And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
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Gill's Exposition
And saith unto him, see thou say nothing to any man,.... By the way, till he came to the priest;
but go thy way, show thyself to the priest: the Syriac and Persic versions read, "to the priests";…
And there came a leper ... - See the notes at Mat 8:1-4. Kneeling down to him - He kneeled and inclined his face to the ground, in token of deep humiliation and earnest entreaty. Compare Luk 5:12. If…
We have here the story of Christ's cleansing a leper, which we had before, Mat 8:2-4. It teaches us,
1. How to apply ourselves to Christ; come as this leper did, (1.) With great humility; this leper…
Cambridge Bible
shew thyself to the priest that he may attest the reality of thy cure (Lev 14:3).
those things which Moses commanded viz. (1) two birds, "alive and clean," Lev 14:4, (2) cedar wood, (3) scarlet, and…
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