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he is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his plague is in his head.
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A Plague in the Head
Commentators like Matthew Henry and John Gill see a powerful spiritual metaphor in this verse. A plague 'in the head' symbolizes the leprosy of sin corrupting a person's mind and judgment. When wicked principles and false doctrines are embraced, it represents a state of 'utter uncleanness' that is especially dangerous and difficult to cleanse.
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Leviticus
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16th Century
Protestant
He is a leprous man, he is unclean. In the first part of the verse, it says that the leprous man must be considered unclean; but, in the l…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He is a leprous man, he [is] unclean And so to be pronounced and accounted; only a leprous man is mentioned, there b…
Presbyterian
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 …
