Leviticus 13:2 BSB — MannaFest

Leviticus 13:2

“When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that could become an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.

BSB

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ASV

When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:

KJV

When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The plague of leprosy - This dreadful disorder has its name leprosy, from the Greek λεποα, from λεπις, a scale, because in this disease the body was often covered with thin white scales, so as to give it the appearance of snow. Hence it is said of the hand of Moses, Exo 4:6, that it was leprous as snow; and of Miriam, Num 12:10, that she became leprous, as white as snow; and of Gehazi, 2Ki 5:27, that, being judicially struck with the disease of Naaman, he went out from Elisha’s presence a leper as white as snow.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

In the skin - For there is the first seat of the leprosy, the bright spot shining like the scale of a fish, as it is in the beginning of a leprosy. The priest - The priest was to admit to, or exclude from, the sanctuary, and therefore to examine who were to be excluded.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

There is every reason to believe that this was the case: that the leprosy was not a family complaint, hereditary among the Hebrews, but that they got it from intercourse with the Egyptians and from the unfavorable circumstances of their condition in the house of bondage.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָדָ֗ם	'a.Dam	anyone	H120 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	if	H3588 →
יִהְיֶ֤ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
בְעוֹר־	ve.'or-	on [the] skin of	H5785 →
בְּשָׂרוֹ֙	be.sa.Ro	flesh his	H1320 →
שְׂאֵ֤ת	se.'Et	a swelling	H7613 →
אֽוֹ־	'ov-	or	H176 →
סַפַּ֙חַת֙	sa.Pa.chat	flaking skin	H5597 →
א֣וֹ	'o	or	H176 →
בַהֶ֔רֶת	va.He.ret	a bright spot	H934 →
וְהָיָ֥ה	ve.ha.Yah	and it will become	H1961 →
בְעוֹר־	ve.'or-	on [the] skin of	H5785 →
בְּשָׂר֖וֹ	be.sa.Ro	flesh his	H1320 →
לְנֶ֣גַע	le.Ne.ga'	<into> a plague of	H5061 →
צָרָ֑עַת	tza.Ra.'at	a serious skin disease	H6883 →
וְהוּבָא֙	ve.hu.Va'	and he will be brought	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אַהֲרֹ֣ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
הַכֹּהֵ֔ן	ha.ko.Hen	the priest	H3548 →
א֛וֹ	'o	or	H176 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אַחַ֥ד	'a.Chad	one	H259 →
מִבָּנָ֖יו	mi.ba.Nav	of sons his	H1121 →
הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃	ha.ko.ha.Nim	the priests	H3548 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 12:10
As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,
leads to
- Deuteronomy 24:9
  Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.
- 2 Kings 5:27
  Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.
- 2 Chronicles 26:19–21
  Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy…
- Exodus 4:6
  Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
- 2 Kings 15:5
  And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people…
Through
Leviticus 14:3
The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed,
leads to
- Leviticus 13:46
  As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.
- Matthew 11:5
  The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
Through
Deuteronomy 24:8
In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
leads to
- Leviticus 14:2
  “This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest.