And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
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Gill's Exposition
And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times,.... With the hyssop fastened to the cedar stick, with the scarlet wool or thread bound about it, dipped into the…
Barnes' Notes
Seven times - The seal of the covenant, expressed in the number seven (compare Lev 14:9), was renewed in sprinkling him who, during his leprosy, had lived as an outcast. The details of a restoration…
Adam Clarke
Shall let the living bird loose - The Jews teach that wild birds were employed on this occasion, no tame or domestic animal was used. Mr. Ainsworth piously conjectures that the living and dead birds…
Here, I. It is supposed that the plague of the leprosy was not an incurable disease. Uzziah's indeed continued to the day of his death, and Gehazi's was entailed upon his seed; but Miriam's lasted…
Cambridge Bible
seven times As in Lev 14:14; Lev 14:14and so in Lev 4:6; Lev 4:17; Lev 8:11; Lev 16:14; Lev 16:19; Num 19:4. Cp. 2Ki 5:10 and Art. Numberin HDB. iii. specially p. 565.
let go the living bird The…
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