Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 13:45

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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With regard to the treatment of lepers, the lawgiver prescribed that they should wear mourning costume, rend their clothes, leave the hair of their head in disorder (see at Lev 10:6), keep the beard covered ( Eze 24:17, Eze 24:22), and cry "Unclean, unclean," that every one might avoid them for fear of being defiled ( Lam 4:15); and as long as the disease lasted they were to dwell apart outside the camp ( Num 5:2., Num 12:10., cf. Kg2 15:5; Kg2 7:3), (Note: At the present day there are pest-houses specially set apart for lepers outside the towns. In Jerusalem they are situated against the Zion-gate (see Robinson, Pal. i.p. 364).) a rule which implies that the leper rendered others unclean by contact. From this the Rabbins taught, that by merely entering a house, a leper polluted everything within it (Mishnah, Kelim i. 4; Negaim xiii. 11). Leviticus 13:47

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