He shall then look at the mark on the seventh day; if the mark has spread in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in the leather, whatever the purpose for which the leather is used, the mark is a leprous malignancy, it is unclean.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

A fretting leprosy - that is, a malignant or corroding leprosy. What was the nature of the leprosy in clothing, which produced greenish or …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And he shall look on the plague. —If at the end of the week, when the priest examines it again, he finds that the conditi…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day
To see whether there is any alteration in it in that space of tim…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The garment suspected of being tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon inspection, a leprous spot was found, it must be bur…