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and the priest shall look; and, behold, if there be a white rising in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising,
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
If the rising is white. —If the disease actually returns, one of two symptoms indicates it. A white rising will be notice…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the priest shall see [him] Look at him, and closely and narrowly inspect and examine his case:
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