"When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling or an eruption or a spot, and it turns into a leprous disease on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests,

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The skin of his flesh - An expression found nowhere but in this chapter. It probably denotes the cuticle or epidermis, as distinguished from…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

When a man shall have in the skin. Since every eruption was not leprosy and did not make a man unclean, when God appoints the priests to b…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh
Rules are here given, by which a leprosy might be judged of; which, a…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

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