This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
Law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. A leper, though quite convalescent, was not allowed to return to society immediately and at his own will. The malignant character of his disease rendered the greatest precautions necessary to his re-admission among the people. One of the priests most skilled in the diagnosis of the disease (Grotius) being appointed to attend to such outcasts, the restored leper was inspected in the presence this particular official; and when, after having been examined according to the rules prescribed in the preceding chapter, a certificate of health was given, the ceremonies here described were immediately observed outside the camp.