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and indeed <i>if</i> the swelling of the sore <i>is</i> reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy on the skin of the body,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the priest shall look at him; and if the swelling of the infection is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Then the priest shall look at him; and if the swelling of the infection is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Then the priest shall look at him; and if the swelling of the infection is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then the priest shall look at him; and if the swelling of the infection is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the priest shall examine him, and if the diseased swelling is reddish-white on his bald head or forehead like the appearance of leprosy on the skin of the body,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the condition on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white, like the appearance of a serious skin disease on his body,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the infection on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white, like the appearance of a skin disease on his body, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then the priest shall look upon him: and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The priest will examine him. If the sore from the disease in the bald places in back or in front is pink like a skin disease somewhere else on the body,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The priest shall examine you, and if there is a reddish-white sore, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When the priest examines it and finds that the swelling of the skin rash is white or reddish on his bald head or forehead, similar in appearance to an infectious disease in the skin of the body, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the infection on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white like a skin disease,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The priest is to examine it, and if the swelling of the infection is reddish white in the back or front bald area like the appearance of a disease on the skin of the body,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then the priest shall examine him; and, look, if the rising of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then the priest shall look upon it: and behold, if the rising of the sore is white reddish on his bald head, or on his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then the priest shall examine him. Behold, if the swelling of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the priest has seen him, and behold, the rising of the reddish-white plague in the bald back of the head, or in the bald forehead, [is] as the appearance of leprosy, in the skin of the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the priest hath seen him, and lo, the rising of the very red white plague in the bald back of the head, or in the bald forehead, is as the appearance of leprosy, in the skin of the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the priest saw it, and behold, the rising of the stroke, a reddish white, in his baldness behind, or in his baldness in front, as the sight of leprosy, in the skin of the flesh;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the priest perceive this, he shall condemn him undoubtedly of leprosy which is risen in the bald part. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and the priest will have seen this, he shall condemn him without doubt of leprosy, which has arisen in the baldness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If the priest, upon examination, finds that the infection spot on the bald area on the crown or forehead has the same reddish white appearance as that of a scaly infection of the skin,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The priest shall examine him; if the diseased swelling is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, which resembles a leprous disease in the skin of the body,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then the priest shall look on the swelling of the sore; and if the sore is white or reddish on his bald head or on his bald forehead like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The Priest shall see if the sore of disease is white or if it is red in his baldness or in his forehead baldness, like the appearance of leprosy that is in the skin of his flesh;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, if the appearance of the plague be white or inflamed in his baldness of head or baldness in front, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of his flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/13-43.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=3251" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Laws about Skin Diseases</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">42</span>But if there is a reddish-white sore on the bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on it. <span class="reftext">43</span><span class="highl"><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/7200.htm" title="7200: wə·rā·’āh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">is to examine him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">and if</a> <a href="/hebrew/7613.htm" title="7613: śə·’êṯ- (N-fsc) -- From nasa'; an elevation or leprous scab; figuratively, elation or cheerfulness; exaltation in rank or character.">the swelling</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.">of the infection</a> <a href="/hebrew/7146.htm" title="7146: bə·qā·raḥ·tōw (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Baldness of head. From qarach; a bald spot; figuratively, a threadbare spot.">on his bald head</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/1372.htm" title="1372: ḇə·ḡab·baḥ·tōw (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A bald forehead. From the same as gibbeach; baldness in the forehead; by analogy, a bare spot on the right side of cloth.">forehead</a> <a href="/hebrew/3836.htm" title="3836: lə·ḇā·nāh (Adj-fs) -- White. Or laben; from laban; white.">is reddish-white</a> <a href="/hebrew/125.htm" title="125: ’ă·ḏam·de·meṯ (Adj-fs) -- Reddish. Reduplicated from 'adam; reddish."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4758.htm" title="4758: kə·mar·’êh (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- Sight, appearance, vision. From ra'ah; a view; also an appearance, whether a shape, or a vision.">like</a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: ‘ō·wr (N-msc) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">a skin</a> <a href="/hebrew/6883.htm" title="6883: ṣā·ra·‘aṯ (N-fsc) -- Leprosy. From tsara'; leprosy.">disease,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bā·śār (N-ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man."></a> </span><span class="reftext">44</span>the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/12-10.htm">Numbers 12:10-15</a></span><br />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.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">2 Kings 5:1-14</a></span><br />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.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-19.htm">2 Chronicles 26:19-21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Isaiah 1:6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4</a></span><br />Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2-4</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-8.htm">Matthew 10:8</a></span><br />Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-45</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/5-12.htm">Luke 5:12-16</a></span><br />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.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-12.htm">Luke 17:12-19</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-1.htm">John 9:1-7</a></span><br />Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, / and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” / Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-38.htm">Acts 10:38</a></span><br />how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a></span><br />For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-11</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. / And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a></span><br />God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then the priest shall look on it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appears in the skin of the flesh;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-14.htm">Appeareth</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-41.htm">Bald</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Brow</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Diseased</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Forehead</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Growth</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Head</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Infection</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Infectious</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Leprosy</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-36.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Reddish</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Reddish-White</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm">Swelling</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-4.htm">Swollen</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">White</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">White-Reddish</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/13-55.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-30.htm">Appeareth</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-23.htm">Bald</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-9.htm">Body</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Brow</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-44.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-44.htm">Diseased</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-50.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-9.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/numbers/24-17.htm">Forehead</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-56.htm">Growth</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-44.htm">Head</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-44.htm">Infection</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm">Infectious</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm">Leprosy</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-44.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-44.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-49.htm">Reddish</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm">Reddish-White</a> <a href="/numbers/2-3.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-48.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-44.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-56.htm">Swelling</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Swollen</a> <a href="/numbers/12-10.htm">White</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">White-Reddish</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/13-1.htm">The laws whereby the priest is to be guided in discerning the leprosy.</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>The priest is to examine him</b><br>In ancient Israel, priests held the dual role of spiritual leaders and health inspectors. Their examination was not merely medical but also spiritual, as diseases like leprosy were often seen as physical manifestations of spiritual impurity. This reflects the holistic view of health in biblical times, where physical and spiritual well-being were interconnected. The priest's role in examining diseases underscores the importance of maintaining purity within the community, as outlined in Leviticus.<p><b>and if the swelling of the infection</b><br>The term "swelling" indicates a visible change in the skin, which was crucial for diagnosing skin diseases. In the context of Leviticus, such infections were not only health concerns but also matters of ritual purity. The Hebrew word used here can refer to a variety of skin conditions, not just leprosy as understood today. This highlights the need for careful observation and discernment by the priest.<p><b>on his bald head or forehead</b><br>Baldness in the ancient Near East was not uncommon and could be natural or due to disease. The specific mention of the bald head or forehead suggests a visible and potentially more severe manifestation of the disease. In biblical symbolism, the head often represents leadership or authority, and an affliction there could symbolize a deeper spiritual issue affecting one's standing before God.<p><b>is reddish-white like a skin disease</b><br>The description of the infection as "reddish-white" provides a diagnostic criterion for the priest. This specific coloration was associated with certain types of skin diseases, including leprosy. The comparison to a skin disease indicates the seriousness of the condition, as such diseases rendered individuals ceremonially unclean. This unclean status required separation from the community, reflecting the broader biblical theme of holiness and the need for separation from sin.<br><br>This passage, like others in Leviticus, emphasizes the importance of purity and the role of the priesthood in maintaining the community's spiritual and physical health. It also foreshadows the New Testament's emphasis on Jesus as the ultimate High Priest, who heals and purifies not just physically but spiritually, offering a deeper cleansing from sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priest.htm">The Priest</a></b><br>In ancient Israel, priests served as mediators between God and the people, and they were responsible for diagnosing skin diseases, including leprosy, as part of their duties.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_infected_person.htm">The Infected Person</a></b><br>This refers to an individual who shows symptoms of a skin disease, which required examination by a priest to determine their status and the necessary actions.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/bald_head_or_forehead.htm">Bald Head or Forehead</a></b><br>The specific location of the infection is significant, as it is visible and thus easily identifiable by the priest.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/skin_disease.htm">Skin Disease</a></b><br>Often translated as "leprosy" in older versions, the Hebrew term "tzaraath" encompasses a range of skin conditions, not just what is known today as leprosy.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/examination_process.htm">Examination Process</a></b><br>This was a ritualistic and diagnostic procedure carried out by the priest to maintain the purity of the community and to prevent the spread of disease.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_priest.htm">The Role of the Priest</a></b><br>Priests were not only spiritual leaders but also community health inspectors, showing the integration of physical and spiritual well-being in God's law.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/importance_of_community_health.htm">Importance of Community Health</a></b><br>The examination and isolation procedures underscore the importance of protecting the community from contagious diseases, a principle still relevant today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_symbolism_of_leprosy.htm">Spiritual Symbolism of Leprosy</a></b><br>Leprosy often symbolizes sin in the Bible, representing how sin can spread and defile, requiring cleansing and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_restoration.htm">God's Provision for Restoration</a></b><br>The detailed laws for dealing with skin diseases reflect God's care for both the individual and the community, providing a way for restoration and reintegration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_purity.htm">Holiness and Purity</a></b><br>The laws in Leviticus emphasize the need for holiness and purity, both physically and spiritually, as a reflection of God's nature.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_leprosy.htm">What does the Bible mention about leprosy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_link_skin_issues_to_divine_judgment.htm">Why does the text attribute certain skin conditions to divine judgment instead of natural causes (Leviticus 13:9-17)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_rituals_align_with_modern_disease_views.htm">How do we reconcile the elaborate purification rituals (Leviticus 14:1-32) with modern understanding of infection and disease transmission?</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>(43) <span class= "bld">Then the priest shall look.</span>--It is then the duty of the priest to ascertain whether the white-reddish rising in the bald backhead or bald forehead is in appearance like the leprosy in the skin of the flesh described in <a href="/leviticus/13-2.htm" title="When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests:">Leviticus 13:2</a>, excepting, of course, the white hair, which in this case could not exist.<p><span class= "bld">As the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">in appearance like the leprosy in the skin of the flesh. </span>Though the reddish-white eruption is the only symptom mentioned whereby head-leprosy is to be recognised, and nothing is said about remanding the patient if the distemper should appear doubtful, as in the other cases of leprosy, yet because it is here said "in appearance like the leprosy in the skin of the flesh," the administrators of the law during the second Temple inferred that <span class= "ital">all </span>the criteria specified in one are implied in the other. They interpret this phrase, "they are, and therefore must be treated like, leprosy in the skin of the flesh." Hence they submit that there are two symptoms which render baldness in the front or at the back of the head unclean: viz., (1) live or sound flesh; and (2) spreading. "If live or sound flesh is found in the bright spot on the baldness at the back or in the front of the head, he is pronounced unclean; if there is no live flesh, he is shut up, and examined at the end of the week, and if live flesh has developed itself, and it has spread, he is declared unclean, and if not, he is shut up for another week. If it spreads during this time, or engenders live flesh, he is declared unclean, and if not, he is declared clean. He is also pronounced unclean if it spreads or engenders sound flesh after he has been declared clean." Of course, the fact that the distemper in this instance develops itself on baldness precludes white hair being among the criteria indicating uncleanness.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/13-43.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The priest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֵ֗ן</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is to examine him,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָאָ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and if</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנֵּ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the swelling</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׂאֵת־</span> <span class="translit">(śə·’êṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7613.htm">Strong's 7613: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elevation, leprous scab, elation, cheerfulness, exaltation in rank, character</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the infection</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֶּ֙גַע֙</span> <span class="translit">(han·ne·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5061.htm">Strong's 5061: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mark -- a blow, a spot</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on his bald head</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקָרַחְתּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qā·raḥ·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7146.htm">Strong's 7146: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bald spot, a threadbare spot</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">א֣וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forehead</span><br /><span class="heb">בְגַבַּחְתּ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·ḡab·baḥ·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1372.htm">Strong's 1372: </a> </span><span class="str2">Baldness, a bare spot</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is reddish-white</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבָנָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3836.htm">Strong's 3836: </a> </span><span class="str2">White</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(kə·mar·’êh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4758.htm">Strong's 4758: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sight, appearance, vision</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a skin</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֥וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> </span><span class="str2">Skin, hide, leather</span><br /><br /><span class="word">disease,</span><br /><span class="heb">צָרַ֖עַת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·ra·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6883.htm">Strong's 6883: </a> </span><span class="str2">Leprosy</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-43.htm">Leviticus 13:43 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-43.htm">Leviticus 13:43 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/13-43.htm">Leviticus 13:43 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-43.htm">Leviticus 13:43 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-43.htm">Leviticus 13:43 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-43.htm">Leviticus 13:43 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/13-43.htm">Leviticus 13:43 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/13-43.htm">Leviticus 13:43 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/13-43.htm">Leviticus 13:43 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/13-43.htm">Leviticus 13:43 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/13-43.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 13:43 Then the priest shall examine him (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:42"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:42" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-44.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:44"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:44" /></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>