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then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/13.htm">New King James Version</a> But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his body, and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest shall isolate the one who has the sore seven days. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his body, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it has not turned white, then the priest shall isolate the person who has the infection for seven days. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his body, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it has not turned white, then the priest shall isolate him who has the infection for seven days. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his body, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it has not turned white, then the priest shall isolate him who has the infection for seven days. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his body, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it has not turned white, then the priest shall isolate him who has the infection for seven days. <a href="/amp/leviticus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> If the bright spot is white on the skin of his body and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the person who has the infection for seven days. <a href="/csb/leviticus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> But if the spot on the skin of his body is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the stricken person for seven days. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But if the spot on the skin of his body is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest must quarantine the infected person for seven days. <a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: <a href="/cev/leviticus/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But if the infected area is white and only skin deep, and if the hair in it hasn't turned white, the priest will order you to stay away from everyone else for seven days. <a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: <a href="/gwt/leviticus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> But if the irritated area is white and does not look deeper than the rest of the skin, and the hair has not turned white, the priest must put him in isolation for seven days. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> But if the sore is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin around it and the hairs have not turned white, the priest shall isolate you for seven days. <a href="/isv/leviticus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> "If the light spot in the skin of his body is white but the appearance of the skin rash isn't deeper than the skin of his body and its hair has not become white, then the priest is to isolate the one who is infected for seven days. <a href="/msb/leviticus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> If, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days. <a href="/net/leviticus/13.htm">NET Bible</a> "If it is a white bright spot on the skin of his body, but it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair has not turned white, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the infection for seven days. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and its hair hasn't turned white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> If the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight, not deeper than the skin, and the hair of it not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: <a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a> If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and its appearance isn’t deeper than the skin, and its hair hasn’t turned white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And if the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest has shut up [him who has] the plague [for] seven days. <a href="/ylt/leviticus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And if the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and its hair hath not turned white, then hath the priest shut up him who hath the plague seven days. <a href="/slt/leviticus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And if the brightness it white in the skin of his flesh, and its sight not deep from the skin, and the hair not turned white; and the priest shut up the stroke seven days.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But if there be a shining whiteness in the skin, and not lower than the other flesh, and the hair be of the former colour, the priest shall shut him up seven days. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But if there will be a shining whiteness in the skin, but it is not lower than the rest of the flesh, and the hair is of unaffected color, the priest shall seclude him for seven days. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/13.htm">New American Bible</a> If, however, the blotch on the skin is white, but does not seem to be deeper than the skin, nor has the hair turned white, the priest shall quarantine the afflicted person for seven days. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But if the spot is white in the skin of his body, and appears no deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall confine the diseased person for seven days.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And if the shiny spot be white on the skin of his body, but does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white; then the priest shall observe the disease for seven days; <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And if the shiny spots are white in the skin of his flesh and they are deep and it is not apparent from the skin and the hair is not changed to white, the Priest shall seclude the sore seven days:<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days. <a href="/sep/leviticus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> But if the spot be clear and white in the skin of his flesh, yet the appearance of it be not deep below the skin, and its hair have not changed itself for white hair, but it is dark, then the priest shall separate him that has the spot seven days; <a href="/parallel/leviticus/13-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=2893" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Laws about Skin Diseases</a> …3The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean. 4<a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If, however,</a> <a href="/hebrew/934.htm" title="934: ba·he·reṯ (N-fs) -- Brightness, bright spot. Feminine active participle of the same as bahiyr; a whitish spot on the skin.">the spot</a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: bə·‘ō·wr (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">on his skin</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bə·śā·rōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3836.htm" title="3836: lə·ḇā·nāh (Adj-fs) -- White. Or laben; from laban; white.">is white</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên- (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">and does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4758.htm" title="4758: mar·’e·hā (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Sight, appearance, vision. From ra'ah; a view; also an appearance, whether a shape, or a vision.">appear</a> <a href="/hebrew/6013.htm" title="6013: wə·‘ā·mōq (Conj-w:: Adj-ms) -- From amaq; deep.">to be deeper</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">than</a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: hā·‘ō·wr (Art:: N-ms) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">the skin,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8181.htm" title="8181: ū·śə·‘ā·rāh (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- Hair. Or sa.ar; from sa'ar in the sense of dishevelling; hair.">and the hair in it</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">has not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015: hā·p̄aḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To turn, overturn. A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert.">turned</a> <a href="/hebrew/3836.htm" title="3836: lā·ḇān (Adj-ms) -- White. Or laben; from laban; white.">white,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">the priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5462.htm" title="5462: wə·his·gîr (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To shut, close. A primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender.">shall isolate</a> <a href="/hebrew/5061.htm" title="5061: han·ne·ḡa‘ (Art:: N-ms) -- A stroke, plague, mark. From naga'; a blow; also a spot.">the infected person</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">for seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days.</a> 5On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if he sees that the infection is unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest must isolate him for another seven days.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2-4</a> Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. / Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.” <a href="/luke/5-12.htm">Luke 5:12-14</a> While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. / “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” <a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-44</a> Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ... <a href="/luke/17-12.htm">Luke 17:12-14</a> As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed. <a href="/matthew/10-8.htm">Matthew 10:8</a> Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. <a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">2 Kings 5:1-14</a> Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ... <a href="/numbers/12-10.htm">Numbers 12:10-15</a> As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous, / and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. / Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.” ... <a href="/2_chronicles/26-19.htm">2 Chronicles 26:19-21</a> Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. / When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him. / So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land. <a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Deuteronomy 24:8</a> In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. <a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Isaiah 1:6</a> From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. <a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4</a> Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. <a href="/matthew/11-5.htm">Matthew 11:5</a> The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. <a href="/luke/7-22.htm">Luke 7:22</a> So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. <a href="/mark/14-3.htm">Mark 14:3</a> While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head. <a href="/john/9-6.htm">John 9:6-7</a> When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes. / Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that has the plague seven days:shut up<a href="/numbers/12-15.htm">Numbers 12:15</a> And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.<a href="/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Deuteronomy 13:14</a> Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;<a href="/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10</a> And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/9-6.htm">Appear</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-4.htm">Appears</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Deeper</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Diseased</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/exodus/22-11.htm">Hasn't</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-31.htm">Infected</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-2.htm">Infection</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-54.htm">Isolate</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-33.htm">Isolation</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-2.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/genesis/48-17.htm">Seem</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/21-18.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-39.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">White</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/13-7.htm">Appear</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-12.htm">Appears</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-11.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Deeper</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Diseased</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-10.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-10.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">Hasn't</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-12.htm">Infected</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">Infection</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">Isolate</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">Isolation</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-7.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-31.htm">Seem</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-18.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-10.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-10.htm">White</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 13</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/13-1.htm">The laws whereby the priest is to be guided in discerning the leprosy.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>If, however, the spot on his skin is white In the ancient Near East, skin conditions were often seen as signs of impurity or disease. The color white in this context indicates a potential skin disease, possibly leprosy, which was feared for its contagious nature. The mention of a "white" spot suggests a need for careful examination, as it could be a sign of something more serious. This reflects the meticulous nature of the Levitical laws, which aimed to maintain the purity and health of the community.and does not appear to be deeper than the skin This phrase indicates a preliminary assessment of the severity of the condition. If the spot is not deeper than the skin, it suggests a superficial issue rather than a systemic disease. This distinction is crucial in determining the level of impurity and the necessary response. The focus on depth highlights the importance of discernment and careful observation in the priestly duties.and the hair in it has not turned white The color of the hair within the spot serves as an additional diagnostic criterion. White hair could indicate a more serious condition, possibly leprosy, which required different treatment and isolation procedures. The attention to detail in these laws underscores the importance of thorough examination to prevent misdiagnosis and unnecessary isolation.the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days Isolation serves both a practical and symbolic purpose. Practically, it prevents the potential spread of disease within the community. Symbolically, it represents a period of purification and reflection. The number seven often signifies completeness or perfection in the Bible, suggesting that this period allows for a full assessment and potential healing. This practice foreshadows the role of Christ as the ultimate healer and purifier, who brings spiritual cleansing and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/priest.htm">Priest</a> The priest acts as a mediator and judge in matters of ceremonial cleanliness, reflecting the role of spiritual leadership in ancient Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/i/infected_person.htm">Infected Person</a> This refers to an individual showing signs of a potential skin disease, requiring examination and possible isolation. 3. <a href="/topical/i/isolation.htm">Isolation</a> A period of seven days where the individual is separated from the community to prevent the spread of disease and to allow for further observation. 4. <a href="/topical/i/israelite_community.htm">Israelite Community</a> The broader context involves the community of Israel, which is governed by laws that ensure both physical and spiritual purity. 5. <a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a> While not directly mentioned in this verse, the tabernacle is the central place of worship and purity laws are crucial for maintaining holiness in proximity to it.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/role_of_spiritual_leadership.htm">Role of Spiritual Leadership</a> The priest's role in examining and isolating the infected person highlights the importance of spiritual discernment and leadership in addressing issues within the community. <a href="/topical/i/importance_of_community_health.htm">Importance of Community Health</a> The isolation of potentially infected individuals underscores the value placed on the health and well-being of the entire community, a principle that can be applied to both physical and spiritual health today. <a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_purity.htm">Holiness and Purity</a> The laws concerning skin diseases are part of a broader call to holiness, reminding believers of the need to maintain purity in their lives. <a href="/topical/p/patience_and_trust_in_god's_process.htm">Patience and Trust in God's Process</a> The seven-day isolation period teaches patience and trust in God's timing and processes, encouraging believers to wait on the Lord for clarity and healing. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_sin_and_cleansing.htm">Symbolism of Sin and Cleansing</a> The examination and potential isolation can be seen as a metaphor for dealing with sin, where self-examination and repentance lead to spiritual cleansing and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 13</a> <a href="/q/is_quarantine_for_spots_still_relevant.htm">Does commanding people with suspicious spots to remain quarantined align with modern understandings of infectious diseases (Leviticus 13:4–5)? </a> <a href="/q/is_'unclean!'_compassionate_or_superstitious.htm">Does requiring afflicted individuals to cry “Unclean!” reflect compassion or reinforce superstition (Leviticus 13:45–46)?</a> <a href="/q/is_a_7-day_disease_cure_credible.htm">How credible is it that an apparently contagious disease is healed precisely in seven days (Numbers 12:14–15) without leaving lasting physical complications? </a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_require_sacrifices_for_cleansing.htm">Why would God specifically prescribe ritual sacrifices (Leviticus 14:10-20) as a means of ceremonial cleansing, while other passages in Scripture suggest different requirements for purity? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) If the bright spot be white.--But if upon inspection there merely appeared a white spot in the skin, and the above named two symptoms were absent, the case was not to be decided.Then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague.--The individual thus suspected was to be separated from the rest of the community for seven days, during which time it would be seen whether it actually developed itself into this disorder. According to the canons which obtained during the second Temple, if a bridegroom was seized with this distemper he could not be shut up during the nuptial week. It will be seen that the words "him that hath" are in italics, thus indicating that they are not in the text; but "plague" here, as we have seen in <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm" title="And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.">Leviticus 13:3</a>, denotes plagued person.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 4-8. - In case the symptoms are not decisive, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days. The words thus translated would perhaps be better rendered, then the priest shall bind up the part affected for seven days. The priest is to delay his judgment for a week, and, if necessary, for a second week, during which period the patient is, according to the rendering, either to be confined to his house or, more probably, to have the spot bandaged. Whether the disease be or be not leprosy will probably have declared itself by the end of that time; and if the plague be somewhat dark on the fourteenth day, that is, if it has begun to lose its colour and to fade away, and has not spread in the skin, the priest is to decide that it is not real leprosy, and pronounce the man clean. He is still, however, to be kept under supervision, and if the spot is found to spread, he is to be pronounced unclean, as it is proved to be a leprosy. <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/13-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>If, however, וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not the spot בַּהֶרֶת֩ (ba·he·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_934.htm">Strong's 934: </a> A whitish spot on the skin on his skin בְּע֣וֹר (bə·‘ō·wr) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> Skin, hide, leather is white לְבָנָ֨ה (lə·ḇā·nāh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3836.htm">Strong's 3836: </a> White and does not אֵין־ (’ên-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle appear מַרְאֶ֣הָ (mar·’e·hā) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4758.htm">Strong's 4758: </a> Sight, appearance, vision to be deeper וְעָמֹק֙ (wə·‘ā·mōq) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6013.htm">Strong's 6013: </a> Deep than מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the skin, הָע֔וֹר (hā·‘ō·wr) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> Skin, hide, leather and the hair in it וּשְׂעָרָ֖ה (ū·śə·‘ā·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8181.htm">Strong's 8181: </a> Hair has not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no turned הָפַ֣ךְ (hā·p̄aḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2015.htm">Strong's 2015: </a> To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert white, לָבָ֑ן (lā·ḇān) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3836.htm">Strong's 3836: </a> White the priest הַכֹּהֵ֛ן (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest shall quarantine וְהִסְגִּ֧יר (wə·his·gîr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5462.htm">Strong's 5462: </a> To shut up, to surrender the infected person הַנֶּ֖גַע (han·ne·ḡa‘) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5061.htm">Strong's 5061: </a> Mark -- a blow, a spot for seven שִׁבְעַ֥ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ) Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number days. יָמִֽים׃ (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-4.htm">Leviticus 13:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-4.htm">Leviticus 13:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/13-4.htm">Leviticus 13:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-4.htm">Leviticus 13:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-4.htm">Leviticus 13:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-4.htm">Leviticus 13:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/13-4.htm">Leviticus 13:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/13-4.htm">Leviticus 13:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/13-4.htm">Leviticus 13:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/13-4.htm">Leviticus 13:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 13:4 If the bright spot is white (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>