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Leviticus 13:20

in Leviticus 13

The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy, it hath broken out in the boil.

KJV

And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.

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This verse in Leviticus 13

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Several of these characteristics, taken separately, belong to other blemishes of the skin as well; so that none of them was to be taken alone, and it was only when the whole of them concurred that the Jewish priest, in his capacity of physician, was to pronounce the disease a malignant leprosy.

This site's exposition

in the skin thereof, was a boil

on Leviticus 13:18-28

The same procedure runs twice more for sores that begin from something else, a boil that healed and a burn. The signs looked for do not change, white hair and a depth below the skin, and the seven days return in both. The word healed occurs twice in the chapter, at verse 18 and verse 37, and in both places it describes something that got better on its own.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And if, when the priest seeth it,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Lower than the skin - Rather, reaching below the scarf skin.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְרָאָ֣הand he will see

    veraahH7200 →1300 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֗ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • וְהִנֵּ֤הand there!

    vehinehH2009 →843 times

  • מַרְאֶ֙הָ֙appearance its

    marehaH4758 →103 times

  • שָׁפָ֣ל[is] deep

    shafalH8217 →17 times

  • מִן־more than

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הָע֔וֹרthe skin

    haorH5785 →99 times

  • וּשְׂעָרָ֖הּand hair its

    usearahH8181 →28 times

  • הָפַ֣ךְit has turned

    hafakhH2015 →94 times

  • לָבָ֑ןwhite

    lavanH3836 →29 times

  • וְטִמְּא֧וֹand he will declare unclean him

    vetimeoH2930 →162 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֛ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • נֶֽגַע־[is] a plague of

    nega'-H5061 →78 times

  • צָרַ֥עַתa serious skin disease

    tzaraatH6883 →35 times

  • הִ֖ואit

    hi'H1931 →1879 times

  • בַּשְּׁחִ֥יןin the boil

    bashechinH7822 →13 times

  • פָּרָֽחָה׃it has broken out

    parachahH6524 →36 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Matthew 12:45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”2 worksJohn 5:14Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”2 worksLeviticus 13:3The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.2 works2 Peter 2:20If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Peter 2:20

    If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse…

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 6:4–8

      It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Hebrews 10:26–27

      If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

    • Philippians 3:19

      Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

    • Luke 11:24–26

      When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

    • Deuteronomy 32:29

      If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

  • Through

    John 5:14

    Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”

    it leads to

    • John 8:11

      “No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”

    • Leviticus 26:23–24

      And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,

    • Psalms 118:18

      The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 13 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.

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