Matthew Henry on Leviticus 13:47-59

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The garment suspected to be tainted with leprosy was not to be burned immediately. If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burned, or at least that part of it. If it proved to be free, it must be washed, and then might be used.

This also sets forth the great evil there is in sin. It not only defiles the sinner's conscience, but it brings a stain upon all he has and all that he does. And those who make their clothes servants to their pride and lust, may see them thereby tainted with leprosy.

But the robes of righteousness never fret, nor are moth-eaten.

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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 13:1-59Leprosy. That leprosy is a type of sin is evident from David's allusion in confessing his own horrible offenses (see Psalms 51:7)? This also appears from the words of Jesus to the only leper, out of the ten cleansed by…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 13:1-59The priest's adjudication. We have considered the plague of leprosy as an emblem of sin; the adjudication upon it will suggest thoughts concerning the treatment of sin. In this business the principal actor was the pries…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 13:1-59The diagnosis of sin as illustrated in the leprosy. cf. 2 Kings 5:1-27 : Psalms 88:1-18; Matthew 8:1-4; Luke 5:12-15. The preceding chapter brings forward sin as an inheritance through ordinary generation. No thorough s…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryMatthew Henry on Leviticus 13:47-59This is the law concerning the plague of leprosy in a garment, whether linen or woollen. A leprosy in a garment, with discernible indications of it, the colour changed by it, the garment fretted, the nap worn off, and t…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 13:47-59EXPOSITION LEPROSY IN CLOTHES (Leviticus 13:47-59). To account for the use of the name leprosy in this connection, an ingenious theory has been propounded that the same cause produced a like effect in the human frame in…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 13:47-59On purity of garments, There are passages in different parts of Holy Scripture which it is necessary to put together in order to get a comprehensive view of what only at first sight appears to be a slight subject. I. Th…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 13:47-59Impure surroundings. Our garments are our immediate surroundings, and there may be in them as well as in ourselves that which is offensive and "unclean." There was an impurity in the garment as well as in the human body…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 13:47Whether it be a woolen garment, or a linen garment. Wool and flax are the two materials for clothes mentioned in Deuteronomy 22:11; Proverbs 31:13; Hosea 2:7.Joseph S. Exell and contributors