Uzziah's defiance — 'Uzziah was angry. Now he had a censer in his hand to make an offering. And when he became angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead, in the presence of the priests in the house of the LORD, by the altar of incense' (וַיִּתְרַגַּז עֻזִּיָּהוּ וּבְיָדוֹ מִקְטֶרֶת לְהַקְטִיר וּבְהִתְרַגְּזוֹ עִם־הַכֹּהֲנִים וְצָרַעַת זָרְחָה בְּמִצְחוֹ לִפְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּבֵית־יְהוָה עַל־מִזְבַּח הַקְּטֹרֶת). Uzziah's defiance (התרגז, became angry) — he holds the censer to offer incense despite the priests' prohibition — immediately triggers divine judgment. The leprosy breaks out (צרעת זרחה) on his forehead (במצחו, visible in the forehead) in the very presence of the priests. The judgment is instantaneous and public.

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