God’s Word Translation
Leviticus 13:30
30the priest will examine the disease. If it looks deeper than the rest of the skin and there is thin yellow hair on it, the priest must declare the person unclean. It is a scab, a disease on the head or the chin.
Leviticus 13:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
- New International Version (NIV)the priest is to examine the sore, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease on the head or chin.
- English Standard Version (ESV)the priest shall examine the disease. And if it appears deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is an itch, a leprous disease of the head or the beard.
- New King James Version (NKJV)then the priest shall examine the sore; and indeed if it appears deeper than the skin, and there is in it thin yellow hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a scaly leprosy of the head or beard.
Context of Leviticus 13:30
28If the irritated area does not spread but has faded, it is only a sore caused by the burn. The priest must declare him clean, because it is a scar caused by the burn. 29“If a man or a woman has some disease on the head or chin, the priest will examine the disease. If it looks deeper than the rest of the skin and there is thin yellow hair on it, the priest must declare the person unclean. It is a scab, a disease on the head or the chin. 31But if the priest examines the scabby disease and it does not look deeper than the rest of the skin and there is no black hair in it, the priest must put the person with the scabby disease in isolation for seven days. 32On the seventh day the priest will examine the disease. If the scab has not spread, there is no yellow hair on it, and the scab does not look deeper than the rest of the skin,
Read all of Leviticus 13Leviticus 13:30 word by word
וְרָאָ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע וְהִנֵּ֤ה מַרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ עָמֹ֣ק מִן־הָע֔וֹר וּב֛וֹ שֵׂעָ֥ר צָהֹ֖ב דָּ֑ק וְטִמֵּ֨א אֹת֤וֹ הַכֹּהֵן֙ נֶ֣תֶק ה֔וּא צָרַ֧עַת הָרֹ֛אשׁ א֥וֹ הַזָּקָ֖ן הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
- shall seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- the plagueנֶ֫גַעnega‛ · plagueH5061
- in sightמַרְאֶהmar'eh · appearanceH4758
- deeperעָמֹק‛âmôq · deepH6013
- than the skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
- in it a yellowצָהֹבtsâhôb · yellowH6669
- thinדַּקdaq · thinH1851
- hairשֵׂעָרώê‛âr ώa‛ar · hairH8181
- shall pronounce him uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
- a dry scallנֶ֫תֶקnetheq · scabH5424
- a leprosyצָרַ֫עַתtsâra‛ath · leprosyH6883
- upon the headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
- or beardזָקָןzâqân · beardH2206
Cross-references for Leviticus 13:30
- Leviticus 13:34On the seventh day the priest will examine the scab again. If the scab has not spread on the skin and does not look deeper than the rest of the skin, the priest must declare him clean. When he has washed his clothes, he will be clean.
- Leviticus 14:54“These are the instructions for any kind of mildew or fungus
Commentaries on Leviticus 13:30
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Scall - As this is the name for another disease not allied to the leprosy, it would have been better to retain the original word נתק netheq It is a true elephantiasis, and is recognized by modern writers under the name of the Fox mange.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. 30The scaly outbreak indicated a fungal infection in the scalp or beard, hidden by hair. Symptoms included hair loss and crusty skin.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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