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Leviticus 13:26

in Leviticus 13

But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot, and it is not beneath the skin but 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 hair in the bright spot, and it be no 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 hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other 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

no white hair in the spot

John Gill notes that older English versions add the word other to this verse and says he sees no reason for it. He renders faded as dark or contracted, as at verse 21. The seven days follow as for the boil.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

But if the priest look on it,.... On the hot burning and bright spot in it, in another person: and, behold, there be no white hair on the white spot, and it be no lower than the other skin; why the word "other" should be supplied I know not, any more than in Lev 13:21, but be somewhat dark; or "contracted"; see Gill on Lev 13:21, then the priest shall shut him up seven days; as in the case of the burning boil or hot ulcer, as in Lev 13:21.

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

  • בַּבֶּהֶ֙רֶת֙in the bright spot

    babeheretH934 →12 times

  • 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

  • וְהִ֣ואand it

    vehiv'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

2 in all, six open

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

    Leviticus 13:23

    But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

    it leads to

    • Galatians 6:1

      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.

    • 2 Chronicles 19:2–3

      Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of…

    • Proverbs 28:13

      He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

    • 1 Peter 4:2–3

      Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

    • 2 Corinthians 2:7

      So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

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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