Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Leviticus 14:2-3

CHAPTER 14

Le 14:1-57. The Rites and Sacrifices in Cleansing of the Leper.

2-3. 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.