Leviticus 13:44
in Leviticus 13the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
he is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his plague is in his head.
KJV
He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
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This verse in Leviticus 13
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
in the skin of their flesh bright spots
on Leviticus 13:38-44
Three conditions are named here only to be cleared. A freckled spot is clean, a bald head is clean, a bald forehead is clean, and the chapter says yet is he clean twice in two verses. Across the whole chapter the priest pronounces clean eight times and unclean eleven, so this is a procedure for clearing people about as often as for excluding them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He is a leprous man, he is unclean,....
If the leprosy of sin have seized the head, if the judgment be corrupted, and wicked principles which countenance and support wicked practices, be embraced, it is an utter uncleanness, from which few are ever cleansed. Soundness in the faith keeps the leprosy from the head, and saves conscience from being shipwrecked.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִישׁ־ | ʾish- | [is] a person | H376 → | 1663 times |
| צָר֥וּעַ | tzarua' | [who] has a serious skin disease | H6879 → | 20 times |
| ה֖וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| טָמֵ֣א | tame' | [is] unclean | H2931 → | 88 times |
| ה֑וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| טַמֵּ֧א | tame' | surely <declare unclean> | H2930 → | 162 times |
| יְטַמְּאֶ֛נּוּ | yetammeenu | he will declare unclean him | H2930 → | 162 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֖ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| בְּרֹאשׁ֥וֹ | berosho | [is] on head his | H7218 → | 599 times |
| נִגְעֽוֹ׃ | nigo | plague his | H5061 → | 78 times |
אִישׁ־[is] a person
ʾish-H376 →1663 times
צָר֥וּעַ[who] has a serious skin disease
tzarua'H6879 →20 times
ה֖וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
טָמֵ֣א[is] unclean
tame'H2931 →88 times
ה֑וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
טַמֵּ֧אsurely <declare unclean>
tame'H2930 →162 times
יְטַמְּאֶ֛נּוּhe will declare unclean him
yetammeenuH2930 →162 times
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
בְּרֹאשׁ֥וֹ[is] on head his
beroshoH7218 →599 times
נִגְעֽוֹ׃plague his
nigoH5061 →78 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Matthew 6:23But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
it leads to
- 1 John 2:11
But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
- Matthew 6:22
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
- Isaiah 5:20–21
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
- Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Jeremiah 4:22
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
- 1 John 2:11
Through
Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
it leads to
- Daniel 9:8–11
O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
- Ezekiel 24:13
Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.
- Revelation 16:8–11
Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.
- Daniel 9:8–11
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
