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Leviticus 13:4

in Leviticus 13

If, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:

KJV

If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:

This verse in Leviticus 13

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Seven days - For greater assurance; to teach ministers not to be hasty in their judgments, but diligently to search and examine all things before-hand. The plague is here put for the man that hath the plague.

This site's exposition

If the bright spot be white in the skin

on Leviticus 13:4-8

Where the case is doubtful the answer is time. The priest shuts the man up for seven days and looks again, and if it is still doubtful he shuts him up seven days more, which the chapter does eight times over. Nothing is done to the sore during those days, so the instrument of diagnosis is waiting.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

When a Hebrew priest, after a careful inspection, discovered under the cutaneous blemish the distinctive signs of contagious leprosy, the person was immediately pronounced unclean, and is supposed to have been sent out of the camp to a lazaretto provided for that purpose.

The words behind it

21 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.

  • וְאִם־and if

    veim-H5181069 times

  • בַּהֶרֶת֩[is] a bright spot

    baheretH93412 times

  • לְבָנָ֨הwhite

    levanahH383629 times

  • הִ֜ואit

    hi'H19311879 times

  • בְּע֣וֹרon [the] skin of

    beorH578599 times

  • בְּשָׂר֗וֹflesh his

    besaroH1320270 times

  • וְעָמֹק֙and [is] deep

    veamokH601317 times

  • אֵין־not

    ʾein-H369789 times

  • מַרְאֶ֣הָappearance its

    marehaH4758103 times

  • מִן־more than

    min-H44801188 times

  • הָע֔וֹרthe skin

    haorH578599 times

  • וּשְׂעָרָ֖הand hair its

    usearahH818128 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H38085168 times

  • הָפַ֣ךְit has turned

    hafakhH201594 times

  • לָבָ֑ןwhite

    lavanH383629 times

  • וְהִסְגִּ֧ירand he will shut up

    vehisgirH546291 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֛ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548750 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הַנֶּ֖גַעthe plagued [person]

    hanega'H506178 times

  • שִׁבְעַ֥תseven

    shivatH7651394 times

  • יָמִֽים׃days

    yamimH31172304 times

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

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

    1 Corinthians 4:5

    Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each…

    it leads to

    • James 5:7

      Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

    • 2 Corinthians 5:10

      For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

    • 1 Corinthians 3:13

      his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.

    • Hebrews 4:13

      Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

    • Romans 2:16

      on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.

  • Through

    1 Timothy 5:24

    The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.

    it leads to

    • 2 Timothy 4:10

      because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

    • Acts 8:18

      When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 44:10

    Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 48:11

      It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.

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.

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.