Leviticus 13:5
in Leviticus 13On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if he sees that the infection is unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest must isolate him for another seven days.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if in his eyes the plague be at a stay, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
KJV
And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
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This verse in Leviticus 13
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And the plague spread not - Rather, advance not, so as to show that the disease is under the cuticle and assuming the symptoms of Lev 13:3.
This site's exposition
If, however, the spot on his skin is white
on Leviticus 13:4-8
Where the case is doubtful the answer is time. The priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days, looks again, and if nothing has changed isolates him for another seven days. Nothing is done to the sore meanwhile, so the instrument of diagnosis is waiting.
This site's exposition
isolate him for another seven days
The second week tests one thing, whether the spot has spread. Albert Barnes renders the check as whether it has advanced, meaning gone under the outer skin and taken on the signs of verse 3. A spot that holds still earns more time instead of a verdict.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the priest shall look on him the seventh day,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
When a Hebrew priest, after a careful inspection, discovered under the cutaneous blemish the distinctive signs of contagious leprosy, the person was immediately pronounced unclean, and is supposed to have been sent out of the camp to a lazaretto provided for that purpose.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְרָאָ֣הוּ | veraahu | and he will see it | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| הַכֹּהֵן֮ | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשְּׁבִיעִי֒ | hashevii | <the> seventh | H7637 → | 98 times |
| וְהִנֵּ֤ה | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| הַנֶּ֙גַע֙ | hanega' | the plague | H5061 → | 78 times |
| עָמַ֣ד | ʾamad | it has stayed | H5975 → | 521 times |
| בְּעֵינָ֔יו | beeinav | in view his | H5869 → | 887 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| פָשָׂ֥ה | fasah | it has spread | H6581 → | 22 times |
| הַנֶּ֖גַע | hanega' | the plague | H5061 → | 78 times |
| בָּע֑וֹר | baor | in the skin | H5785 → | 99 times |
| וְהִסְגִּיר֧וֹ | vehisgiro | and he will shut up him | H5462 → | 91 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֛ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| שִׁבְעַ֥ת | shivat | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| יָמִ֖ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| שֵׁנִֽית׃ | shenit | a second | H8145 → | 156 times |
וְרָאָ֣הוּand he will see it
veraahuH7200 →1300 times
הַכֹּהֵן֮the priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַשְּׁבִיעִי֒<the> seventh
hasheviiH7637 →98 times
וְהִנֵּ֤הand there!
vehinehH2009 →843 times
הַנֶּ֙גַע֙the plague
hanega'H5061 →78 times
עָמַ֣דit has stayed
ʾamadH5975 →521 times
בְּעֵינָ֔יוin view his
beeinavH5869 →887 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
פָשָׂ֥הit has spread
fasahH6581 →22 times
הַנֶּ֖גַעthe plague
hanega'H5061 →78 times
בָּע֑וֹרin the skin
baorH5785 →99 times
וְהִסְגִּיר֧וֹand he will shut up him
vehisgiroH5462 →91 times
הַכֹּהֵ֛ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 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
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.