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 spoke to Moses, saying, 2“This shall be the law of the person with leprosy on the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest; and the priest shall go out to a place outside of the camp. Then the priest shall look, and if the leprous infection has been healed in the person with leprosy, 4then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds, cedar wood, a scarlet string, and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed. 5The priest shall also give orders to slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over running water.

Leviticus 14:3 word by word

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

• and the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• shall goיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• outsideמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• outsideחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• of the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• shall lookרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• and ifהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• leprousצָרַ֫עַתtsâra‛ath · leprosyH6883
• infectionנֶ֫גַעnega‛ · plagueH5061
• has been healedרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• in the personצָרַעtsâra‛ · be leprousH6879

Cross-references for Leviticus 14:3

• Leviticus 13:46He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; he shall live outside the camp.
• Exodus 15:26And He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the Lord, am your healer.”
• 2 Kings 5:3And she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy.”
• Job 5:18For He inflicts pain, and gives relief; He wounds, but His hands also heal.
• Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with leprosy, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
• Matthew 11:5those who are blind receive sight and those who limp walk, those with leprosy are cleansed and those who are deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
• Luke 4:27And there were many with leprosy in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”
• Luke 7:22And He answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: people who were blind receive sight, people who limped walk, people with leprosy are cleansed and people who were deaf hear, dead people are raised up, and people who are poor have the gospel preached to them.
• Luke 17:15Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,
• Luke 17:16and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And 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 homosexuals,

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