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Leviticus 13:39

in Leviticus 13

the priest shall examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin; he is clean.

KJV

Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.

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This verse in Leviticus 13

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
Freckled spot - If Lev 13:12 refers to the Lepra commonis, the Hebrew בהק bôhaq here may denote some kind of eczema, a skin disease of a somewhat similar external character. Lev 13:38, Lev 13:39 would seem more in their natural place between Lev 13:17-18.

This site's exposition

has white spots on the skin

on Leviticus 13:38-44

Three conditions are named here only to be cleared: dull white spots, a bald head and a bald forehead. The chapter says he is still clean twice in two verses. The procedure clears people as well as excluding them.

This site's exposition

dull white

Albert Barnes takes the Hebrew bôhaq here as some kind of eczema, harmless and similar in look. He also observes that verses 38 and 39 would sit more naturally between verses 17 and 18. The dull colour is what clears it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Then the priest shall look,....

The words behind it

14 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.

  • וְרָאָ֣הand he will see

    veraahH7200 →1300 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֗ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • וְהִנֵּ֧הand there!

    vehinehH2009 →843 times

  • בְעוֹר־[are] on [the] skin of

    veor-H5785 →99 times

  • בְּשָׂרָ֛םflesh their

    besaramH1320 →270 times

  • בֶּהָרֹ֖תbright spots

    beharotH934 →12 times

  • כֵּה֣וֹתdull

    kehotH3544 →7 times

  • לְבָנֹ֑תwhite

    levanotH3836 →29 times

  • בֹּ֥הַק[is] a skin rash

    bohakH933 →

  • ה֛וּאit

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • פָּרַ֥חit has broken out

    parachH6524 →36 times

  • בָּע֖וֹרon the skin

    baorH5785 →99 times

  • טָה֥וֹר[is] pure

    tahorH2889 →94 times

  • הֽוּא׃ סhe

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

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

Related verses

3 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

    James 3:2

    We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

    it leads to

    • James 1:26

      If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.

    • Proverbs 13:3

      He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

    • 1 Peter 3:10

      For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

    • Matthew 12:37

      For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

    • James 3:5–6

      In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.

  • Through

    Ecclesiastes 7:20

    Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

    it leads to

    • Romans 3:23

      for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

    • Isaiah 53:6

      We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

    • 1 John 1:8–10

      If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 13 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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