Leviticus 13:45 BSB

Leviticus 13:45

A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’

BSB

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ASV

And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

KJV

And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The leper was to carry about with him the usual signs of mourning for the dead. Compare Lev 10:6 and margin reference. The leper was a living parable in the world of the sin of which death was the wages; not the less so because his suffering might have been in no degree due to his own personal deserts: he bore about with him at once the deadly fruit and the symbol of the sin of his race. Exo 20:

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And this was all that the law could do, in that it was weak through the flesh; it taught the leper to cry, Unclean, unclean, but the gospel has put another cry into the lepers' mouths, Luke xvii. 12, 13 , where we find ten lepers crying with a loud voice, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. The law only shows us our disease; the gospel shows us our help in Christ.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

As to "the putting a covering upon the upper lip," that means either wearing a moustache, as the Hebrews used to shave the upper lip [CALMET], or simply keeping a hand over it. All these external marks of grief were intended to proclaim, in addition to his own exclamation "Unclean!" that the person was a leper, whose company every one must shun.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהַצָּר֜וּעַ	ve.ha.tza.Ru.a'	<and> the [one who] has a serious skin disease	H6879 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	whom	H834 →
בּ֣וֹ	bo	[is] on <the> him
הַנֶּ֗גַע	ha.Ne.ga'	the plague	H5061 →
בְּגָדָ֞יו	be.ga.Dav	garments his	H899 →
יִהְי֤וּ	yih.Yu	they will be	H1961 →
פְרֻמִים֙	fe.ru.Mim	torn	H6533 →
וְרֹאשׁוֹ֙	ve.ro.Sho	and head his	H7218 →
יִהְיֶ֣ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
פָר֔וּעַ	fa.Ru.a'	let loose	H6544 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and over	H5921 →
שָׂפָ֖ם	sa.Fam	a moustache	H8222 →
יַעְטֶ֑ה	ya'.Teh	he will cover	H5844 →
וְטָמֵ֥א׀	ve.ta.Me'	and unclean!	H2931 →
טָמֵ֖א	ta.Me'	unclean!	H2931 →
יִקְרָֽא׃	yik.Ra'	he will call out	H7121 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 17:12
As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance
leads to
- Leviticus 13:45–46
  A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 5:12
  While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can…
- 2 Kings 7:3
  Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
- Luke 18:13
  But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
Through
Micah 3:7
Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
leads to
- Isaiah 44:25
  who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
- Zechariah 13:4
  And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
Through
Ezekiel 24:17
Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
leads to
- Hosea 9:4
  They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For…
- 2 Samuel 15:30
  But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up,…

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Where the connections lead

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06About Leviticus

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Leviticus