Leviticus 13 Study Notes
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13:25 The skin condition described here could be identified as psoriasis.
13:30 The term scaly outbreak appears only in this pericope of the Bible (vv. 30-37; 14:54). It refers to a skin disease that appeared on a person’s head or chin.
13:45-46 The person rendered unclean was relegated to life outside the community until healed. The torn . . . clothes were a sign of mourning, while the crying out was a warning to those who were ceremonially clean. This practice was still observed during Jesus’s time, when ten men with serious skin diseases stood at a distance from the community and were asked by Jesus to show themselves to the priest after he had healed them (Lk 17:11-14).
13:47-59 As with contagious skin diseases, so also with mildew or fungus; no spreadable contamination of fabric or leather was permitted to undermine the ceremonial cleanliness of the community.