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,
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease,

Context of Leviticus 14:3

1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2"This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest, 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, 4the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop. 5And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water.

Leviticus 14:3 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• shall go forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• outחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• of the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• shall lookרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the plagueנֶ֫גַעnega‛ · plagueH5061
• of leprosyצָרַ֫עַתtsâra‛ath · leprosyH6883
• be healedרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• in the leperצָרַעtsâra‛ · be leprousH6879

Cross-references for Leviticus 14:3

• Leviticus 13:46He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp.
• Exodus 15:26saying, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer."
• 2 Kings 5:3She said to her mistress, "Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy."
• Job 5:18For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal.
• Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.
• Matthew 11:5the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
• Luke 4:27And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian."
• Luke 7:22And he answered them, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.
• Luke 17:15Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;
• Luke 17:16and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,

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