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Leviticus 13:22

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What does Leviticus 13:22 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
Leviticus 13:22 — American Standard Version

Context — Leviticus 13

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
19and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then is shall be showed to the priest;
20and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy, it hath broken out in the boil.
21But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
22And if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
23But if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
24Or when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a burning by fire, and the quick [flesh] of the burning become a bright spot, reddish-white, or white;
25then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin; it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning: and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And if it spread much abroad in the skin, etc.] Upon viewing it on the seventh day, though it is not expressed, the swelling or bright spot; or “in spreading spread”; (see Gill on “<031307>Leviticus 13:7”); which Ben Gersom interprets, not of the skin of the flesh, but of the ulcer: then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; even though there are no white hairs in it, nor is it lower than the skin, yet is not at a stand or contracted, but spreading: it [is] a plague; or stroke; it is one sort of a leprosy, and such an one as makes a man unclean in a ceremonial sense.”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“A plague - Or the plague of leprosy, of which he is speaking. Leviticus 13:24”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“a plague: i.e. "The plague of leprosy", Lev 13:22 Leviticus 13:23”
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