Leviticus 13:36
in Leviticus 13the priest is to examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; the person is unclean.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
then the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean.
KJV
Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
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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
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
the priest need not look for yellow hair
John Gill counts this as at least the fourth inspection of the same man. Pronounced clean or not, he stays under the priest's eye. Gill reads spreading and yellow hair as each enough alone, so one sign found makes the search for the other needless.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Then the priest shall look on him,.... Again, and which is no less than the fourth time; for notwithstanding his being pronounced clean, he was still subject to the inspection of the priest, if any alteration appeared: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin; which was a certain sign of a leprosy: the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; or be solicitous about that, whether there is any or not, for either one or the other of these signs were sufficient to determine the case: he is unclean; and so to be pronounced.
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
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְרָאָ֙הוּ֙ | veraahu | and he will see it | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְהִנֵּ֛ה | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| פָּשָׂ֥ה | pasah | it has spread | H6581 → | 22 times |
| הַנֶּ֖תֶק | hanetek | the scall | H5424 → | 14 times |
| בָּע֑וֹר | baor | in the skin | H5785 → | 99 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְבַקֵּ֧ר | yevaker | he will seek | H1239 → | |
| הַכֹּהֵ֛ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| לַשֵּׂעָ֥ר | lasear | for the hair | H8181 → | 28 times |
| הַצָּהֹ֖ב | hatzaho | <the> yellow | H6669 → | 3 times |
| טָמֵ֥א | tame' | [is] unclean | H2931 → | 88 times |
| הֽוּא׃ | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וְרָאָ֙הוּ֙and he will see it
veraahuH7200 →1300 times
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
וְהִנֵּ֛הand there!
vehinehH2009 →843 times
פָּשָׂ֥הit has spread
pasahH6581 →22 times
הַנֶּ֖תֶקthe scall
hanetekH5424 →14 times
בָּע֑וֹרin the skin
baorH5785 →99 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יְבַקֵּ֧רhe will seek
yevakerH1239 →
הַכֹּהֵ֛ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
לַשֵּׂעָ֥רfor the hair
lasearH8181 →28 times
הַצָּהֹ֖ב<the> yellow
hatzahoH6669 →3 times
טָמֵ֥א[is] unclean
tame'H2931 →88 times
הֽוּא׃he
hu'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
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.