But if the priest examines it, and behold, there are no white hairs in it, and it isn’t deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
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But if the priest examines it, and behold, there are no white hairs in it, and it isn’t deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
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But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
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But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.
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- 1 Corinthians 5:5 are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain But be somewhat dark, or, and be contracted; of…
But be somewhat dark, or, and be contracted; of which Lev 13:6.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But if the priest look on it,.... Upon a…
But if the priest look on it,.... Upon a person in a like case as first described, having had a boil, and that healed, and afterwards a white swelling, or a bright spot in the place of it:
and, behold, there be no white hairs therein; not two hairs turned white, as Gersom interprets it:
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and if it be not lower than the skin; the bright spot not lower than the skin; not having got into the flesh, only skin deep: the Targum of Jonathan is, not lower in whiteness than the skin; for the bright spot is described as white, and so the rising or swelling, Lev 13:19,
but be somewhat dark; or rather "contracted"; to which spreading is opposed in the next verse; See Gill on Lev 13:6,
then the priest shall shut him up seven days; to wait and see whether it will spread or not: a boil and burning, the Jews say, make a man unclean in one week, and by two signs, the white hair, and the spreading; by the white hair, both at the beginning and at the end of the week after dismission, and by spreading at the end of the week after it (q).
(q) Misn. Negaim, c. 3. sect. 4.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Dark - Or, and be contracted.
Dark - Or, and be contracted.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Lev 13:21-24. Dark — Or, and be contracted. A…
Lev 13:21-24. Dark — Or, and be contracted. A plague — Or, the plague of leprosy, of which he is speaking. A hot burning — A burning of fire, by the touch of any hot iron, or burning coals, which naturally makes an ulcer or sore in which the following spot is.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) But if the priest.—In the absence, however, of…
(21) But if the priest.—In the absence, however, of these two symptoms, the patient is to be put in quarantine for one week only.
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Yahweh continues telling Moses and Aaron what the people must do when someone has a skin disease.
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examines it
Here "it" refers to the white swelling or bright spot on the skin.
the priest must pronounce him unclean
The man whom other people must not touch is spoken of as if he were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
the priest must pronounce him clean
The man whom other people may touch is spoken of as if he were physically clean. (See: Metaphor)
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