[22] "Biblische Abhandlungen," pp. 239-270.
[23] In The Nineteenth Century, September, 1889.
[24] See above, p. 290-292.
[25] This latter reason, however, would rather appear to have demanded, as in the case of the leper, a guilt-offering.
[26] This word, it should be noted, is now popularly used to denote a disease quite distinct from leprosy, known also as "Barbadoes leg," which consists essentially of an elephantine enlargement of the lower extremities.
[27] This opinion has been ably argued by Sir Risdon Bennett, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., in "By-paths of Bible Knowledge," vol. ix., "The Diseases of the Bible."
[28] Compare our frequent use of the word to denote paralysis.
[29] "The Land and the Book," vol. i., pp. 530, 531.
[30] "Die Bücher Exodus und Leviticus," 2 Aufl., p. 535.
[31] "Die Bücher Exodus und Leviticus," 2 Aufl., p. 537.