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and the priest shall examine him. Behold, if there is a white swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,
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Verse 10. Living flesh. The leprosy is caused by immense numbers of worms, which crawl between the skin and the flesh, and sometimes infect the latter, and they very bones, garments, and so forth Hence the flesh seems all in motion, and living. Bible.—The different spots in the skin represent heretical opinions obscuring the true faith, of which priests are the judges. Deuteronomy 17. Saint Augustine q. Evang. ii. 40. Worthington.
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