Leviticus 13:23
in Leviticus 13But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
KJV
But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
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This verse in Leviticus 13
Commentary
5 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 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
it is only the scar from the boil
Albert Barnes renders the phrase literally as the burn of the ulcer, the mark an old sore leaves behind. John Gill says the man is clear of the leprosy law even with inflammation still present. A scar that stays put is left alone.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not,.... Continues as it was when first viewed: it is a burning boil; but not a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall pronounce him clean; as clear of a leprosy, and so not bound by the law of it, though attended with an inflammation or burning ulcer.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
A burning boil - Rather, the scar of the ulcer; literally, “the burn of the ulcer.”
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| תַּחְתֶּ֜יהָ | tachteiha | in place its | H8478 → | 505 times |
| תַּעֲמֹ֤ד | taamod | it will stay | H5975 → | 521 times |
| הַבַּהֶ֙רֶת֙ | habaheret | the bright spot | H934 → | 12 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| פָשָׂ֔תָה | fasatah | it has spread | H6581 → | 22 times |
| צָרֶ֥בֶת | tzarevet | [is] [the] scar of | H6867 → | |
| הַשְּׁחִ֖ין | hashechin | the boil | H7822 → | 13 times |
| הִ֑וא | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וְטִהֲר֖וֹ | vetiharo | and he will declare pure him | H2891 → | 94 times |
| הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ ס | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
תַּחְתֶּ֜יהָin place its
tachteihaH8478 →505 times
תַּעֲמֹ֤דit will stay
taamodH5975 →521 times
הַבַּהֶ֙רֶת֙the bright spot
habaheretH934 →12 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
פָשָׂ֔תָהit has spread
fasatahH6581 →22 times
צָרֶ֥בֶת[is] [the] scar of
tzarevetH6867 →
הַשְּׁחִ֖יןthe boil
hashechinH7822 →13 times
הִ֑ואit
hi'H1931 →1879 times
וְטִהֲר֖וֹand he will declare pure him
vetiharoH2891 →94 times
הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ סthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 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
Galatians 6:1Brothers, 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.
it leads to
- Romans 15:1
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
- 2 Timothy 2:25
He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:15
Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
- James 5:19–20
My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
- 1 John 5:16
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads…
- Romans 15:1
Through
Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
it leads to
- 1 John 1:8–10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- Psalms 32:3–5
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Job 31:33
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
- 1 John 1:8–10
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.