Leviticus 13:6

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
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
again	שֵׁנִית֒ she.Nit	H8145	properly · ordinal number, feminine singular absolute
seventh	הַשְּׁבִיעִי֮ 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
plague	הַנֶּ֔גַע ha.Ne.ga'	H5061	a blow (figuratively · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
dark	כֵּהֶה kêheh	H3544	feeble
plague	הַנֶּ֖גַע ha.Ne.ga'	H5061	a blow (figuratively · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
spread	פָשָׂ֥ה fa.Sah	H6581	to spread · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
skin	בָּע֑וֹר ba.'or	H5785	skin (as naked) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
priest	הַכֹּהֵן֙ ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
clean	וְטִהֲר֤וֹ ve.ti.ha.Ro	H2891	to be pure (physical sound · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
scab	מִסְפַּ֣חַת mis.Pa.chat	H4556	scruf (as spreading over the surface) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
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

Leviticus 11:25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 14:8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after…
Leviticus 11:28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
Leviticus 11:40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall…
Leviticus 13:2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of lepro…
Deuteronomy 32:5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
1 Kings 8:38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart,…
1 Kings 8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 13:1-17

I. Concerning the plague of leprosy we may observe in general, 1. That it was rather an uncleanness than a disease; or, at least, so the law considered it, and therefore employed not the physicians but the priests about it. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. We do not read of any that died of the leprosy, but it rather buried them alive, by rendering them unfit for conversation with any but such as were infected like themselves. Yet there is a tradition that Pharaoh, who sought to kill Moses, was the first that ever was struck with this disease, and that he died of it. It is said to have begun first in Egypt, whence it spread into Syria. It was very well known to Moses, when…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:3

the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh, &c.--The leprosy, as covering the person with a white, scaly scurf, has always been accounted an offensive blemish rather than a serious malady in the East, unless when it assumed its less common and malignant forms. 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. If the symptoms appeared to be doubtful, he ordered the person to be kept in domestic confinement for seven days, when he was subjected to a second…

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Adam Clarke on Leviticus 13:3

The priest shall - pronounce him unclean - וטמא אתו vetimme otho; literally, shall pollute him, i. e., in the Hebrew idiom, shall declare or pronounce him polluted; and in Lev 13:23, it is said, the priest shall pronounce him clean, וטהרו הכהן vetiharo haccohen, the priest shall cleanse him, i. e., declare him clean. In this phrase we have the proper meaning of Mat 16:19 : Whatsoever ye bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. By which our Lord intimates that the disciples, from having the keys, i. e., the true knowledge of the doctrine, of the kingdom of heaven, should, from particular evidences, be at all times able to distinguish…

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
Scab · Disease of the skin — Disease of the skin

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 13:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 13:1-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:3

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 13:3

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 13:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 13:1-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:3

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 13:3

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Leviticus 13:6

John Calvin on Leviticus 13:2-28

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 13:2-28

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 13:4-5

Rashi on Leviticus 13:6