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When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests:
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A Spiritual Uncleanness
Commentators stress that the biblical 'leprosy' was more than a mere disease; it was a divinely significant 'uncleanness.' Often inflicted directly by God as a judgment for sin (e.g., Miriam, Uzziah), its diagnosis was assigned to a priest, not a physician. This highlights its status as a spiritual and ceremonial issue, not just a physical one.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The skin of his flesh - An expression found nowhere but in this chapter. It probably denotes the cuticle or epidermis, as distinguished from…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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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…
