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Careful Spiritual Diagnosis
Commentators note the specific details given to distinguish true leprosy from simple baldness. The law required a careful examination of the location (front or back of the head) and the appearance (a reddish-white sore), sometimes involving a quarantine period. This highlights the meticulous nature of God's instructions to protect the community.
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Albert Barnes
On Leviticus 13:42
18th Century
Theologian
Sore - Rather, stroke. It is the same word which elsewhere in this and the next chapter is rendered plague.
Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 13:42
19th Century
Bishop
And if there be in the bald head. —Better, But if there be in the bald backhead. But if a reddish-white eruption…
John Gill
On Leviticus 13:42
17th Century
Pastor
And if there be
Or, "but if there be", or, "when there shall be" F25 , or shall appear to be:
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Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 13:18–44
17th Century
Minister
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 …