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If he finds the affected area has not changed and the problem has not spread on the skin, the priest will quarantine the person for seven more days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the disease is checked and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up for another seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />On 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, <i>if</i> the plague in his sight be at a stay, <i>and</i> the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day; and indeed <i>if</i> the sore appears to be as it was, <i>and</i> the sore has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him another seven days.<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 on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the infection has not changed <i>and</i> the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The priest shall look at him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the infection has not changed and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And the priest shall look at him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the infection has not changed, <i>and</i> the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.<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 on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the infection has not changed <i>and</i> the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The priest shall examine it on the seventh day, and if in his estimation the infection has not changed and has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priest will then reexamine him on the seventh day. If he sees that the sore remains unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest will quarantine him for another seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priest will then reexamine him on the seventh day. If he sees that the infection remains unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest must quarantine him for another seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if in his eyes the plague be at a stay, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If the disease hasn't spread by that time, he will order you to stay away from everyone else for another seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if in his eyes the plague be at a stay, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />On the seventh day the priest will examine him again. If the disease looks the same and has not spread, the priest must put him in isolation for another seven days.<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 again on the seventh day, and if in his opinion the sore looks the same and has not spread, he shall isolate you for another seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />On the seventh day, the priest is to examine him again. If, in his opinion, the skin rash remained the same and it did not spread, then he is to isolate him for another seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />On 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if, as far as he can see, the infection has stayed the same and has not spread on the skin, then the priest is to quarantine the person for another seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and, look, if in his eyes the plague is arrested, and the plague hasn't spread in the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and behold, if the plague in his sight is at a stay, and the plague spreadeth not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The priest shall examine him on the seventh day. Behold, if in his eyes the plague is arrested and the plague hasn’t spread in the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days. <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 on the seventh day, and behold, the plague has stood in his eyes, the plague has not spread in the skin, and the priest has shut him up [for] a second seven days.<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 on the seventh day, and lo, the plague hath stood in his eyes, the plague hath not spread in the skin, and the priest hath shut him up a second seven days.<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 him in the seventh day: and behold, the stroke stood; in his eyes, the stroke spread not in the skin, and the priest shut him up the second seven days.<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 seventh day he shall look on him: and if the leprosy be grown no farther, and hath not spread itself in the skin, he shall shut him up again other seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And on the seventh day he shall examine him, and if the leprosy certainly has not increased further, and has not spread itself in the skin, he shall seclude him again, for another seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Should the priest, upon examination on the seventh day, find that the infection has remained unchanged in color and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall quarantine the person for another seven days.<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 on the seventh day, and if he sees that the disease is checked and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall confine him seven days more.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the priest shall look on him on the seventh day, and if the disease has remained in its place and has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall observe it seven days more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the Priest shall look at it in the seventh day; if the sore has remained in its place and the sore has not changed in the skin, the Priest shall seclude him seven more days:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the priest shall look on him the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague stay in its appearance, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more.<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 on the spot the seventh day; and, behold, <i>if</i> the spot remains before him, <i>if</i> the spot has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall separate him the second time seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/13-5.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=2906" 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">4</span>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. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7637.htm" title="7637: haš·šə·ḇî·‘î (Art:: Number-oms) -- Seventh (an ord. number). Or shbi iy; ordinal from shib'iym. seventh.">On the seventh</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</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/7200.htm" title="7200: wə·rā·’ā·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">is to reexamine him,</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/5869.htm" title="5869: bə·‘ê·nāw (Prep-b:: N-cdc:: 3ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">he sees</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.">that the infection</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ‘ā·maḏ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">is unchanged</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.">and has not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6581.htm" title="6581: p̄ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To spread. A primitive root; to spread.">spread</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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: bā·‘ō·wr (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">on the skin,</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/5462.htm" title="5462: wə·his·gî·rōw (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To shut, close. A primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender.">must isolate him</a> <a href="/hebrew/8145.htm" title="8145: šê·nîṯ (Number-ofs) -- Second (an ord. number). From shanah; properly, double, i.e. Second; also adverbially, again.">for another</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.">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> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>The priest will examine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. The person must wash his clothes and be clean.…<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/12-14.htm">Numbers 12:14-15</a></span><br />But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.” / So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.<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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/mark/14-3.htm">Mark 14:3</a></span><br />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.<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="/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="/job/2-7.htm">Job 2:7-8</a></span><br />So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. / And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.</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 look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/acts/24-6.htm">Arrested</a> <a href="/exodus/32-14.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Checked</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-20.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Hasn't</a> <a href="/exodus/23-30.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Infection</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Isolate</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Isolation</a> <a href="/exodus/23-2.htm">Opinion</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-22.htm">Second</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/35-2.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/exodus/36-15.htm">Size</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-12.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/exodus/40-19.htm">Spreadeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Time</a> <a href="/exodus/7-14.htm">Unchanged</a> <a href="/exodus/11-6.htm">Worse</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Arrested</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-16.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Checked</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-12.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Hasn't</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Infection</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-11.htm">Isolate</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-11.htm">Isolation</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Opinion</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-7.htm">Second</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-21.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-11.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-7.htm">Size</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Spreadeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-7.htm">Time</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Unchanged</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-35.htm">Worse</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'; 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The priest's role as examiner underscores the importance of spiritual leadership in maintaining community purity. This reflects the priestly duty to discern and uphold the holiness of the congregation, akin to the New Testament role of church leaders in spiritual oversight (<a href="/1_timothy/3.htm">1 Timothy 3:1-7</a>).<p><b>and if he sees that the infection is unchanged</b><br>The unchanged state of the infection suggests a need for careful observation and patience. This mirrors the biblical principle of discernment and waiting for clear evidence before making judgments, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/18-13.htm">Proverbs 18:13</a>. The priest's careful examination reflects God's desire for thoroughness and justice in dealing with sin and impurity.<p><b>and has not spread on the skin</b><br>The spread of infection symbolizes the pervasive nature of sin, which, if unchecked, can corrupt the entire community (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6</a>). The skin, as the body's outermost layer, represents the visible manifestation of inner spiritual conditions. This highlights the need for vigilance in addressing sin before it affects others.<p><b>the priest must isolate him for another seven days</b><br>Isolation serves as a protective measure for the community, preventing the spread of physical and spiritual impurity. This practice foreshadows the concept of church discipline in the New Testament, where unrepentant sin is addressed to maintain the purity of the body of Christ (<a href="/matthew/18-15.htm">Matthew 18:15-17</a>). The additional seven days emphasize the importance of patience and thoroughness in spiritual matters, ensuring that restoration is complete and genuine.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priest.htm">Priest</a></b><br>In <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">Leviticus 13:5</a>, the priest plays a crucial role as the one who examines individuals for skin diseases. The priest acts as a mediator between God and the people, ensuring the community's purity.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/infected_person.htm">Infected Person</a></b><br>The individual suspected of having a skin disease is central to this passage. Their condition requires careful examination and potential isolation to prevent the spread of impurity.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelite_camp.htm">Israelite Camp</a></b><br>The broader setting is the Israelite camp, where maintaining ritual purity is essential for communal worship and living.<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>The priest's role in examining and diagnosing skin diseases underscores the importance of spiritual leadership in maintaining community purity and health.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/importance_of_community_health.htm">Importance of Community Health</a></b><br>The passage highlights the need for vigilance in protecting the community from physical and spiritual impurity, a principle that can be applied to modern church life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_examination.htm">Spiritual Examination</a></b><br>Just as the priest examines physical conditions, believers are called to examine their spiritual lives regularly, seeking God's guidance and correction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/isolation_and_restoration.htm">Isolation and Restoration</a></b><br>The temporary isolation of the infected person serves as a reminder of the consequences of sin and the hope of restoration through repentance and God's grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_purity.htm">Holiness and Purity</a></b><br>The emphasis on purity in Leviticus reflects God's call for His people to be holy, setting a standard for personal and communal conduct.<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/bible's_view_on_healthcare.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on healthcare?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><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/what_does_the_bible_say_on_leprosy.htm">What does the Bible mention about leprosy?</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>(5) <span class= "bld">And the priest shall look on him.</span>--If at the end of a week there is no alteration in the symptoms, the case must be adjourned for another seven days. The same priest who inspected it at the first must examine it again, as another one could not tell whether it has spread or not. If the priest died in the interim, or was taken ill, another priest could examine the patient, but could not pronounce him unclean. If the seventh day happened to be a Sabbath or feast day, the case had to be put off to the following day.<p><span class= "bld">If the plague in his sight be at a stay.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">if the plagued spot remain the same in its colour, </span>that is, if the suspicious spot which caused the individual to be shut up had not altered its complexion. The expression here translated "sight" is the same which is rightly rendered by "colour" in the Authorised Version in <a href="/leviticus/13-55.htm" title="And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his color, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bore within or without.">Leviticus 13:55</a> of this very chapter. (Comp. also <a href="/numbers/11-7.htm" title="And the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof as the color of bdellium.">Numbers 11:7</a>.) It will thus be seen that though the affected spot had not spread, still it retained its unhealthy and suspicious complexion.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/13-5.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">On the seventh</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁבִיעִי֒</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·ḇî·‘î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seventh (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the priest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֵן֮</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 reexamine him,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָאָ֣הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·’ā·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | 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">he sees</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעֵינָ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ê·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that 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">is unchanged</span><br /><span class="heb">עָמַ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·maḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and has not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">spread</span><br /><span class="heb">פָשָׂ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6581.htm">Strong's 6581: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spread</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the skin,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּע֑וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(bā·‘ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<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">the priest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֵ֛ן</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">must isolate</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִסְגִּיר֧וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·his·gî·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5462.htm">Strong's 5462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shut up, to surrender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him for another</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁנִֽית׃</span> <span class="translit">(šê·nîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - ordinal feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8145.htm">Strong's 8145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Second (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days.</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-5.htm">Leviticus 13:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-5.htm">Leviticus 13:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/13-5.htm">Leviticus 13:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-5.htm">Leviticus 13:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-5.htm">Leviticus 13:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-5.htm">Leviticus 13:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/13-5.htm">Leviticus 13:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/13-5.htm">Leviticus 13:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/13-5.htm">Leviticus 13:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/13-5.htm">Leviticus 13:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 13:5 The priest shall examine him (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:6" /></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>