He Who Has the Plague is Clean

What a paradox this text seems to be. Here we are given the law of God regarding leprosy. Throughout this chapter, the person who had some symptom, or many symptoms of leprosy, was pronounced unclean. But that person whose flesh was completely covered with the plague was pronounced clean. — "The priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean!" In other words, the Lord God declares — HE WHO HAS THE PLAGUE IS CLEAN!