But if the scab spread. —As Leviticus 13:5 prescribes that the priest who examines the patient after seven days’ quaranti…

And [if] the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in
the skin
Is not at a stay…

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…