Leviticus 13:55

And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
priest	הַכֹּהֵ֜ן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
look	וְרָאָ֨ה ve.ra.'Ah	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
plague	הַנֶּ֗גַע ha.Ne.ga'	H5061	a blow (figuratively · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
after	אַחֲרֵ֣י 'a.cha.Rei	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct
washed	הֻכַּבֵּ֣ס hu.ka.Bes	H3526	to trample · verb, infinitive construct
plague	הַנֶּ֤גַע ha.Ne.ga'	H5061	a blow (figuratively · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
changed	הָפַ֨ךְ ha.Fakh	H2015	to turn about or over · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
colour	עֵינוֹ֙ ei.No	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
plague	וְהַנֶּ֣גַע ve.ha.Ne.ga'	H5061	a blow (figuratively · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
spread	פָשָׂ֔ה fa.Sah	H6581	to spread · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
unclean	טָמֵ֣א ta.Me'	H2931	foul in a religious sense · adjective, masculine singular absolute
burn	תִּשְׂרְפֶ֑נּוּ tis.re.Fe.nu	H8313	to be (causatively · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
fire	בָּאֵ֖שׁ ba.'Esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
fret	פְּחֶ֣תֶת pe.Che.tet	H6356	a hole (by mildew in a garment) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
within	בְּקָרַחְתּ֖וֹ be.ka.rach.To	H7146	a bald spot (on the back of the head) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
without	בְגַבַּחְתּֽוֹ ve.ga.bach.To	H1372	baldness in the forehead · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 24:13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more,…
Hebrews 6:4-8 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
2 Peter 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
2 Peter 2:20-22 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 13:47–end

This is the law concerning the plague of leprosy in a garment, whether linen or woollen. A leprosy in a garment, with discernible indications of it, the colour changed by it, the garment fretted, the nap worn off, and this in some one particular part of the garment, and increasing when it was shut up, and not to be got out by washing is a thing which to us now is altogether unaccountable. The learned confess that it was a sign and a miracle in Israel, an extraordinary punishment inflicted by the divine power, as a token of great displeasure against a person or family. 1. The process was much the same with that concerning a leprous person. The garment suspected to be tainted was not to be bur…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:47

The garment . . . that the . . . leprosy is in--It is well known that infectious diseases, such as scarlet fever, measles, the plague, are latently imbibed and carried by the clothes. But the language of this passage clearly indicates a disease to which clothes themselves were subject, and which was followed by effects on them analogous to those which malignant leprosy produces on the human body--for similar regulations were made for the rigid inspection of suspected garments by a priest as for the examination of a leprous person. It has long been conjectured and recently ascertained by the use of a lens, that the leprous condition of swine is produced by myriads of minute insects engendered…

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Adam Clarke on Leviticus 13:54

He shall shut it up seven days more - To give time for the spreading of the contagion, if it did exist there; that there might be the most unequivocal marks and proofs that the garment was or was not infected.

John Gill on Leviticus 13:55

And the priest shall look on the plague after it is washed,.... That is, on the second seventh day, or thirteenth day from his first inspection of it: and, behold, if the plague has not changed its colour; and the plague be not spread, it is unclean, thou shalt burn it in the fire; if it remains just as it was at first, very green or very red, and has not diminished of its colour at all, nor changed from one colour to another, although it should not have spread itself, yet it is defiled, and to be burnt without the camp, as before; that which spreads itself here and there, it is to be burnt: it is after inward, whether it be bare within or without; that is, whether it be threadbare on the…

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…
Dress · Ceremonial purifi — Ceremonial purifi
Garments · Liable to plague and leprosy — Liable to plague and leprosy
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 13:55

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 13:47–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:47

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 13:54

John Gill on Leviticus 13:55

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 13:55

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 13:47–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:47

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 13:54

John Gill on Leviticus 13:55

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Leviticus 13:44-57

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 13:53-55

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 13:47-59

Rashi on Leviticus 13:55