Leviticus 13:12

Leviticus 13:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if the leprous disease breaks out in the skin, so that the leprous disease covers all the skin of the diseased person from head to foot, so far as the priest can see,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And if leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the one who has the sore, from his head to his foot, wherever the priest looks,
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Now suppose the disease has spread all over the person’s skin, covering the body from head to foot.

Context of Leviticus 13:12

10The 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, 11it is a chronic skin disease and the priest shall pronounce them unclean. He is not to isolate them, because they are already unclean. “If the disease breaks out all over their skin and, so far as the priest can see, it covers all the skin of the affected person from head to foot, 13the priest is to examine them, and if the disease has covered their whole body, he shall pronounce them clean. Since it has all turned white, they are clean. 14But whenever raw flesh appears on them, they will be unclean.

Leviticus 13:12 word by word

וְאִם־פָּר֨וֹחַ תִּפְרַ֤ח הַצָּרַ֙עַת֙ בָּע֔וֹר וְכִסְּתָ֣ה הַצָּרַ֗עַת אֵ֚ת כָּל־ע֣וֹר הַנֶּ֔גַע מֵרֹאשׁ֖וֹ וְעַד־רַגְלָ֑יו לְכָל־מַרְאֵ֖ה עֵינֵ֥י הַכֹּהֵֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And if a leprosyצָרַ֫עַתtsâra‛ath · leprosyH6883
• break outפָּרַחpârach · to break outH6524
• in the skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• the plagueנֶ֫גַעnega‛ · plagueH5061
• from his headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• even to his footרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• wheresoever the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• lookethעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• lookethמַרְאֶהmar'eh · appearanceH4758

Cross-references for Leviticus 13:12

• 1 Kings 8:38and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands toward this temple—
• Job 40:4“I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.
• Job 42:6Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
• Isaiah 64:6All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
• John 16:8When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:
• Romans 7:14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
• 1 John 1:8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Commentaries on Leviticus 13:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 The disease here indicated appears to be that now known as Lepra commonis, the common White Leprosy, or Dry Tetter. It first shows itself in reddish pimples, the surface of which becomes white and scaly, spreading in a circular form until they meet each other and cover large patches of the body. It scarcely affects the general health, and for the most part disappears of itself, though it often lasts for years. From his head even to his foot…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13The completely white skin might mean a loss of pigment (see also Leviticus 13:3). Raw flesh showed infection and ceremonial uncleanness (13:10, 14).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

Topics related to Leviticus 13:12

• Sanitation

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