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Leviticus 13:40-50

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40 "Now if a man loses the hair of his head, he is 1bald; he is clean.
41 "If his head becomes bald at the front and sides, he is bald on the forehead; he is clean.
42 "But if on the bald head or the bald forehead, there occurs a reddish-white infection, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or on his bald forehead.
43 "Then 2the priest shall look at him; and if the swelling of the infection is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body,
44 he is a leprous man, he is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his infection is on his head.
45 "As for the leper who has the infection, his clothes shall be torn, and 3the hair of his head shall be uncovered, and he shall 4cover his mustache and cry, '5Unclean! Unclean!'
46 "He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be 6outside * the camp.
47 "When a garment has a mark of leprosy in it, whether it is a wool garment or a linen garment,
48 whether in warp or woof, of linen or of wool, whether in leather or in any article made of leather,
49 if the mark is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is a leprous mark and shall be shown to the priest.
50 "Then 7the priest shall look at the mark and shall quarantine the article with the mark for seven days.
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Leviticus 13:40-50 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 13

In this chapter an account is given of the various sorts of leprosy, and the rules by which they were to be judged of, Le 13:1-3 of the bright spot and scab, Le 13:4-8 of the rising or swelling, Le 13:9-17 of the bile or hot ulcer, Le 13:18-23 of the hot burning or inflammation, Le 13:24-28 of the plague of the scall, Le 13:29-37 of bright spots or blisters, Le 13:38,39 and of shedding the hair, and baldness, Le 13:40-44 of what the leper was to do, and to be done unto, Le 13:45,46 of the leprosy in garments made of linen, woollen, or of skin, Le 13:47-59.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

  • 1. 2 Kings 2:23; Isaiah 15:2; Amos 8:10
  • 2. Leviticus 10:10; Ezekiel 22:26
  • 3. Leviticus 10:6
  • 4. Ezekiel 24:17, 22; Micah 3:7
  • 5. Lamentations 4:15
  • 6. Numbers 5:1-4; Numbers 12:14
  • 7. Ezekiel 44:23

Footnotes 8

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