Leviticus 14:9

But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
seventh	הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י ha.she.vi.'I	H7637	seventh · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
day	בַיּ֨וֹם vai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
shave	יְגַלַּ֣ח ye.ga.Lach	H1548	properly · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hair	שְׂעָר֗וֹ se.'a.Ro	H8181	hair (as if tossed or bristling) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
head	רֹאשׁ֤וֹ ro.Sho	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
beard	זְקָנוֹ֙ ze.ka.No	H2206	the beard (as indicating age) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
eyebrows	גַּבֹּ֣ת ga.Bot	H1354	the back (as rounded) · noun, common feminine plural construct
hair	שְׂעָר֖וֹ se.'a.Ro	H8181	hair (as if tossed or bristling) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
shave	יְגַלֵּ֑חַ ye.ga.Le.ach	H1548	properly · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
wash	וְכִבֶּ֣ס ve.khi.Bes	H3526	to trample · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
clothes	בְּגָדָ֗יו be.ga.Dav	H899	a covering · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
wash	וְרָחַ֧ץ ve.ra.Chatz	H7364	to lave (the whole or a part of a thing) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
flesh	בְּשָׂר֛וֹ be.sa.Ro	H1320	flesh (from its freshness) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
water	בַּמַּ֖יִם ba.Ma.yim	H4325	water · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
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

Numbers 6:9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cl…
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…
Numbers 8:7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them w…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 14:1-9

Here, I. It is supposed that the plague of the leprosy was not an incurable disease. Uzziah's indeed continued to the day of his death, and Gehazi's was entailed upon his seed; but Miriam's lasted only seven days: we may suppose that it often wore off in process of time. Though God contend long, he will not contend for ever. II. The judgment of the cure, as well as that of the disease, was referred to the priest. He must go out of the camp to the leper, to see whether his leprosy was healed, Lev 14:3. And we may suppose the priest did not contract any ceremonial uncleanness by coming near the leper, as another person would. It was in mercy to the poor lepers that the priests particularly had…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 14:5

the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed . . . over running water--As the blood of a single bird would not have been sufficient to immerse the body of another bird, it was mingled with spring water to increase the quantity necessary for the appointed sprinklings, which were to be repeated seven times, denoting a complete purification. (See Kg2 5:10; Psa 51:2; Mat 8:4; Luk 5:14). The living bird being then set free, in token of the leper's release from quarantine, the priest pronounced him clean; and this official declaration was made with all solemnity, in order that the mind of the leper might be duly impressed with a sense of the divine goodness, and that others might be sa…

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Adam Clarke on Leviticus 14:8

And shave off all his hair - That the water by which he was to be washed should reach every part of his body, that he might be cleansed from whatever defilement might remain on any part of the surface of his body. The Egyptian priests shaved the whole body every third day, to prevent all manner of defilement.

John Gill on Leviticus 14:9

But it shall be on the seventh day,.... After he was first brought to the priest, and cleansed by the two birds, taken and used for him as directed, and he had been shaved and washed: that he shall shave all his hair; a second time, whatsoever was grown in those seven days: all off his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows; even all his hair he shall shave off; not only the hair of the parts mentioned, but all other, the hair of his feet also, as Aben Ezra notes, who observes, that some say, the hair of his arms, and thighs, and breast; and so according to the Misnah (m), this was a second shaving, for it is said,"in the seventh day he shaves a second time, according to the first shaving:"…

Dictionary and topics

Beard — The mode of wearing it was definitely prescribed to the Jews (Lev. 19:27; 21:5). Hence the import of Ezekiel’s (5:1-4) description of the “razor” i.e., the agents of an angry providence being used…
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…
Nave — (Heb. gao), anything convex or arched, as the boss of a shield, (Job 15:26) the eyebrows, (Leviticus 14:9) an eminent place. (Ezekiel 16:31) It is rendered once only in the plural, “naves,” (1 Kings…
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…
Seven — This number occurs frequently in Scripture, and in such connections as lead to the supposition that it has some typical meaning. On the seventh day God rested, and hallowed it (Gen. 2:2, 3). The…
Ablution · .Of lepers — .Of lepers
Beard · Lepers required to shave — Lepers required to shave
Beard, The · Of the healed leper to be shaved — Of the healed leper to be shaved
Eye, The · Parts of mentioned in scripture: The brow — Parts of mentioned in scripture: The brow
Hair, The · Of the healed leper to be shorn — Of the healed leper to be shorn
Purifications · Of the healed leper — Of the healed leper
Sanitation

Leviticus 14:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 14:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 14:5

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 14:8

John Gill on Leviticus 14:9

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Leviticus 14:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 14:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 14:5

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 14:8

John Gill on Leviticus 14:9

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Leviticus 14:3-9

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 14:1-32

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 14:7

Rashi on Leviticus 14:9