Leviticus 13:1
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:8Observe diligently that thou incur not the stroke of the leprosy, but thou shalt do whatsoever the priests of the Levitical race shall teach thee, according to what I have commanded them, and fulfil thou it carefully.
Luke 5:12And it came to pass, when he was ina certain city, behold a man full of leprosy, who seeing Jesus, and falling on his face, besought him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 13:1
The next ceremonial uncleanness is that of the leprosy, concerning which the law was very large and particular; we have the discovery of it in this chapter, and the cleansing of the leper in the next. Scarcely any one thing in all the levitical law takes up so much room as this. I. Rules are here given by which the priest must judge whether the man had the leprosy or no, according as the symptom was that appeared. 1. If it was a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, ver. 1-17 . 2. If it was a bile, ver. 18-23 . 3.… Read the whole commentary →