Leviticus 13:2

THE PLAGUE. spot: mark too weak for person, though suited for house (Leviticus 14:34): "plague" and "stroke"would be too strong in every case. LEPROSY. Hebrew. _zar'ath,_ from _zar'a_, to _strike down,_. leper being one stricken of God. One of the four points which Christ endorses Leviticus as being... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 13:3

PRONOUNCE. Hebrew "shall make him". Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject). pronounce or declare him to be. App-6. Compare Ezekiel 43:3, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 13:4

PLAGUE. plagued person. Hebrew "shut up the plague". Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct). App-6. The meaning is supplied in italics.... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 13:6

SPREAD. This is the criterion here for persons, as for houses and garments (Compare Leviticus 13:55, &c. 14, 44, 48). This is the criterion for our judgment of the antitype "sin" our old nature, to which our attention is called by the Figure of speech _Asterismos,_ "Behold" (see App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 13:30

THIN. short. An infallible sign of leprosy.. long hair, even though "yellow", no sign. In other parts of the body the hairs would be short and white. Compare Leviticus 13:10. SCALL. scab. EVEN. it [is].... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 13:45

RENT. See note on Leviticus 10:6. COVERING. muffler. 'UNCLEAN, UNCLEAN. ' Figure of speech _Epizeuxis,_ App-6, to emphasize the _condition._ Leprosy is the great type of sin: and teaches that the sinner is not only lost and ruined on account of what he has _done,_ but on account of what he _i_ s.... [ Continue Reading ]

Leviticus 13:48

WARP. A. S. _wearpen,_ to cast or throw. the longitudinal lines in the loom, through which the shuttle passes. Hebrew. _shathah,_ to drink in. So called because of its _drinking in_ the thread thrown by the shuttle. WOOF. A. S. to weave in. Heb _'drab,_ to intermingle. Hence used of what is mingled... [ Continue Reading ]

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