Topic
Leprosy
83 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Matthew 8:3Easton · Nave · Torrey HEALED — By Jesus
And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
- Leviticus 13:1–59Easton · Nave Law concerning
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of…
- Leviticus 13:13Easton · Torrey Less inveterate when it covered the whole body
Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
- Leviticus 14:1–57Easton · Nave Law concerning
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be…
- Numbers 5:2Nave · Torrey Isolation of lepers
Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
- Numbers 12:13Nave · Torrey HEALED — Miriam
And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
- Numbers 12:14Nave · Torrey Law concerning
¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
- Deuteronomy 24:8Nave · Torrey Law concerning
¶ Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
- 2 Kings 5:7Easton · Torrey An incurable disease
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he…
- 2 Kings 5:8–14Nave · Torrey HEALED — Naaman
¶ And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. So…
- 2 Kings 5:27Nave · Torrey Sent as a judgment on — Gehazi
The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
- 2 Kings 7:3Nave · Torrey Instances of leprosy not mentioned above — Four lepers outside Samaria
¶ And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
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- 2 Kings 15:5 Nave · Torrey Isolation of lepers
- 2 Chronicles 26:20 Easton · Nave Sent as a judgment on — Uzziah
- 2 Chronicles 26:21 Nave · Torrey Sent as a judgment on — Uzziah
- Matthew 8:4 Nave · Torrey Law concerning
- Matthew 10:8 Nave · Torrey HEALED — Disciples empowered to heal
- Mark 1:40–42 Easton · Nave HEALED — By Jesus
- Luke 5:13 Nave · Torrey HEALED — By Jesus
- Luke 17:14 Nave · Torrey Law concerning
- Exodus 4:6 Torrey PARTS AFFECTED BY — The hand
- Leviticus 13:2–8 Easton
- Leviticus 13:2 Torrey Often began with a bright red spot
- Leviticus 13:3 Torrey Turned the hair white or yellow
- Leviticus 13:4 Torrey THE PRIESTS — Shut up persons suspected of, seven days
- Leviticus 13:5–44 Torrey THE PRIESTS — Had rules for distinguishing
- Leviticus 13:8 Torrey THOSE AFFLICTED WITH — Ceremonially unclean
- Leviticus 13:9 Torrey THE PRIESTS — Examined persons suspected of
- Leviticus 13:10 Torrey Turned the hair white or yellow
- Leviticus 13:11 Torrey THOSE AFFLICTED WITH — Ceremonially unclean
- Leviticus 13:12 Easton
- Leviticus 13:22 Torrey THOSE AFFLICTED WITH — Ceremonially unclean
- Leviticus 13:24 Torrey Often began with a bright red spot
- Leviticus 13:30 Torrey PARTS AFFECTED BY — The beard
- Leviticus 13:36 Easton
- Leviticus 13:44 Torrey PARTS AFFECTED BY — The head
- Leviticus 13:45 Torrey THOSE AFFLICTED WITH — To have their heads bare, clothes rent, and lip covered
- Leviticus 13:46 Nave Isolation of lepers
- Leviticus 13:47 Torrey INFECTED — Garments
- Leviticus 13:49 Torrey GARMENTS — Suspected of, shown to priest
- Leviticus 13:50 Torrey GARMENTS — Suspected of, shut up seven days
- Leviticus 13:51 Torrey GARMENTS — Incurable infected with, burned
- Leviticus 13:52 Torrey GARMENTS — Incurable infected with, burned
- Leviticus 13:53 Torrey GARMENTS — Suspected of, but not having, washed and pronounced clean
- Leviticus 13:54 Torrey GARMENTS — Suspected of, but not having, washed and pronounced clean
- Leviticus 13:56 Torrey GARMENTS — Infected with, to have the piece first torn out
- Leviticus 13:58 Torrey GARMENTS — Suspected of, but not having, washed and pronounced clean
- Leviticus 13:59 Torrey GARMENTS — Suspected of, but not having, washed and pronounced clean
- Leviticus 14:2 Torrey THE PRIESTS — Examined all persons healed of
- Leviticus 14:34 Torrey INFECTED — Houses
- Leviticus 14:35 Torrey HOUSES — Suspected of, reported to priest
- Leviticus 14:36 Torrey HOUSES — Suspected of, emptied
- Leviticus 14:37 Torrey HOUSES — Suspected of, inspected by priest
- Leviticus 14:38 Torrey HOUSES — Suspected of, shut up seven days
- Leviticus 14:39 Torrey HOUSES — To have the part infected with, first removed, and the rest scraped, &c
- Leviticus 14:42 Torrey HOUSES — To have the part infected with, first removed, and the rest scraped, &c
- Leviticus 14:43–45 Torrey HOUSES — Incurably infected with, pulled down and removed
- Leviticus 14:46 Torrey HOUSES — Infected with, communicated uncleanness to everyone who entered them
- Leviticus 14:47 Torrey HOUSES — Infected with, communicated uncleanness to everyone who entered them
- Leviticus 14:48 Torrey HOUSES — Suspected of, but not infected, pronounced clean
- Leviticus 14:49–53 Torrey HOUSES — Ceremonies at cleansing of
- Leviticus 17:14 Torrey Ceremonies at cleansing of
- Leviticus 22:2–4 Torrey THOSE AFFLICTED WITH — Excluded from priest's office
- Leviticus 22:4 Nave Law concerning
- Numbers 5:1–4 Easton
- Numbers 5:1–3 Nave Law concerning
- Numbers 12:1–10 Nave Sent as a judgment on — Miriam
- Numbers 12:9 Torrey Often sent as a punishment for sin
- Numbers 12:10–15 Easton
- Numbers 12:10 Torrey INFECTED — Women
- Numbers 12:15 Torrey THOSE AFFLICTED WITH — Separated from intercourse with others
- 2 Samuel 3:29 Torrey Often hereditary
- 2 Kings 5:1 Easton
- 2 Chronicles 26:19 Torrey Often sent as a punishment for sin
- 2 Chronicles 26:23 Nave Separate burial of
- Matthew 8:2 Easton
- Mark 14:3 Nave Instances of leprosy not mentioned above — Simon
- Luke 4:27 Torrey A common disease among the Jews
- Luke 5:12 Torrey PARTS AFFECTED BY — The whole body
- Luke 5:14 Nave Law concerning
- Luke 17:12–14 Nave HEALED — By Jesus
- Luke 17:12 Torrey INFECTED — Men
- Luke 17:13 Torrey Power of Christ manifested in curing
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 15 references
(Heb. tsara’ath, a “smiting,” a “stroke,” because the disease was regarded as a direct providential infliction). This name is from the Greek lepra, by which the Greek physicians designated the disease from its scaliness. We have the description of the disease, as well as the regulations connected with it, in Lev. 13; 14; Num. 12:10-15, etc. There were reckoned six different circumstances under which it might develop itself, (1) without any apparent cause (Lev. 13:2-8); (2) its reappearance (9-17); (3) from an inflammation (18-28); (4) on the head or chin (29-37); (5) in white polished spots (38, 39); (6) at the back or in the front of the head (40-44).
Lepers were required to live outside the camp or city (Num. 5:1-4; 12:10-15, etc.). This disease was regarded as an awful punishment from the Lord (2 Kings 5:7; 2 Chr. 26:20). (See MIRIAM; GEHAZI; UZZIAH.)
This disease “begins with specks on the eyelids and on the palms, gradually spreading over the body, bleaching the hair white wherever they appear, crusting the affected parts with white scales, and causing terrible sores and swellings. From the skin the disease eats inward to the bones, rotting the whole body piecemeal.” “In Christ’s day no leper could live in a walled town, though he might in an open village. But wherever he was he was required to have his outer garment rent as a sign of deep grief, to go bareheaded, and to cover his beard with his mantle, as if in lamentation at his own virtual death. He had further to warn passers-by to keep away from him, by calling out, ‘Unclean! unclean!’ nor could he speak to any one, or receive or return a salutation, since in the East this involves an embrace.”
That the disease was not contagious is evident from the regulations regarding it (Lev. 13:12, 13, 36; 2 Kings 5:1). Leprosy was “the outward and visible sign of the innermost spiritual corruption; a meet emblem in its small beginnings, its gradual spread, its internal disfigurement, its dissolution little by little of the whole body, of that which corrupts, degrades, and defiles man’s inner nature, and renders him unmeet to enter the presence of a pure and holy God” (Maclear’s Handbook O.T). Our Lord cured lepers (Matt. 8:2, 3; Mark 1:40-42). This divine power so manifested illustrates his gracious dealings with men in curing the leprosy of the soul, the fatal taint of sin.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 31 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Law concerning Le 13; 14; 22:4; Nu 5:1-3; 12:14; De 24:8; Mt 8:4; Lu 5:14; 17:14
- → Sent as a judgment on
- Miriam Nu 12:1-10
- Gehazi 2Ki 5:27
- Uzziah 2Ch 26:20,21
- → Entailed 2Ki 5:27
- → Isolation of lepers Le 13:46; Nu 5:2; 12:14; 2Ki 15:5; 2Ch 26:21
- → Separate burial of 2Ch 26:23
- → Instances of leprosy not mentioned above
- → HEALED
- Miriam Nu 12:13,14
- Naaman 2Ki 5:8-14
- By Jesus Mt 8:3; Mr 1:40-42; Lu 5:13; 17:12-14
- Disciples empowered to heal Mt 10:8
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 75 references, grouped by sub-topic
- A common disease among the Jews Lu 4:27
- INFECTED
- An incurable disease 2Ki 5:7
- Often sent as a punishment for sin Nu 12:9,10; 2Ch 26:19
- Often hereditary 2Sa 3:29; 2Ki 5:27
- PARTS AFFECTED BY
- Often began with a bright red spot Le 13:2,24
- Turned the skin white Ex 4:6; 2Ki 5:27
- Turned the hair white or yellow Le 13:3,10,30
- THE PRIESTS
- Ceremonies at cleansing of Le 17:14
- THOSE AFFLICTED WITH
- Ceremonially unclean Le 13:8,11,22,44
- Separated from intercourse with others Nu 5:2; 12:14,15
- Associated together 2Ki 7:3; Lu 17:12
- Dwelt in a separate house 2Ki 15:5
- Cut off from God's house 2Ch 26:21
- Excluded from priest's office Le 22:2-4
- To have their heads bare, clothes rent, and lip covered Le 13:45
- To cry unclean when approached Le 13:45
- Less inveterate when it covered the whole body Le 13:13
- Power of God manifested in curing Nu 12:13,14; 2Ki 5:8-14
- Power of Christ manifested in curing Mt 8:3; Lu 5:13; 17:13,14
- Christ gave power to heal Mt 10:8
- GARMENTS
- HOUSES
- Suspected of, reported to priest Le 14:35
- Suspected of, emptied Le 14:36
- Suspected of, inspected by priest Le 14:37
- Suspected of, shut up seven days Le 14:38
- To have the part infected with, first removed, and the rest scraped, &c Le 14:39,42
- Incurably infected with, pulled down and removed Le 14:43-45
- Infected with, communicated uncleanness to everyone who entered them Le 14:46,47
- Suspected of, but not infected, pronounced clean Le 14:48
- Ceremonies at cleansing of Le 14:49-53
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Nave's Topical Bible (1896); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.