- Bible
- Leviticus
- Chapter 13
- Verse 38
Leviticus 13:38
If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
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Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
And the man whose hair is fallen off his head,.... That is, from the back part of his head, from the crown of his head toward his neck behind:
he is bald; in that spot of the head where the hair is…
We have here,
I. Provisos that neither a freckled skin nor a bald head should be mistaken for a leprosy, Lev 13:38-41. Every deformity must not forthwith be made a ceremonial defilement. Elisha was…
White spots in the skin(38, 39)
These, if they are dull, and not of the character described in Lev 13:13, are a -tetter" (freckled spotA.V.), a skin disease which is not of a leprous character. The…