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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Leviticus 14 This chapter treats of the purification of lepers, and the rules to be observed therein; and first what the priest was to do for his cleansing when brought to him, by making use of two birds, with cedar wood, scarlet and hyssop, as directed, Leviticus 14:1; what he was to do for himself, shaving off all his hair, and washing his flesh and clothes in water, Leviticus...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And if the priest shall come in, and look [upon it],.... That is, on the seventh day of the second week of its being shut up: and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plastered; [See comments on Leviticus 14:42]: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean; fit to be inhabited, and so no more to be shut up, but free for use as before: because the plague is...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

The former chapter directed the priests how to convict a leper of ceremonial uncleanness. No prescriptions are given for his cure; but, when God had cured him, the priests are in this chapter directed how to cleanse him. The remedy here is only adapted to the ceremonial part of his disease; but the authority Christ gave to his ministers was to cure the lepers, and so to cleanse them. We have...