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They must live alone; they must live outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />As long as the serious disease lasts, they will be ceremonially unclean. They must live in isolation in their place outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><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>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He shall be unclean. All the days he has the sore he shall be unclean. He <i>is</i> unclean, and he shall dwell alone; his dwelling <i>shall be</i> outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; he shall live outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his <i>place of</i> habitation shall be outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He shall remain [ceremonially] unclean as long as the disease is on him; he is unclean. He shall live alone; he shall live outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will remain unclean as long as he has the disease; he is unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will remain unclean as long as he has the infection; he is unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />As long as you have the disease, you are unclean and must live alone outside the camp. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />As long as they have the skin disease, they are unclean. They must live outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You remain unclean as long as you have the disease, and you must live outside the camp, away from others. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The whole time that the skin rash infects him, he will be unclean. He is to live by himself in a home outside the encampment."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The whole time he has the infection he will be continually unclean. He must live in isolation, and his place of residence must be outside the camp. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. Outside of the camp shall be his dwelling.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />All the days in which the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone, without the camp shall his habitation be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. His dwelling shall be outside of the camp. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He is unclean all the days that the plague [is] in him; he [is] unclean. He dwells alone; his dwelling [is] at the outside of the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> all the days that the plague is in him he is unclean; he is unclean, alone he doth dwell, at the outside of the camp is his dwelling.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />All the days which the stroke is in him, he shall be unclean: he is unclean: he shall dwell separately; without the camp is his dwelling.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />All the time that he is a leper and unclean, he shall dwell alone without the camp. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The entire time that he is a leper and unclean he shall live alone outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As long as the infection is present, the person shall be unclean. Being unclean, that individual shall dwell apart, taking up residence outside the camp. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />All the days wherein the plague is on him he shall be defiled; for he is unclean; he shall dwell alone; outside the camp shall his habitation be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Every day in which he has the plague, he shall be defiled; because he is defiled, he will dwell alone, and his dwelling shall be outside of the camp.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean; he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />All the days in which the plague shall be upon him, being unclean, he shall be <i>esteemed</i> unclean; he shall dwell apart, his place of sojourn shall be without the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/13-46.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=3278" 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">45</span>A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ <span class="reftext">46</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">As</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yə·mê (N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">long as</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></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.">he has the infection,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: yiṭ·mā (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">he remains</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/910.htm" title="910: bā·ḏāḏ (N-ms) -- Isolation, separation. From badad; separate; adverb, separately."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: ṭā·mê (Adj-ms) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">unclean.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yê·šêḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">He must live alone</a> <a href="/hebrew/4186.htm" title="4186: mō·wō·šā·ḇōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Or moshab; from yashab; a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode; by implication, population.">in a place</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> </span><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/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="/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/7-3.htm">2 Kings 7:3</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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-21.htm">2 Chronicles 26:21</a></span><br />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="/luke/17-12.htm">Luke 17:12</a></span><br />As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/15-5.htm">2 Kings 15:5</a></span><br />And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.<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/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/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/17-14.htm">Luke 17:14</a></span><br />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="/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/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="/luke/4-27.htm">Luke 4:27</a></span><br />And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Isaiah 52:11</a></span><br />Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-15.htm">Lamentations 4:15</a></span><br />“Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.</p><p class="hdg">the days</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/30-12.htm">Proverbs 30:12</a></b></br> <i>There is</i> a generation <i>that are</i> pure in their own eyes, and <i>yet</i> is not washed from their filthiness.</p><p class="hdg">without</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2</a></b></br> Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/12-14.htm">Numbers 12:14,15</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in <i>again</i>… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/7-3.htm">2 Kings 7:3</a></b></br> And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-17.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-5.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-43.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/exodus/29-46.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-17.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/exodus/21-10.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm">Infection</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">Live</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-5.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-5.htm">Tent-Circle</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-36.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/11-14.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-19.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-3.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-8.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-11.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-3.htm">Infection</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-4.htm">Live</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-55.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-3.htm">Tent-Circle</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-52.htm">Wherein</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>As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean.</b><br>In the context of Leviticus, the term "unclean" refers to a state of ritual impurity, not necessarily moral sinfulness. The infection mentioned here is likely a skin disease, often translated as leprosy, though it could refer to a variety of skin conditions. The concept of uncleanness is central to the Levitical laws, which were given to the Israelites to maintain holiness and purity in their community. This reflects the holiness of God and the need for His people to be set apart. The state of being unclean required separation from the community to prevent the spread of physical and spiritual impurity. This separation also served as a reminder of the consequences of sin and the need for purification. In the New Testament, Jesus heals lepers, symbolizing His power to cleanse not only physical ailments but also spiritual uncleanness (<a href="/matthew/8.htm">Matthew 8:1-4</a>).<p><b>He must live alone in a place outside the camp.</b><br>The requirement for the infected person to live alone outside the camp underscores the seriousness with which the Israelites were to treat issues of purity and holiness. The camp represented the dwelling place of God's people, and by extension, the presence of God Himself. To be outside the camp was to be separated from the community and the presence of God, highlighting the gravity of uncleanness. This separation also served a practical purpose in preventing the spread of disease. Historically, this practice reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding of community health and purity. Theologically, it points to the separation sin causes between humanity and God. In <a href="/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12-13</a>, Jesus is described as suffering outside the gate, drawing a parallel to the leper's isolation and emphasizing His role in bearing the sin and uncleanness of humanity to restore us to fellowship with God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_infected_person.htm">The Infected Person</a></b><br>This refers to an individual who has been diagnosed with a skin disease, often translated as "leprosy" in older versions, but it could include a variety of skin conditions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_camp.htm">The Camp</a></b><br>In the context of ancient Israel, the camp refers to the community of Israelites as they journeyed through the wilderness. It was a place of communal living and worship.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/isolation.htm">Isolation</a></b><br>The act of separating the infected person from the rest of the community to prevent the spread of disease and maintain ritual purity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin_and_impurity.htm">The Seriousness of Sin and Impurity</a></b><br>Just as physical impurity required separation, spiritual impurity separates us from God. We must take sin seriously and seek purification through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_holiness.htm">Community and Holiness</a></b><br>The health and holiness of the community are paramount. We are called to support one another in maintaining spiritual purity and accountability.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_for_the_isolated.htm">Compassion for the Isolated</a></b><br>While the law required isolation, Jesus demonstrated compassion and healing for those who were marginalized. We are called to reach out to those who are isolated or marginalized in our communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_christ_in_restoration.htm">The Role of Christ in Restoration</a></b><br>Jesus, who was crucified outside the city, identifies with the isolated and unclean. Through Him, we find restoration and inclusion into the community of believers.<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/why_doesn't_the_bible_mention_germs.htm">Why does the Bible not mention germs or diseases caused by bacteria and viruses?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_bird_blood_cure_skin_disease.htm">How could sprinkling bird blood and water (Leviticus 14:1-7) realistically cure or cleanse a contagious skin disease by any scientific or medical standard? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_wound_does_the_beast_receive.htm">Why go outside the camp to bear Jesus' disgrace?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_num_12_10's_leprosy_align_medically.htm">How does Numbers 12:10’s sudden, miraculous onset of leprosy align with medical understanding of the disease’s gradual development? </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>(46) <span class= "bld">He shall dwell alone.</span>--In consequence of his extreme defilement, the leper had to live in seclusion outside the camp or city (<a href="/context/numbers/5-1.htm" title="And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,">Numbers 5:1-4</a>; <a href="/context/numbers/13-10.htm" title="Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.">Numbers 13:10-15</a>; <a href="/2_kings/7-3.htm" title="And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?">2Kings 7:3</a>, &c.). According to the legislation during the second Temple, if he stood under a tree and a clean person happened to pass by, he defiled the passer by. In the synagogue which he wished to attend they were obliged to make him a separate compartment, ten handbreadths high and four cubits long and broad. He had to be the first to go in and the last to leave the synagogue. Hence, leprosy was regarded as a living death, and as an awful punishment from the Lord (<a href="/2_kings/5-7.htm" title="And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man does send to me to recover a man of his leprosy? why consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.">2Kings 5:7</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/26-20.htm" title="And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked on him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from there; yes, himself hurried also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.">2Chronicles 26:20</a>), which they invoked upon all their mortal enemies (<a href="/2_samuel/3-29.htm" title="Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that has an issue, or that is a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls on the sword, or that lacks bread.">2Samuel 3:29</a>; <a href="/2_kings/5-27.htm" title="The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall stick to you, and to your seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.">2Kings 5:27</a>). The leper was debarred from conjugal intercourse. These ancient Rabbinic laws were imported into the Christian Church during the Middle Ages. When any one was afflicted with this distemper, the priest, wearing his stole and holding the crucifix, conducted him into the church, where the leper had to exchange his clothes for a peculiar black garment, and the mass was read over him and the service for the dead. He was then taken to a sequestered house, where earth was thrown upon his feet as a sign of burial, and was admonished never to appear otherwise than in his black garment and barefooted. He was not allowed to enter a church, or any place where there was a mill or bread was baked, or come near a well or fountain. He forfeited both the right of inheritance and of disposing of his property, for he was considered a dead man. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/13-46.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">As</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">long as</span><br /><span class="heb">יְמֵ֞י</span> <span class="translit">(yə·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<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">he has the infection,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֶּ֥גַע</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">he remains</span><br /><span class="heb">יִטְמָ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(yiṭ·mā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">unclean.</span><br /><span class="heb">טָמֵ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(ṭā·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He must live alone</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵשֵׁ֔ב</span> <span class="translit">(yê·šêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a place</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹשָׁבֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mō·wō·šā·ḇōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4186.htm">Strong's 4186: </a> </span><span class="str2">A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers</span><br /><br /><span class="word">outside</span><br /><span class="heb">מִח֥וּץ</span> <span class="translit">(mi·ḥūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the camp.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה</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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-46.htm">Leviticus 13:46 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-46.htm">Leviticus 13:46 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/13-46.htm">Leviticus 13:46 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-46.htm">Leviticus 13:46 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-46.htm">Leviticus 13:46 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-46.htm">Leviticus 13:46 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/13-46.htm">Leviticus 13:46 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/13-46.htm">Leviticus 13:46 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/13-46.htm">Leviticus 13:46 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/13-46.htm">Leviticus 13:46 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 13:46 All the days in which the plague (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:45"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:45" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:47"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:47" /></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>