Leviticus 13:7
in Leviticus 13But if the rash spreads further on his skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he must present himself again to the priest.
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ASV
But if the scab spread abroad in the skin, after that he hath showed himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again:
KJV
But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:
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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)
Seen of the priest for his cleansing - The purport of these words is doubtful. They probably mean “seen by the priest and pronounced clean,” and refer to the visit of the suspected leper to the priest at the end of the second week. But some have taken the words to mean “seen by the priest with a view to be pronounced clean,” and regard the sentence of the priest as provisional, holding good only until the symptoms may appear to resume their progress. Compare Lev 13:35.
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
after he has shown himself to the priest
Albert Barnes calls the phrase about showing himself for his cleansing doubtful. He reads it most likely as the visit at which the man was pronounced clean. Others take that first verdict as provisional, holding only until the signs return.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin,....
If men do not grow worse, but a stop be put to the course of their sins and their corruptions be checked, it is to be hoped they will grow better; but if sin get ground, and they become worse every day, they are going downhill. If there was proud raw flesh in the rising, the priest needed not to wait any longer, it was certainly a leprosy,
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| פָּשֹׂ֨ה | pasoh | certainly <to spread> | H6581 → | 22 times |
| תִפְשֶׂ֤ה | tifseh | it will spread | H6581 → | 22 times |
| הַמִּסְפַּ֙חַת֙ | hamispachat | the skin rash | H4556 → | 3 times |
| בָּע֔וֹר | baor | in the skin | H5785 → | 99 times |
| אַחֲרֵ֧י | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| הֵרָאֹת֛וֹ | heraoto | he has presented himself | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֖ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| לְטָהֳרָת֑וֹ | letohorato | for purification his | H2893 → | 11 times |
| וְנִרְאָ֥ה | venirah | and he will present himself | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| שֵׁנִ֖ית | shenit | a second [time] | H8145 → | 156 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
פָּשֹׂ֨הcertainly <to spread>
pasohH6581 →22 times
תִפְשֶׂ֤הit will spread
tifsehH6581 →22 times
הַמִּסְפַּ֙חַת֙the skin rash
hamispachatH4556 →3 times
בָּע֔וֹרin the skin
baorH5785 →99 times
אַחֲרֵ֧יafter
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
הֵרָאֹת֛וֹhe has presented himself
heraotoH7200 →1300 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
לְטָהֳרָת֑וֹfor purification his
letohoratoH2893 →11 times
וְנִרְאָ֥הand he will present himself
venirahH7200 →1300 times
שֵׁנִ֖יתa second [time]
shenitH8145 →156 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַכֹּהֵֽן׃the priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
it leads to
- Psalms 6:2
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
- Psalms 51:8
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
- Psalms 31:9–10
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
- Isaiah 1:5–6
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
- Lamentations 3:40–42
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
- Psalms 6:2
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); 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.