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Leviticus 13:33

in Leviticus 13

then the person must shave himself except for the scaly area. Then the priest shall isolate him for another seven days.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

then he shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:

KJV

He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:

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This verse in Leviticus 13

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The scall shall he not shave - Lest the place should be irritated and inflamed, and assume in consequence other appearances besides those of a leprous infection; in which case the priest might not be able to form an accurate judgment.

This site's exposition

an infection on the head or chin

on Leviticus 13:29-37

A plague on the head or in the beard is judged by the colour of hair, yellow against black. The man is shaven everywhere except the patch itself, so the priest keeps the evidence and clears the ground around it.

This site's exposition

except for the scaly area

Adam Clarke gives the reason the patch itself is left unshaved. A razor could irritate and inflame it and give it a look the disease had not caused. The priest would then be unable to judge it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

He shall be shaven,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

To lament the calamitous state of human life, which lies exposed to so many grievances. What troops of diseases are we beset with on every side! and they all entered by sin. To give thanks to God if he has never afflicted us with any of these sores: if the constitution is healthful, and the body lively and easy, we are bound to glorify God with our bodies.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

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.

The words behind it

12 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.

  • וְהִ֨תְגַּלָּ֔חand he will shave himself

    vehitgalachH1548 →23 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַנֶּ֖תֶקthe scall

    hanetekH5424 →14 times

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יְגַלֵּ֑חַhe will shave

    yegaleachH1548 →23 times

  • וְהִסְגִּ֨ירand he will shut up

    vehisgirH5462 →91 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֧ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַנֶּ֛תֶקthe scall

    hanetekH5424 →14 times

  • שִׁבְעַ֥תseven

    shivatH7651 →394 times

  • יָמִ֖יםdays

    yamimH3117 →2304 times

  • שֵׁנִֽית׃a second

    shenitH8145 →156 times

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

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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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