Leviticus 13:17
in Leviticus 13The priest will reexamine him, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the infected person clean; then he is clean.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the plague be turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.
KJV
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.
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This verse in Leviticus 13
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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
When anyone develops a skin disease
on Leviticus 13:9-17
A man covered from head to foot is pronounced clean at verse 13, and raw flesh appearing on him makes him unclean at verse 14. What defiles is the living sore, whatever the extent of the whiteness.
This site's exposition
then he is clean
The same man declared unclean at verse 15 can be declared clean two verses later. John Gill says he is then free of the laws and rites that bound a leper. The verdict can be reversed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the priest shall see him,.... Review him, and examine him thoroughly: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; the raw flesh in the swelling, which looked red, is become white: then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague; that was supposed to have the plague of leprosy; but upon a review, and on this change of things, has not, he shall declare him free from it: he is clean; and under no obligation to the laws and rites concerning it.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְרָאָ֙הוּ֙ | veraahu | and he will see it | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְהִנֵּ֛ה | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ | nehpakh | it has been turned | H2015 → | 94 times |
| הַנֶּ֖גַע | hanega' | the plague | H5061 → | 78 times |
| לְלָבָ֑ן | lelavan | to white | H3836 → | 29 times |
| וְטִהַ֧ר | vetihar | and he will declare pure | H2891 → | 94 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֛ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַנֶּ֖גַע | hanega' | the plagued [person] | H5061 → | 78 times |
| טָה֥וֹר | tahor | [is] pure | H2889 → | 94 times |
| הֽוּא׃ פ | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וְרָאָ֙הוּ֙and he will see it
veraahuH7200 →1300 times
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
וְהִנֵּ֛הand there!
vehinehH2009 →843 times
נֶהְפַּ֥ךְit has been turned
nehpakhH2015 →94 times
הַנֶּ֖גַעthe plague
hanega'H5061 →78 times
לְלָבָ֑ןto white
lelavanH3836 →29 times
וְטִהַ֧רand he will declare pure
vetiharH2891 →94 times
הַכֹּהֵ֛ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַנֶּ֖גַעthe plagued [person]
hanega'H5061 →78 times
טָה֥וֹר[is] pure
tahorH2889 →94 times
הֽוּא׃ פhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About Leviticus
This page draws on 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.