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Leviticus 13:21

in Leviticus 13

But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

KJV

But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

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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

When a boil appears on someone’s skin

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 stay the same, white hair and a depth below the skin, and the seven days return in both.

This site's exposition

there is no white hair in it

Each of the three signs is checked and found absent here, with no white hair, no depth, and a faded spot. The priest still waits seven days. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown say the verdict rested on all the signs together, and a week shows whether they will gather.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

But if the priest look on it,....

The words behind it

18 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.

  • וְאִ֣ם׀and if

    veimH518 →1069 times

  • יִרְאֶ֣נָּהhe will see it

    yirenahH7200 →1300 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֗ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • וְהִנֵּ֤הand there!

    vehinehH2009 →843 times

  • אֵֽין־there not

    ʾein-H369 →789 times

  • בָּהּ֙in <the> it

    bah

  • שֵׂעָ֣ר[is] hair

    searH8181 →28 times

  • לָבָ֔ןwhite

    lavanH3836 →29 times

  • וּשְׁפָלָ֥הand [is] deep

    ushefalahH8217 →17 times

  • אֵינֶ֛נָּהnot it

    ʾeinenahH369 →789 times

  • מִן־more than

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הָע֖וֹרthe skin

    haorH5785 →99 times

  • וְהִ֣יאand it

    vehi'H1931 →1879 times

  • כֵהָ֑ה[is] dull

    khehahH3544 →7 times

  • וְהִסְגִּיר֥וֹand he will shut up him

    vehisgiroH5462 →91 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֖ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • שִׁבְעַ֥תseven

    shivatH7651 →394 times

  • יָמִֽים׃days

    yamimH3117 →2304 times

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

Related verses

1 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.

1 Corinthians 5:5hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.3 works

The walk

5 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 5:5

    hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.

    it leads to

    • 1 Timothy 1:20

      Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

    • 2 Thessalonians 3:14–15

      Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.

    • Galatians 6:1–2

      Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

    • James 5:19–20

      My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

    • Job 2:6

      “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
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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.

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