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Leviticus 13:34

in Leviticus 13

On the seventh day the priest shall examine the scaly outbreak, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes, and he will be clean.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

KJV

And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

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This verse in Leviticus 13

Commentary

5 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

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

He must wash his clothes

The scaly case clears on the same terms as the rash at verse 6, and the washing of clothes follows here as it does there. Two weeks and a shaving stand behind the verdict. Matthew Henry turns the chapter into a reason to thank God for a healthy body.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall,....

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 words behind it

22 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.

  • וְרָאָה֩and he will see

    veraahH7200 →1300 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֨ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַנֶּ֜תֶקthe scall

    hanetekH5424 →14 times

  • בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day

    baiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י<the> seventh

    hasheviiH7637 →98 times

  • וְ֠הִנֵּהand there!

    vehinehH2009 →843 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • פָשָׂ֤הit has spread

    fasahH6581 →22 times

  • הַנֶּ֙תֶק֙the scall

    hanetekH5424 →14 times

  • בָּע֔וֹרin the skin

    baorH5785 →99 times

  • וּמַרְאֵ֕הוּand appearance its

    umarehuH4758 →103 times

  • אֵינֶ֥נּוּnot it

    ʾeinenuH369 →789 times

  • עָמֹ֖ק[is] deep

    ʾamokH6013 →17 times

  • מִן־more than

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הָע֑וֹרthe skin

    haorH5785 →99 times

  • וְטִהַ֤רand he will declare pure

    vetiharH2891 →94 times

  • אֹתוֹ֙<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֔ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • וְכִבֶּ֥סand he will wash

    vekhibesH3526 →51 times

  • בְּגָדָ֖יוgarments his

    begadavH899 →217 times

  • וְטָהֵֽר׃and he will be pure

    vetaherH2891 →94 times

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

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 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 John 4:1

    Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

    it leads to

    • 1 Thessalonians 5:21

      but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Peter 2:1

      Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…

    • 1 Timothy 4:1

      Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

    • Proverbs 14:15

      The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.

    • 2 John 1:7

      For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.

  • Through

    Revelation 2:2

    I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.

    it leads to

    • 1 John 4:1

      Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

    • 2 Peter 2:1–3

      Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…

    • 2 Corinthians 11:13–15

      For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

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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