God’s Word Translation
Leviticus 13:10
10The priest will examine him. If there is a white sore that has turned the hair white, and if there is raw flesh in the sore,
Leviticus 13:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;
- New International Version (NIV)The priest is to examine them, and if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white and if there is raw flesh in the swelling,
- English Standard Version (ESV)and the priest shall look. And if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the priest shall examine him; and indeed if the swelling on the skin is white, and it has turned the hair white, and there is a spot of raw flesh in the swelling,
Context of Leviticus 13:10
8The priest will examine him one more time, and if the rash has spread, the priest must declare him unclean. It is an infectious skin disease. 9“If anyone has an infectious skin disease, he must be taken to the priest. The priest will examine him. If there is a white sore that has turned the hair white, and if there is raw flesh in the sore, 11he has a chronic skin disease. Without putting him in isolation, the priest must declare him unclean because he is unclean. 12If skin disease develops and covers the whole person from head to foot (so far as the priest can see),
Read all of Leviticus 13Leviticus 13:10 word by word
וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֤ה שְׂאֵת־לְבָנָה֙ בָּע֔וֹר וְהִ֕יא הָפְכָ֖ה שֵׂעָ֣ר לָבָ֑ן וּמִֽחְיַ֛ת בָּשָׂ֥ר חַ֖י בַּשְׂאֵֽת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
- shall seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- the risingשְׂאֵתώe'êth · elevationH7613
- whiteלָבָןlâbân lâbên · whiteH3836
- in the skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
- and it have turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
- the hairשֵׂעָרώê‛âr ώa‛ar · hairH8181
- quickמִחְיָהmichyâh · recoveryH4241
- rawחַיchay · aliveH2416
- fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
Cross-references for Leviticus 13:10
- Leviticus 13:3The priest will examine the disease. If the hair in the diseased area has turned white, and the diseased area looks deeper than the rest of his skin, it is an infectious skin disease. When the priest has examined him, he must declare him unclean.
- Numbers 12:10When the smoke left the tent, Miriam was covered with an infectious skin disease. She was as white as snow. Aaron turned to her and saw she was covered with the disease.
- 2 Kings 5:27Naaman’s skin disease will cling to you and your descendants permanently!” When he left Elisha, Gehazi had a disease that made his skin as flaky as snow.
- 2 Chronicles 26:19Uzziah, who held an incense burner in his hand, became angry. While he was angry with the priests, a skin disease broke out on his forehead. This happened in front of the priests in the Lord’s temple as Uzziah was at the incense altar.
- Leviticus 13:14But if raw flesh appears, he will be unclean.
- Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves to learn, but whoever hates correction is a dumb animal.
- Amos 5:10Israel, you hate anyone who speaks out against injustice. You are disgusted by anyone who speaks the truth.
- John 3:19This is why people are condemned: The light came into the world. Yet, people loved the dark rather than the light because their actions were evil.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I say that what everyone does is evil.
Commentaries on Leviticus 13:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10If the rising be white - Or, If there be a white rising. The term very probably denotes the white Bulla or patch of Anaesthetic elephantiasis when it has re-appeared. Quick raw flesh in the rising - The margin gives the literal rendering. The symptom here noted exhibits a more advanced stage of the disease. The expression might denote an ulcer or open sore with “proud flesh” appearing in it.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The key factor was the presence of an open sore, because it showed that there was an infection.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-379-37. if the rising be white--This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly patches themselves perpetually enlarging their boundary. Several…Read the comment
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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
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