55And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
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The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 54-57)This is the conclusion of this law concerning the leprosy. There is no repetition of it in Deuteronomy, only a general memorandum given (Deut. 24:8), Take heed in the plague of leprosy . We may see in this law, 1. The gracious care God took of his people Israel, for to them only this law pertained, and not to the Gentiles. When Naaman the Syrian was cured of his leprosy he was not bidden to show h…
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