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But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it isn`t lower than the skin, but is dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
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The Wisdom of Waiting
Commentators explain that when the most severe signs of leprosy were absent, the priest did not make a hasty judgment. Instead, he quarantined the person for seven days to observe. This demonstrates a principle of careful discernment, patience, and avoiding rash conclusions in serious matters. The goal was to wait for clear evidence before making a declaration.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Lower than the skin – Rather, reaching below the outer layer of skin.
19th Century
Anglican
But if the priest. —In the absence, however, of these two symptoms, the patient is to be put in quarantine for one week only.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But if the priest look on it Upon a person in a like case as first described, having had a boil, and that healed, an…
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The priest is told what judgment to make if there was any appearance of leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger for those who, having escaped …
