Leviticus 13:34

And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
seventh	הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י ha.she.vi.'I	H7637	seventh · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
day	בַּיּ֣וֹם bai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
priest	הַכֹּהֵ֨ן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
look	וְרָאָה֩ ve.ra.'Ah	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
scall	הַנֶּ֜תֶק ha.Ne.tek	H5424	scurf · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
scall	הַנֶּ֙תֶק֙ ha.Ne.tek	H5424	scurf · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
spread	פָשָׂ֤ה fa.Sah	H6581	to spread · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
skin	בָּע֔וֹר ba.'or	H5785	skin (as naked) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
sight	וּמַרְאֵ֕הוּ u.mar.'E.hu	H4758	a view (the act of seeing) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
deeper	עָמֹ֖ק 'a.Mok	H6013	deep (literally or figuratively) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
skin	הָע֑וֹר ha.'Or	H5785	skin (as naked) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
priest	הַכֹּהֵ֔ן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
clean	וְטִהַ֤ר ve.ti.Har	H2891	to be pure (physical sound · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
wash	וְכִבֶּ֥ס ve.khi.Bes	H3526	to trample · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
clothes	בְּגָדָ֖יו be.ga.Dav	H899	a covering · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
clean	וְטָהֵֽר ve.ta.Her	H2891	to be pure (physical sound · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Jude 1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
Revelation 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they…

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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 13:33

The scall shall he not shave - Lest the place should be irritated and inflamed, and assume in consequence other appearances besides those of a leprous infection; in which case the priest might not be able to form an accurate judgment.

John Gill on Leviticus 13:34

And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall,.... That is, according to Ben Gersom, on the thirteenth day from the first inspection of him by the priest: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; neither appears spread on the surface of the skin, nor to have eaten into the flesh under it; also no thin yellow hair, though it is not expressed, for that made a person unclean, though there was no spreading: then the priest shall pronounce him clean; free from a leprosy: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean; there was no need to say he shall wash them in water, as Aben Ezra observes, that is supposed; and then he was looked u…

Dictionary and topics

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…
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 13:34

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 13:33

John Gill on Leviticus 13:34

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 13:34

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 13:33

John Gill on Leviticus 13:34

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Leviticus 13:29-43

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 13:32-34

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 13:30

Rashi on Leviticus 13:33