2 Kings 5:27

The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee -Oh heavy talents of Gehazi", says Bishop Hall, -oh the horror of this one unchangeable suit … How much better had been a light purse and a homely coat, with a sound body and a clear soul".

a leperas white as snow Both here and elsewhere in this phrase, the words -as white" are inserted to explain the comparison. Cf. Numbers 12:10. As the incrustation of leprosy is sometimes rather rose-coloured than white, it seems likely that the point of the comparison is not the whiteness only, but that likeness which it bears to a light downlike covering, as if the limbs had been sprinkled over in the manner, though not always with the colour, of snow.