Leviticus 13:39

Leviticus 13:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.
• New International Version (NIV)the priest is to examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; they are clean.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the priest shall look, and if the spots on the skin of the body are of a dull white, it is leukoderma that has broken out in the skin; he is clean.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then the priest shall look; and indeed if the bright spots on the skin of the body are dull white, it is a white spot that grows on the skin. He is clean.

Context of Leviticus 13:39

37If, in the priest’s estimation, the scale has remained [without spreading], and black hair has grown in it, the scale is healed; he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 38“When a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of the body, even white bright spots, then the priest shall look, and if the bright spots on the skin of their bodies is a dull white, it is [only] a rash that has broken out on the skin; he is clean. 40“If a man loses the hair on his head, he is bald, but he is clean. 41And if he loses the hair on front of his head, he is bald on the forehead, but he is clean.

Leviticus 13:39 word by word

וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֧ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָ֛ם בֶּהָרֹ֖ת כֵּה֣וֹת לְבָנֹ֑ת בֹּ֥הַק ה֛וּא פָּרַ֥ח בָּע֖וֹר טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• shall lookרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the bright spotsבַּהֶ֫רֶתbôhereth · bright spotH934
• in the skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• of their fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• darkishכֵּהֶהkêheh · faintH3544
• whiteלָבָןlâbân lâbên · whiteH3836
• a freckled spotבֹּ֫הַקbôhaq · spotH933
• growethפָּרַחpârach · to break outH6524
• cleanטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889

Cross-references for Leviticus 13:39

• Ecclesiastes 7:20Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who always does good and who never sins.
• Romans 7:22For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature],
• James 3:2For we all stumble and sin in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says [never saying the wrong thing], he is a perfect man [fully developed in character, without serious flaws], able to bridle his whole body and rein in his entire nature [taming his human faults and weaknesses].
• Leviticus 13:13the priest shall examine him. If the [suspected] leprosy has covered his entire body, he shall pronounce him clean of the disease; it has all turned white, and he is clean.

Commentaries on Leviticus 13:39

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39Freckled spot - If Leviticus 13:12 refers to the Lepra commonis, the Hebrew בהק bôhaq here may denote some kind of eczema, a skin disease of a somewhat similar external character. Leviticus 13:38, Leviticus 13:39 would seem more in their natural place between Leviticus 13:17-18.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-44Verses 18-44 The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean. Human life lies exposed to many grievances. With what troops of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 38-39If a skin rash had pus or swelling, it was probably an infection (Leviticus 13:42). If it only appeared as a white area, it was probably vitiligo (leucoderma). This harmless condition causes patches of skin to lose color.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 38-3938-39. If a man ... or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots--This modification of the leprosy is distinguished by a dull white color, and it is entirely a cutaneous disorder, never injuring the constitution. It is described as not penetrating below the skin of the flesh and as not rendering necessary an exclusion from society. It is evident, then, that this common form of leprosy is not contagious; otherwise Moses would have prescribed as…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 13:39

• Sanitation
• Skin

In the dictionaries

• Freckled Spot
• Ablution
• Accomplish
• Appear
• Clean
• Consider
• Dark
• Leprosy
• Purification
• Quick

Commentaries on Leviticus 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings