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it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.
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Commentators explain that an "old leprosy" was a chronic, established case. Unlike uncertain skin conditions that required a seven-day quarantine, this was an obvious diagnosis. The priest could immediately pronounce the person unclean without needing to "shut him up" for further observation because the evidence was conclusive.
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Leviticus
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19th Century
Anglican
It is an old leprosy. —Either of these symptoms showed that it was the reappearance of the old disease, and rendered quarantine ne…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
It [is] an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh An inveterate one, of long standing and continuance, an obstinate on…
Presbyterian
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…
