7But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:
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There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. …
But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; …
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-17)I. Concerning the plague of leprosy we may observe in general, 1. That it was rather an uncleanness than a disease; or, at least, so the law considered it, and therefore employed not the physicians but the priests about it. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. We do not read of any that died of the leprosy, but it rather buried them alive, by rendering them unfit for conversation wi…
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