a ceremony.
A covering upon his upper lip.] His moustaches that by his breath he might not infect others: and to show that God will not hear a good motion from an ill mouth.
Unclean, unclean.] Say we the same in our humblest acknowledgments; but withal add that of the leper in the Gospel, yet "Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean." Mat 8:2