Leviticus 13:8

Leviticus 13:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
• New International Version (NIV)The priest is to examine that person, and if the rash has spread in the skin, he shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the priest shall look, and if the eruption has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a leprous disease.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And if the priest sees that the scab has indeed spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.

Context of Leviticus 13:8

6The priest shall then look at him again on the seventh day, and if the infected area has faded and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a rash. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean. 7“But if the rash spreads farther on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again to the priest. And the priest shall look, and if the rash has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy. 9“When the infection of leprosy is on someone, then he shall be brought to the priest. 10The priest shall then look, and if there is a white swelling on the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is new raw flesh in the swelling,

Leviticus 13:8 word by word

וְרָאָה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהִנֵּ֛ה פָּשְׂתָ֥ה הַמִּסְפַּ֖חַת בָּע֑וֹר וְטִמְּא֥וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן צָרַ֥עַת הִֽוא׃ פRead the interlinear

• And the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• shall lookרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• and ifהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• the rashמִסְפַּ֫חַתmispachath · scabH4556
• has spreadפָּשָׂהpâώâh · to spreadH6581
• on the skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• shall pronounceטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• him uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• it is leprosyצָרַ֫עַתtsâra‛ath · leprosyH6883

Cross-references for Leviticus 13:8

• Leviticus 13:3The priest shall look at the infected area on the skin of the body, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is an infection of leprosy; when the priest has looked at him, he shall pronounce him unclean.
• Matthew 15:7You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you, by saying:
• Acts 8:21You have no part or share in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.
• Philippians 3:18For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even as I weep, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ,
• 2 Peter 2:19promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what anyone is overcome, by this he is enslaved.

Commentaries on Leviticus 13:8

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8If the rash spread, the priest declared the person unclean, and the isolation became long-term.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin--Those doubtful cases, when they assumed a malignant character, appeared in one of two forms, apparently according to the particular constitution of the skin or of the habit generally. The one was "somewhat dark" [Le 13:6]--that is, the obscure or dusky leprosy, in which the natural color of the hair (which in Egypt and Palestine is black) is not changed, as is repeatedly said in the sacred code, nor is…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 13:8

• Sanitation
• Scab

In the dictionaries

• Ablution
• Accomplish
• Appear
• Clean
• Consider
• Dark
• Leprosy
• Purification
• Quick
• Raw

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