Leviticus 13:6

“And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day, etc.] On the second seventh day, at the end of a fortnight from his being first presented to him, and shut up: and, behold, [if] the plague [be] somewhat dark; the spot be not so bright, or so white as it was at first; though Aben Ezra observes, that indeed many wise men say, that hhk is as Æçj, signifying dark, and the testimony or proof they bring is (<012701>Genesis 27:1) but according to my opinion, adds he, the word is the reverse of hçp, to spread; and the sense is, if the plague does not spread itself in another place; and so some translators render it “contracted”, or “contracts itself” f438: and this seems best to agree with…”

“Somewhat dark - Rather, somewhat dim: that is, if the spot is dying away. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Dark - Contrary to the white colour of the leprosy. But the word may be rendered, have contracted itself, and thus the opposition seems to be most clear as the spreading of itself. He shall wash his clothes - Though it was no leprosy, to teach us, that no sin is so small as not to need to be washed by the blood of Christ, which was the thing designed by all these washings. Leviticus 13:10”

“pronounce: Isa 11:3, Isa 11:4, Isa 42:3; Rom 14:1; Jde 1:22, Jde 1:23 a scab: Lev 13:2; Deu 32:5; Jam 3:2 wash: Lev 11:25, Lev 11:28, Lev 11:40, Lev 14:8; Kg1 8:38, Kg1 8:45; Psa 19:12; Pro 20:9; Ecc 7:20; Joh 13:8-10; Co2 7:1; Heb 9:10, Heb 10:22; Jo1 1:7-9 Leviticus 13:7”