John Gill's Exposition on Leviticus 13:42

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And if there be, etc.] Or, “but if there be”, or, “when there shall be” f452, or shall appear to be: in the bald head, or in the bald forehead, a white reddish sore; white and red mixed, as the Targum of Jonathan, having something of both colours, neither a clear white nor thorough red; though, according to Bochart, it should be rendered “a white sore exceeding bright”; (see Gill on “<031319>Leviticus 13:19”); it [is] a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or in his bald forehead; the signs of which were raw flesh and spreading; so it is said in the Misnah f453, “those two sorts of baldness defile in two weeks, by two signs, by quick raw flesh and by spreading;” if there was the bright spot and no quick flesh, then he was to be shut up seven days, and looked upon at the end of them; and if there was either quick flesh or a spreading, he was pronounced unclean, but if neither, he was shut up seven days more; and if either of the above signs appeared he was pronounced unclean, if not he was set free.

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