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If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, <i>if</i> the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall examine <i>him;</i> and indeed, <i>if</i> the leprosy is healed in the leper,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and the priest shall go out to <i>a place</i> outside of the camp. Then the priest shall look, and if the leprous infection has been healed in the person with leprosy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />the priest shall go out of the camp [to meet him]; and the priest shall examine him, and if the leper has been healed of the infection of leprosy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />who will go outside the camp and examine him. If the skin disease has disappeared from the afflicted person,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />who will go outside the camp and examine him. If the skin disease has disappeared from the afflicted person,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The priest will go outside the camp and examine him. If the person is healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and the priest shall take you outside the camp and examine you. If the disease is healed, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infectious skin disease to confirm that the person has been healed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infection. If the infection of the diseased person has been healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and the priest shall go forth out of the camp. The priest shall examine him, and look, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the priest shall go forth out of the camp: and the priest shall look, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and the priest shall go out of the camp. The priest shall examine him. Behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the priest has gone out to the outside of the camp, and the priest has seen, and behold, the plague of leprosy has ceased from the leper,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the priest hath gone out unto the outside of the camp, and the priest hath seen, and lo, the plague of leprosy hath ceased from the leper,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the priest shall go forth without the camp: and the priest saw, and behold, the stroke of leprosy was healed from the leprous.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who going out of the camp when he shall And that the leprosy is cleansed, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />who, departing from the camp, when he has found the leprosy to be cleansed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />who is to go outside the camp. If the priest, upon inspection, finds that the scaly infection has healed in the afflicted person,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall make an examination. If the disease is healed in the leprous person,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the Priest will go forth outside of the camp and the Priest shall see if the plague of the leprosy of the man has been cured;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the priest shall come forth out of the camp, and the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague of the leprosy is removed from the leper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/14-3.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=3417" 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/14.htm">Cleansing from Skin Diseases</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>“This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest. <span class="reftext">3</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/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wə·yā·ṣā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">is to go</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: mi·ḥūṣ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">outside</a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: lam·ma·ḥă·neh (Prep-l, Art:: N-cs) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">the camp</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.">to examine him,</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."></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/6883.htm" title="6883: haṣ·ṣā·ra·‘aṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- Leprosy. From tsara'; leprosy.">the skin disease</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.">of</a> <a href="/hebrew/6879.htm" title="6879: haṣ·ṣā·rū·a‘ (Art:: V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To be struck with leprosy, to be leprous. A primitive root; to scourge, i.e. to be stricken with leprosy.">the afflicted person</a> <a href="/hebrew/7495.htm" title="7495: nir·pā (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To heal. Or raphah; a primitive root; properly, to mend, i.e. to cure.">has healed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5061.htm" title="5061: ne·ḡa‘- (N-msc) -- A stroke, plague, mark. From naga'; a blow; also a spot."></a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.…<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="/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="/luke/17-12.htm">Luke 17:12-14</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="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-44</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="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2-3</a></span><br />“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. / You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10-14</a></span><br />Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.” / But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy. / Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/5-12.htm">Luke 5:12-14</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="/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="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Deuteronomy 24:8</a></span><br />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.<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="/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="/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/11-5.htm">Matthew 11:5</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/7-22.htm">Luke 7:22</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/7-3.htm">2 Kings 7:3-10</a></span><br />Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die? / If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.” / So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/4-6.htm">Exodus 4:6-7</a></span><br />Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow. / “Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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;</p><p class="hdg">out of</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Leviticus 13:46</a></b></br> All the days wherein the plague <i>shall be</i> in him he shall be defiled; he <i>is</i> unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp <i>shall</i> his habitation <i>be</i>.</p><p class="hdg">be healed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-26.htm">Exodus 15:26</a></b></br> And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I <i>am</i> the LORD that healeth thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/5-3.htm">2 Kings 5:3,7,8,14</a></b></br> And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord <i>were</i> with the prophet that <i>is</i> in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/5-18.htm">Job 5:18</a></b></br> For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/exodus/31-17.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-59.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Examination</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-55.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-2.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Healed</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Infection</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm">Infectious</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm">Leprosy</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-59.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-55.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-59.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-59.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-59.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Tent-Circle</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/14-8.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-20.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-7.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-48.htm">Examination</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-45.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-48.htm">Healed</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-32.htm">Infection</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-7.htm">Infectious</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-7.htm">Leprosy</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-34.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-8.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-32.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-32.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-54.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-8.htm">Tent-Circle</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/14-1.htm">The rites and sacrifices in cleansing the leper</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/14-33.htm">The signs of leprosy in a house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">48. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/14-48.htm">The cleansing of that house</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/14.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/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him</b><br>In ancient Israel, the camp represented the community of God's people, and being outside the camp symbolized separation from the community due to impurity or sin. The role of the priest was crucial as he acted as a mediator between God and the people. This examination outside the camp underscores the seriousness of ritual purity and the need for a thorough assessment before reintegration. The priest's involvement highlights the importance of spiritual authority in matters of health and holiness. This practice can be seen as a precursor to the New Testament concept of church discipline and restoration (<a href="/matthew/18-15.htm">Matthew 18:15-17</a>).<p><b>and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed</b><br>Leprosy, or skin disease, in biblical times was not only a physical ailment but also a symbol of sin and spiritual impurity. The healing of such a disease was seen as an act of divine intervention, as there were no known cures at the time. This healing process can be viewed as a type of Christ's redemptive work, where He cleanses and restores those who are spiritually unclean. The examination by the priest ensured that the healing was complete, reflecting the thoroughness of God's cleansing power. This mirrors the spiritual healing and restoration offered through Jesus Christ, who cleanses believers from sin (1 <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priest.htm">The Priest</a></b><br>In ancient Israel, the priest served as a mediator between God and the people, responsible for performing rituals and sacrifices. In this context, the priest examines individuals for ceremonial cleanliness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/o/outside_the_camp.htm">Outside the Camp</a></b><br>This refers to the area outside the community of Israel. Those with skin diseases were isolated here to prevent the spread of impurity and disease.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_afflicted_person.htm">The Afflicted Person</a></b><br>This is someone who has been suffering from a skin disease, often translated as "leprosy" in older versions, though it could refer to various skin conditions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/healing.htm">Healing</a></b><br>The process of recovery from the skin disease, which is necessary for the person to be reintegrated into the community.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_the_priest.htm">Role of the Priest</a></b><br>The priest acts as a mediator, reflecting Christ's role as our High Priest who intercedes for us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/importance_of_community.htm">Importance of Community</a></b><br>The isolation of the afflicted underscores the value of community and the need for purity within it. Spiritual and physical health are both vital for communal living.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/healing_and_restoration.htm">Healing and Restoration</a></b><br>The process of examination and healing symbolizes spiritual cleansing and restoration, pointing to the ultimate healing found in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_law.htm">Obedience to God's Law</a></b><br>The detailed instructions for dealing with skin diseases reflect the importance of obedience to God's commands for the well-being of the community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_examination.htm">Spiritual Examination</a></b><br>Just as the priest examines the physical condition, believers are called to examine their spiritual condition regularly.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_ritual_impurity_in_the_bible.htm">What does the Bible say about ritual impurity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_ten_lepers'_healing.htm">What historical or medical evidence supports the ten lepers' instantaneous healing (Luke 17:11-19)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_shave_the_body_in_numbers_8_7_evidence.htm">Why does Numbers 8:7 require shaving the entire body for purification, and is there any archaeological evidence of this practice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_shaving.htm">What are the Bible's teachings on shaving?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">And the priest shall go forth.</span>--To this appointed place the priest had to go to meet and examine the restored leper, and to satisfy himself that he was thoroughly cured.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The priest.</span> The agent is stilt the priest, not the physician. <span class="cmt_word">The priest shall go forth out of the camp.</span> "May we not (as Hesychius suggests) see a figure here of the compassion of our Great High Priest, who has <span class="accented">gone forth out of</span> heaven itself, the camp of angel hosts, and has come down to earth, not only to examine but to heal the moral leprosy of sin, 'to seek and to save the lost' (<a href="/luke/19-10.htm">Luke 19:10</a>), and who carefully examines and scrutinizes all the secrets of all hearts (<a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Hebrews 4:12</a>)? And he was exempt from all contagion of sin while he lived and moved among sinners (<a href="/matthew/9-11.htm">Matthew 9:11</a>; <a href="/luke/15-1.htm">Luke 15:1</a>), and was 'holy, harmless, and undefiled' (<a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm">Hebrews 7:26</a>)" (Wordsworth). <span class="cmt_word">And the priest shall look</span>. In later times it was ordered that the examination was not to take place on the sabbath, nor in the early morning, nor in the late afternoon, nor inside a house, nor on a cloudy day, nor in the glare of midday, and that the priest must have good eyesight, and only determine one case at a time; nor was he allowed to pronounce judgment on his own kindred. <span class="cmt_word">And, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper.</span> The plague of leprosy is healed before the ceremony of purification begins, but the leper is not <span class="accented">pronounced clean</span> until he has been sprinkled with the blood and water (verse 7). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/14-3.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">הַכֹּהֵ֔ן</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 go</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָצָא֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·ṣā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">outside</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the camp</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(lam·ma·ḥă·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> </span><span class="str2">An encampment, an army</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to examine him,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָאָה֙</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">וְהִנֵּ֛ה</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 skin disease</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצָּרַ֖עַת</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣā·ra·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6883.htm">Strong's 6883: </a> </span><span class="str2">Leprosy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the afflicted person</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצָּרֽוּעַ׃</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣā·rū·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6879.htm">Strong's 6879: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be struck with leprosy, to be leprous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has healed,</span><br /><span class="heb">נִרְפָּ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(nir·pā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7495.htm">Strong's 7495: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mend, to cure</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/14-3.htm">Leviticus 14:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/14-3.htm">Leviticus 14:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/14-3.htm">Leviticus 14:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/14-3.htm">Leviticus 14:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/14-3.htm">Leviticus 14:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/14-3.htm">Leviticus 14:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/14-3.htm">Leviticus 14:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/14-3.htm">Leviticus 14:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/14-3.htm">Leviticus 14:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/14-3.htm">Leviticus 14:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/14-3.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 14:3 And the priest shall go forth out (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/14-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 14:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 14:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/14-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 14:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 14:4" /></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>