Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

Bible References

His clothes

Genesis 37:29
And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his garments,
2 Samuel 13:19
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her vest of many colours which was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went away, crying out as she went.
Job 1:20
And Job rose up, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped;
Jeremiah 3:25
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God.
Jeremiah 36:24
And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
Joel 2:13
and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

And his head

Leviticus 10:6
And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar his sons, Your heads shall ye not uncover, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come on all the assembly; but your brethren, the whole house of Israel, shall bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled.
Leviticus 21:10
And the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his garments.

Put

Ezekiel 24:17
Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy turban upon thee, and put thy sandals upon thy feet, and cover not the beard, and eat not the bread of men.
Micah 3:7
And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; and they shall all cover their lips, for there will be no answer of God.

Unclean

Job 42:6
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Psalm 51:3
For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is continually before me.
Isaiah 6:5
And I said, Woe unto me! for I am undone; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.
Isaiah 52:11
Depart, depart, go out from thence, touch not what is unclean; go out of the midst of her, be ye clean, that bear the vessels of Jehovah.
Isaiah 64:6
And we are all become as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away;
Lamentations 4:15
They cried unto them, Depart! Unclean! Depart! depart, touch not! When they fled away, and wandered about, it was said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn there.
Luke 5:8
But Simon Peter, seeing it, fell at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.
Luke 7:6
And Jesus went with them. But already, when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent to him friends, saying to him, Lord, do not trouble thyself, for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof.
Luke 17:12
And as he entered into a certain village ten leprous men met him, who stood afar off.