then he shall be shaved, but he shall not shave the itch. Then the priest shall isolate the one who has the itch seven more days.
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then he shall be shaved, but he shall not shave the itch. Then the priest shall isolate the one who has the itch seven more days.
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He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:
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then he shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He shall be shaven, for the more certain discovery…
He shall be shaven, for the more certain discovery of the growth or stay of the plague.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And in the seventh day the priest shall look…
And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall,.... That is, according to Ben Gersom, on the thirteenth day from the first inspection of him by the priest:
and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; neither appears spread on the surface of the skin, nor to have eaten into the flesh under it; also no thin yellow hair, though it is not expressed, for that made a person unclean, though there was no spreading:
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then the priest shall pronounce him clean; free from a leprosy:
and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean; there was no need to say he shall wash them in water, as Aben Ezra observes, that is supposed; and then he was looked upon as a clean person, and might go into the sanctuary, and have conversation with men, both in a civil and religious way, and not defile anything he sat upon.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain He shall be shaven - For the more certain…
He shall be shaven - For the more certain discovery of the growth or stay of the plague.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 33. The scall shall he not shave] Lest…
Verse 33. The scall shall he not shave] Lest the place should be irritated and inflamed, and assume in consequence other appearances besides those of a leprous infection; in which case the priest might not be able to form an accurate judgment.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 33. He shall be shaven — This would afford…
33. He shall be shaven — This would afford a better opportunity to determine the question of the spread of the disease. The scall was exempted from being shaven, probably out of mercy to the patient, and as a safeguard against spreading it all over the head and of infecting others by the use of the same razor.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 33. It is enjoined in the Mishna (Tal. Bab.…
33. It is enjoined in the Mishna (Tal. Bab. Neg. x. § 5) that two hairs on each side of the scall should be left so that the priest might judge whether the disease had spread.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (33) He shall be shaven.—The priest, for the sake…
(33) He shall be shaven.—The priest, for the sake of making sure, and to be able to examine the patient more thoroughly, is to have his head and beard shaved. This operation was performed by professional barbers, who were always on the spot.
But the scall shall he not shave.—The place, however, where the scall appeared was not to be shaved, so that the priest might be able to see the colour of the hair. The manner in which the shaving was performed during the second Temple was as follows: The hair round the scall was all shaved off, except two hairs on each side, which were close to the affected spot, to enable the priest to see whether the spot is spreading or not.
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