The disease indicated here appears to be what is now known as Lepra commonis, the common White Leprosy, or Dry Tetter. It first shows itself in red…

And if a leprosy break out abroad. —There were, however, two phases of this returning disease that exempted the patient f…

Then the priest shall consider
Look wistly upon it, and well weigh the matter in his own mind, that he may make a tr…

The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was amon…