“Quicumque ergo maculatus fuerit lepra, et separatus est ad arbitrium sacerdotis,”
“He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.”
“the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.”
“he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean. His plague is on his head.”
“he is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his plague is in his head.”
II. A particular brand set upon the leprosy if at any time it did appear in a bald head: The plague is in his head, he is utterly unclean, v. 44. If the leprosy of sin have seized the head, if the judgment be corrupted, and wicked principles which countenance and support wicked practices, be embraced, it is an utter uncleanness, from which few are ever cleansed. Soundness in the faith keeps the leprosy from the head, and saves conscience from being shipwrecked.
Verses 18-44 The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. ( 24 ) . The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean. Human life lies exposed to many grievances. With what troops of diseases are we beset on every side; and thy all entered by sin! If the constitution be healthy, and the body lively and easy, we are bound to glorify God with our bodies. Particular note was taken of the leprosy, if in the head. If the leprosy of sin has seized the head; if the judgment be corrupted, and wicked principles, which support wicked practices, are embraced, it is utter uncleanness, from which few are cleansed. Soundness in the faith keeps leprosy from the head.