Leviticus 13:6
in Leviticus 13The priest will examine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. The person must wash his clothes and be clean.
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ASV
and the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
KJV
And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
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This verse in Leviticus 13
Commentary
8 notes on this verseDark - Contrary to the white colour of the leprosy. But the word may be rendered, have contracted itself, and thus the opposition seems to be most clear as the spreading of itself. He shall wash his clothes - Though it was no leprosy, to teach us, that no sin is so small as not to need to be washed by the blood of Christ, which was the thing designed by all these washings.
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
it is a rash
Albert Barnes reads the word rendered faded as growing dim, a spot dying away, and John Wesley offers contracted as a second sense. The man cleared still washes his clothes. Wesley and Matthew Henry both read that washing as a sign that even small spots need cleansing.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
) and yet be clean: the best have their infirmities; but, as there were certain marks by which to know that it was a leprosy, so there are characters of such as are in the gall of bitterness, and the work of ministers is to declare the judgment of leprosy and to assist those that suspect themselves in the trial of their spiritual state, remitting or retaining sin.
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And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day,....
Even the prisoner that is acquitted must go down on his knees. We have need to be washed in the blood of Christ from our spots, though they be not leprosy-spots; for who can say, I am pure from sin? though there are those who through grace are innocent from the great transgression.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Somewhat dark - Rather, somewhat dim: that is, if the spot is dying away.
The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְרָאָה֩ | veraah | and he will see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֨ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אֹת֜וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשְּׁבִיעִי֮ | hashevii | <the> seventh | H7637 → | 98 times |
| שֵׁנִית֒ | shenit | a second [time] | H8145 → | 156 times |
| וְהִנֵּה֙ | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| כֵּהָ֣ה | kehah | it has become dull | H3543 → | |
| הַנֶּ֔גַע | hanega' | the plague | H5061 → | 78 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and 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 |
| וְטִהֲר֤וֹ | vetiharo | and he will declare pure him | H2891 → | 94 times |
| הַכֹּהֵן֙ | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| מִסְפַּ֣חַת | mispachat | [is] a skin rash | H4556 → | 3 times |
| הִ֔יא | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וְכִבֶּ֥ס | vekhibes | and he will wash | H3526 → | 51 times |
| בְּגָדָ֖יו | begadav | garments his | H899 → | 217 times |
| וְטָהֵֽר׃ | vetaher | and he will be pure | H2891 → | 94 times |
וְרָאָה֩and he will see
veraahH7200 →1300 times
הַכֹּהֵ֨ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
אֹת֜וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַשְּׁבִיעִי֮<the> seventh
hasheviiH7637 →98 times
שֵׁנִית֒a second [time]
shenitH8145 →156 times
וְהִנֵּה֙and there!
vehinehH2009 →843 times
כֵּהָ֣הit has become dull
kehahH3543 →
הַנֶּ֔גַעthe plague
hanega'H5061 →78 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
פָשָׂ֥הit has spread
fasahH6581 →22 times
הַנֶּ֖גַעthe plague
hanega'H5061 →78 times
בָּע֑וֹרin the skin
baorH5785 →99 times
וְטִהֲר֤וֹand he will declare pure him
vetiharoH2891 →94 times
הַכֹּהֵן֙the priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
מִסְפַּ֣חַת[is] a skin rash
mispachatH4556 →3 times
הִ֔יאit
hi'H1931 →1879 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.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
2 Corinthians 7:1Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
- 1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Proverbs 8:13
To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
- Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7
Through
Proverbs 20:9Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
it leads to
- Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- 1 John 1:8–10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1 Kings 8:46
When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether…
- Ecclesiastes 7:20
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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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.