Leviticus 13:39

Leviticus 13:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.
• New International Version (NIV)the priest is to examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; they are clean.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the priest shall look, and if the spots on the skin of the body are of a dull white, it is leukoderma that has broken out in the skin; he is clean.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then the priest shall look; and indeed if the bright spots on the skin of the body are dull white, it is a white spot that grows on the skin. He is clean.

Context of Leviticus 13:39

37If, as far as the priest can see, the scall has stayed the same and black hair has sprouted in it, the scall has been healed; the person is clean. So the priest is to pronounce him clean. 38“When a man or a woman has bright spots – white bright spots – on the skin of their body, the priest is to examine them, and if the bright spots on the skin of their body are faded white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin. The person is clean. 40“When a man’s head is bare so that he is balding in back, he is clean. 41If his head is bare on the forehead so that he is balding in front, he is clean.

Leviticus 13:39 word by word

וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֧ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָ֛ם בֶּהָרֹ֖ת כֵּה֣וֹת לְבָנֹ֑ת בֹּ֥הַק ה֛וּא פָּרַ֥ח בָּע֖וֹר טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• shall lookרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the bright spotsבַּהֶ֫רֶתbôhereth · bright spotH934
• in the skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• of their fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• darkishכֵּהֶהkêheh · faintH3544
• whiteלָבָןlâbân lâbên · whiteH3836
• a freckled spotבֹּ֫הַקbôhaq · spotH933
• growethפָּרַחpârach · to break outH6524
• cleanטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889

Cross-references for Leviticus 13:39

• Ecclesiastes 7:20For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.
• Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.
• James 3:2For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.
• Leviticus 13:13the priest must then examine it, and if the disease covers his whole body, he is to pronounce the person with the infection clean. He has turned all white, so he is clean.

Commentaries on Leviticus 13:39

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39Freckled spot - If Leviticus 13:12 refers to the Lepra commonis, the Hebrew בהק bôhaq here may denote some kind of eczema, a skin disease of a somewhat similar external character. Leviticus 13:38, Leviticus 13:39 would seem more in their natural place between Leviticus 13:17-18.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. 38-39If a skin rash had pus or swelling, it was probably an infection (Leviticus 13:42). If it only appeared as a white area, it was probably vitiligo (leucoderma). This harmless condition causes patches of skin to lose color.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 38-3938-39. If a man ... or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots--This modification of the leprosy is distinguished by a dull white color, and it is entirely a cutaneous disorder, never injuring the constitution. It is described as not penetrating below the skin of the flesh and as not rendering necessary an exclusion from society. It is evident, then, that this common form of leprosy is not contagious; otherwise Moses would have prescribed as…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 13:39

• Sanitation
• Skin

In the dictionaries

• Freckled Spot
• Ablution
• Accomplish
• Appear
• Clean
• Consider
• Dark
• Leprosy
• Purification
• Quick

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