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It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
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A Symbol of Total Renewal
Commentators note this is the second time the person shaves all their hair and bathes. This repeated, radical act of removing all hair—head, beard, eyebrows, and more—symbolized a complete break from the former state of defilement. It illustrates the thoroughness of God's cleansing, signifying a total renewal and a fresh start.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The best of all types of the healing of the Spirit, was the healing of the leper. In his formal cleansing, consecration, and atonement by sacrifice…
19th Century
Anglican
But it shall be ... — Better, And it shall be. The second stage of purification, which restored the convalescent to the c…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But it shall be on the seventh day After he was first brought to the priest, and cleansed by the two birds, taken an…
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The priests could not cleanse the lepers; but when the Lord removed the plague, various rules were to be observed in admitting them again to the or…