Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
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Gill's Exposition
And if the priest look on the plague of the scall,.... As it may appear in another person, brought to him for inspection and examination:
and, behold, it be not in the sight deeper than the skin; it…
Barnes' Notes
Scall - As this is the name for another disease not allied to the leprosy, it would have been better to retain the original word נתק netheq. It is a true elephantiasis, and is recognized by modern…
The priest is here instructed what judgment to make if there was any appearance of a leprosy, either, 1. In an old ulcer, or bile, that has been healed, Lev 13:18, etc. When old sores, that seemed to…
Cambridge Bible
yellow thin hair The Heb. word for -yellow" is used only here and in Lev 13:13; Lev 13:13.
a scall] a dry scallA.V.; the Heb. word néthekis used only in this section, and denotes -what one is inclined…