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A Deceptive Sign of Health
Commentators explain a paradoxical sign of leprosy: the appearance of 'quick raw flesh' or a spot of seemingly healthy tissue within a diseased swelling. Rather than a sign of healing, ancient interpreters saw this as evidence of the disease's aggressive, consuming nature. This detail highlights the careful, expert diagnosis required by the priests.
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Leviticus
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Albert Barnes
On Leviticus 13:10
18th Century
Theologian
If the rising be white - Or, if there be a white rising. The term very probably denotes the white bulla or patch of anesthetic elephantiasis…
Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 13:10
19th Century
Bishop
If the rising is white. —If the disease actually returns, one of two symptoms indicates it. A white rising will be notice…
John Gill
On Leviticus 13:10
17th Century
Pastor
And the priest shall see [him]
Look at him, and closely and narrowly inspect and examine his case:
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Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 13:1–17
17th Century
Minister
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…