Leviticus 13:18-28 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 13:18-37

The priest is here instructed what judgment to make if there was any appearance of a leprosy, either, 1. In an old ulcer, or bile, that has been healed, Lev. 13:18 When old sores, that seemed to be cured, break out again, it is to be feared there is a leprosy in them; such is the danger of those who, having escaped the pollutions of the world, are again entangled therein and overcome. Or, 2. In a burn by accident, for this seems to be meant, Lev. 13:24 The burning of strife and contention... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:18

The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil ,.... Or hot ulcer, by which, says Maimonides F14 In Misn. Negaim, c. 6. sect. 8. you may understand any stroke by a stone, stick, or iron, or any other thing: and in the Misnah F15 Ib. c. 9. sect. 1. , it is asked, what is an ulcer (or boil)? a stroke by wood, stone, pitch, or hot water; all that is from the force of fire is an ulcer: and is healed ; by the use of medicine, and the part, in all appearance, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:19

And in the place of the boil there be a white rising ,.... In the place where the boil was, a white swelling appears: or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish ; white and red mixed, as the Targum of Jonathan; and so Aben Ezra interprets the word "reddish", of the bright spot being mixed of two colours, or part of it so; and such a mixed colour of white and red, Gersom observes, is usual in a swelling, and adds, we are taught how to judge of these appearances, according to a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:20

And if, when the priest seeth it ,.... And has thoroughly viewed it and considered it: behold, it be in sight lower than the skin ; having eaten into and taken root in the flesh under the skin: and the hair thereof be turned white ; which are the signs of leprosy before given, Leviticus 13:3 , the priest shall pronounce him unclean ; not fit for company and conversation, but obliged to conform to the laws concerning leprosy: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:21

But if the priest look on it ,.... Upon a person in a like case as first described, having had a boil, and that healed, and afterwards a white swelling, or a bright spot in the place of it: and, behold, there be no white hairs therein ; not two hairs turned white, as Gersom interprets it: and if it be not lower than the skin ; the bright spot not lower than the skin; not having got into the flesh, only skin deep: the Targum of Jonathan is, not lower in whiteness than the skin;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:22

And if it spread much abroad in the skin ,.... Upon viewing it on the seventh day, though it is not expressed, the swelling or bright spot; or "in spreading spread"; See Gill on Leviticus 13:7 ; which Ben Gersom interprets, not of the skin of the flesh, but of the ulcer: then the priest shall pronounce him unclean ; even though there are no white hairs in it, nor is it lower than the skin, yet is not at a stand or contracted, but spreading: it is a plague ; or stroke; it is one... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:23

But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not ,.... Continues as it was when first viewed: it is a burning boil ; but not a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall pronounce him clean ; as clear of a leprosy, and so not bound by the law of it, though attended with an inflammation or burning ulcer. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:24

Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning ,.... Or "a burning of fire" F18 מכות אש "adustio ignis", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Termellius, Piscator. : it is asked, what is a burning? that which is burnt with a coal or with hot ashes; all that is from the force of fire is burning F19 Misn. Negaim, c. 9. sect. 1. & Maimon. in ib. c. 6. sect. 8. ; that is, whatever sore, pustule, or blister, is occasioned by fire touching the part, or by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:25

Then the priest shall look upon it ,.... And examine it, whether it has the marks and signs of a leprosy or not, such as follow: behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white ; which before was black, or of another colour from white, and is now, turned into the whiteness of chalk, as the Targum of Jonathan: and it be in sight deeper than the skin ; the same Targum is,"and its sight or colour is deeper in being white like snow, more than the skin;'but this respects not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:26

But if the priest look on it ,.... On the hot burning and bright spot in it, in another person: and, behold, there be no white hair on the white spot, and it be no lower than the other skin ; why the word "other" should be supplied I know not, any more than in Leviticus 13:21 , but be somewhat dark ; or "contracted"; see Gill on Leviticus 13:21 , then the priest shall shut him up seven days ; as in the case of the burning boil or hot ulcer, as in Leviticus 13:21 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 13:18-37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 13:26

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