Leviticus 13:20

And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
priest	הַכֹּהֵ֗ן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
seeth	וְרָאָ֣ה ve.ra.'Ah	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sight	מַרְאֶ֙הָ֙ mar.'E.ha	H4758	a view (the act of seeing) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
lower	שָׁפָ֣ל sha.Fal	H8217	depressed · adjective, masculine singular absolute
skin	הָע֔וֹר ha.'Or	H5785	skin (as naked) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
hair	וּשְׂעָרָ֖הּ u.se.'a.Rah	H8181	hair (as if tossed or bristling) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
turned	הָפַ֣ךְ ha.Fakh	H2015	to turn about or over · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
white	לָבָ֑ן la.Van	H3836	white · adjective, masculine singular absolute
priest	הַכֹּהֵ֛ן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
unclean	וְטִמְּא֧וֹ ve.ti.me.'O	H2930	to be foul · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
plague	נֶֽגַע ne.ga'-	H5061	a blow (figuratively · noun, common masculine singular construct
leprosy	צָרַ֥עַת tza.Ra.'at	H6883	leprosy · noun, common feminine singular absolute
broken	פָּרָֽחָה pa.Ra.chah	H6524	to break forth as a bud · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
boil	בַּשְּׁחִ֥ין ba.she.Chin	H7822	inflammation · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Leviticus 13:3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight b…
Matthew 12:45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state o…
John 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
2 Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entang…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 13:18-37

The priest is here instructed what judgment to make if there was any appearance of a leprosy, either, 1. In an old ulcer, or bile, that has been healed, Lev 13:18, etc. When old sores, that seemed to be cured, break out again, it is to be feared there is a leprosy in them; such is the danger of those who, having escaped the pollutions of the world, are again entangled therein and overcome. Or, 2. In a burn by accident, for this seems to be meant, Lev 13:24, etc. The burning of strife and contention often proves the occasion of the rising up and breaking out of that corruption which witnesses to men's faces that they are unclean. 3. In a scall-head. And in this commonly the judgment turned up…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:9

if the rising be white--This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly patches themselves perpetually enlarging their boundary. Several of these characteristics, taken separately, belong to other blemishes of the skin as well; so that none of them was to be taken alone, and it was only when the whole of them concurred that the Jewish priest, in his capacity of physician, was to p…

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Adam Clarke on Leviticus 13:18

In the skin thereof, was a boil - Scheuchzer supposes this and the following verse to speak of phlegmonic, erysipelatous, gangrenous, and phagedenic ulcers, all of which were subjected to the examination of the priest, to see whether they were infectious, or whether the leprosy might not take its origin from them. A person with any sore or disposition to contagion was more likely to catch the infection by contact with the diseased person, than he was whose skin was whole and sound, and his habit good.

Dictionary and topics

Leper, Leprosy — The predominant and characteristic form of leprosy in the Old Testament is a white variety, covering either the entire body or a large tract of its surface, which has obtained the name of Lepra…
Leprosy — (Heb. tsara’ath, a “smiting,” a “stroke,” because the disease was regarded as a direct providential infliction). This name is from the Greek lepra, by which the Greek physicians designated the…
Purification — The process by which a person unclean, according to the Levitical law, and thereby cut off from the sanctuary and the festivals, was restored to the enjoyment of all these privileges. The great…
Boil · Leviti — Leviti
Leprosy · The priests: Had rules for distinguishing — The priests: Had rules for distinguishing
Priests · Services of: Deciding in cases of leprosy — Services of: Deciding in cases of leprosy
Sanitation · CONTAGION — CONTAGION

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Leviticus 13:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 13:18-37

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:9

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 13:18

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 13:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 13:18-37

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:9

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 13:18

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Leviticus 13:20

John Calvin on Leviticus 13:2-28

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 13:2-28

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 13:12-13

Rashi on Leviticus 13:20