Leviticus 14:3

Leviticus 14:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
• New International Version (NIV)The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them. If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,
• English Standard Version (ESV)and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then, if the case of leprous disease is healed in the leprous person,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall examine him; and indeed, if the leprosy is healed in the leper,

Context of Leviticus 14:3

1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest. The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed, 4the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed. 5Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.

Leviticus 14:3 word by word

וְיָצָא֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן אֶל־מִח֖וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וְרָאָה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהִנֵּ֛ה נִרְפָּ֥א נֶֽגַע־הַצָּרַ֖עַת מִן־הַצָּרֽוּעַ׃Read the interlinear

• The priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• The priestאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• is to goיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• outsideחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• to examine himרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• and ifהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• the skin diseaseצָרַ֫עַתtsâra‛ath · leprosyH6883
• ofמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the afflicted personצָרַעtsâra‛ · be leprousH6879
• has healedרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• has healedנֶ֫גַעnega‛ · plagueH5061

Cross-references for Leviticus 14:3

• Leviticus 13:46As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.
• Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
• 2 Kings 5:3She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.”
• Job 5:18For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
• Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
• Matthew 11:5The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
• Luke 4:27And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”
• Luke 7:22So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
• Luke 17:15When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
• Luke 17:16He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

Commentaries on Leviticus 14:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The priest shall go forth out of the camp - As the leper was separated from the people, and obliged, because of his uncleanness, to dwell without the camp, and could not be admitted till the priest had declared that he was clean; hence it was necessary that the priest should go out and inspect him, and, if healed, offer for him the sacrifices required, in order to his re-admission to the camp. As the priest alone had authority to declare a person clean or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-32To fully understand these verses about purifying infected people, read them with Leviticus 13:1–46.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-572-3. law of the leper in the day of his cleansing--Though quite convalescent, a leper was not allowed to return to society immediately and at his own will. The malignant character of his disease rendered the greatest precautions necessary to his re-admission among the people. One of the priests most skilled in the diagnostics of disease [Grotius], being deputed to attend such outcasts, the restored leper appeared before this official, and when after…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 14:3

• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Clean
• Encamp
• Leprosy
• Purification
• Scrape
• Sprinkle
• Atonement, Day of
• Azazel
• Cleanse

Commentaries on Leviticus 14

• 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