LEVITICUS—NOTE ON Leviticus 13:1 Leprous disease (v. Leviticus 13:2 and throughout ch. Leviticus 13:1) could include many skin ailments (see esv footnote on v. Leviticus 13:2). The basic symptoms are given in vv. Leviticus 13:2. What today is called leprosy (Hansen’s disease) was unknown in the Near East at the time of Leviticus 1:1.

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