Leviticus 14:2 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Leviticus 14:2

The Ritual for Cleansing Healed Lepers

1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “This shall be the law of the¹ leper for the day of his cleansing: He ^ashall be brought to the priest.

3 And the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall examine him; and indeed, if the¹ leprosy is healed in the leper,

4 then the priest shall command to take for him who is to be cleansed two living and clean birds, ^acedar wood, ^bscarlet, and ^chyssop.

5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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THE RITES AND SACRIFICES IN CLEANSING OF THE LEPER. (Lev. 14:1-57)

law of the leper in the day of his cleansing—Though quite convalescent, a leper was not allowed to return to society immediately and at his own will. The malignant character of his disease rendered the greatest precautions necessary to his re-admission among the people. One of the priests most skilled in the diagnostics of disease [GROTIUS], being deputed to attend such outcasts, the restored leper appeared before this official, and when after examination a certificate of health was given, the ceremonies here described were forthwith observed outside the camp.

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