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The priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease. <a href="/nlt/leviticus/13.htm">New Living Translation</a> the priest must examine it. If he finds that the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, a skin disease has broken out in the burn. The priest must then pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a serious skin disease. <a href="/esv/leviticus/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> the priest shall examine it, and if the hair in the spot has turned white and it appears deeper than the skin, then it is a leprous disease. It has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a case of leprous disease. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> the priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/13.htm">King James Bible</a> Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/13.htm">New King James Version</a> then the priest shall examine it; and indeed if the hair of the bright spot has turned white, and it appears deeper than the skin, it is leprosy broken out in the burn. Therefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> then the priest shall look at it. And if the hair in the bright spot has turned white and it appears to be deeper than the skin, it is leprosy; it has broken out in the burn. Therefore, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection of leprosy. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> then the priest shall look at it. And if the hair in the bright spot has turned white and it appears to be deeper than the skin, it is leprosy; it has broken out in the burn. Therefore, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection of leprosy. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> then the priest shall look at it. And if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and it appears to be deeper than the skin, it is leprosy; it has broken out in the burn. Therefore, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection of leprosy. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> then the priest shall look at it. And if the hair in the bright spot has turned white and it appears to be deeper than the skin, it is leprosy; it has broken out in the burn. Therefore, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection of leprosy. <a href="/amp/leviticus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> then the priest shall examine it, and if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and it appears deeper than the skin, then leprosy has broken out in the burn. So the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the disease of leprosy. <a href="/csb/leviticus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> the priest is to examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a serious skin disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a serious skin disease. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> the priest is to examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a skin disease. <a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin; it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning: and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. <a href="/cev/leviticus/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> a priest must examine it. Then if he discovers that the hair in the infected area has turned white and that the infection seems more than skin deep, he will say, "The burn has turned into leprosy, and you are unclean." <a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin; it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning: and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> the priest will examine it. If the hair on the affected area has turned white and the affected area looks deeper than the rest of the skin, an infectious skin disease has developed in the burn. The priest must declare him unclean. It is an infectious skin disease. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> the priest shall examine you. If the hairs in the spot have turned white and it appears deeper than the surrounding skin, it is a dreaded skin disease that has started in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce you unclean. <a href="/isv/leviticus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> if the priest examines it and indeed the hair has turned white with a white spot appearing more extensive than skin deep, it's an infectious skin disease with a burn scar that has spread. The priest is to declare him unclean. It's an infectious skin disease. <a href="/msb/leviticus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> the priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection. <a href="/net/leviticus/13.htm">NET Bible</a> the priest must examine it, and if the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is a diseased infection. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> then the priest shall examine it; and look, if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and its appearance is deeper than the skin; it is leprosy. It has broken out in the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then the priest shall look upon it: and behold, if the hair in the bright spot is turned white, and it is in sight deeper than the skin: it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. <a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a> then the priest shall examine it; and behold, if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and its appearance is deeper than the skin, it is leprosy. It has broken out in the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and the priest has seen it, and behold, the hair has turned white in the bright spot, and its appearance [is] deeper than the skin, it [is] leprosy; it has broken out in the burning, and the priest has pronounced him unclean; it [is] a plague of leprosy. <a href="/ylt/leviticus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and the priest hath seen it, and lo, the hair hath turned white in the bright spot, and its appearance is deeper than the skin; leprosy it is, in the burning it hath broken out, and the priest hath pronounced him unclean; it is a plague of leprosy. <a href="/slt/leviticus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the priest saw it, and behold, the hair in the brightness was turned white, and the sight was deep from the skin; it leprosy in the burning broken out: and the priest defiled him: it the stroke of leprosy.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The priest shall view it, and if he see it turned white, and the place thereof is lower than the other skin: he shall declare him unclean, because the evil of leprosy is broken out in the scar. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> the priest shall examine it, and if he sees that it has turned white, and that its place is lower than the rest of the skin, he shall declare him contaminated, for the mark of leprosy has arisen in the scar. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/13.htm">New American Bible</a> when the priest, upon examination, finds that the hair has turned white in the blotch and this seems to be deeper than the skin, it is a scaly infection that has broken out in the burn; the priest shall therefore declare the person unclean; it is a scaly infection. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> the priest shall examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and it appears deeper than the skin, it is a leprous disease; it has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. This is a leprous disease.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then the priest shall look on it, and if the hair in the shiny spot has turned white, and it appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a leprosy broken out in the burn; wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean; because it is the plague of leprosy. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> The Priest shall see if the hairs are turned to be white in the shiny spot and its appearance is deeper than the skin; that is leprosy spread in the burn; the Priest shall declare it unclean because the sore is of leprosy.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. <a href="/sep/leviticus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> then the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, if the hair being white is changed to a bright colour, and its appearance is lower than the skin, it is a leprosy; it has broken out in the inflammation, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/13-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=3079" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Laws about Skin Diseases</a> …24When there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white, 25<a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">the priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wə·rā·’āh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">must examine it.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/8181.htm" title="8181: śê·‘ār (N-ms) -- Hair. Or sa.ar; from sa'ar in the sense of dishevelling; hair.">the hair</a> <a href="/hebrew/934.htm" title="934: bab·ba·he·reṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Brightness, bright spot. Feminine active participle of the same as bahiyr; a whitish spot on the skin.">in the spot</a> <a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015: neh·paḵ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To turn, overturn. A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert.">has turned</a> <a href="/hebrew/3836.htm" title="3836: lā·ḇān (Adj-ms) -- White. Or laben; from laban; white.">white</a> <a href="/hebrew/4758.htm" title="4758: ū·mar·’e·hā (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- Sight, appearance, vision. From ra'ah; a view; also an appearance, whether a shape, or a vision.">and the spot appears</a> <a href="/hebrew/6013.htm" title="6013: ‘ā·mōq (Adj-ms) -- From amaq; deep.">to be deeper</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">than</a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: hā·‘ō·wr (Art:: N-ms) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">the skin,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/6883.htm" title="6883: ṣā·ra·‘aṯ (N-fs) -- Leprosy. From tsara'; leprosy.">is a disease</a> <a href="/hebrew/6524.htm" title="6524: pā·rā·ḥāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to break forth as a bud, i.e. Bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly; figuratively, to flourish.">that has broken out</a> <a href="/hebrew/4348.htm" title="4348: bam·miḵ·wāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A burnt spot, scar of a burn. From kavah; a burn.">in the burn.</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/5061.htm" title="5061: ne·ḡa‘ (N-msc) -- A stroke, plague, mark. From naga'; a blow; also a spot."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: wə·ṭim·mê (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">must pronounce him unclean;</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/6883.htm" title="6883: ṣā·ra·‘aṯ (N-fs) -- Leprosy. From tsara'; leprosy.">is a diseased infection.</a> 26But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot, and it is not beneath the skin but has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2-4</a> Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. / Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.” <a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-44</a> Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ... <a href="/luke/5-12.htm">Luke 5:12-14</a> While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. / “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” <a href="/luke/17-12.htm">Luke 17:12-14</a> As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed. <a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">2 Kings 5:1-14</a> Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ... <a href="/numbers/12-10.htm">Numbers 12:10-15</a> As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous, / and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. / Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.” ... <a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Deuteronomy 24:8</a> In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. <a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Isaiah 1:6</a> From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. <a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4</a> Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. <a href="/matthew/10-8.htm">Matthew 10:8</a> Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. <a href="/mark/14-3.htm">Mark 14:3</a> While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head. <a href="/luke/4-27.htm">Luke 4:27</a> 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.” <a href="/john/9-6.htm">John 9:6-7</a> When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes. / Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing. <a href="/acts/10-38.htm">Acts 10:38</a> how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him. <a href="/2_chronicles/26-19.htm">2 Chronicles 26:19-21</a> Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. / When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him. / So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then the priest shall look on it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: why the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.turned white<a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Leviticus 13:4,18-20</a> If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">Appears</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">Bright</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-21.htm">Deeper</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-21.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-15.htm">Leprosy</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-22.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Pronounce</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-22.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-17.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">White</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/13-30.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-30.htm">Appears</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Bright</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Deeper</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Leprosy</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Pronounce</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-30.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-30.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-39.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-18.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">White</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 13</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/13-1.htm">The laws whereby the priest is to be guided in discerning the leprosy.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>the priest must examine it. In ancient Israel, priests served not only as religious leaders but also as health inspectors. Their role in examining skin conditions was crucial for maintaining the purity and health of the community. This examination process reflects the importance of discernment and careful observation, which is a theme throughout Scripture, such as in <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-21.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:21</a>, where believers are encouraged to "test everything."If the hair in the spot has turned white White hair in a skin spot was a key indicator of a serious skin disease, possibly leprosy. This change in hair color signified a deeper issue beneath the surface, symbolizing how sin can manifest outwardly from an inward condition. This concept is echoed in <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27</a>, where Jesus speaks of the Pharisees as "whitewashed tombs," appearing clean outwardly but corrupt within.and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, A spot deeper than the skin indicated a more severe condition, suggesting that the disease was not superficial. This depth symbolizes the pervasive nature of sin, which affects the heart and soul, not just outward actions. <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a> speaks to this, stating, "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure."it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. This phrase indicates that the disease has spread from a burn, showing how existing wounds can become infected. Spiritually, this can be seen as a metaphor for how unresolved issues or sins can lead to greater spiritual problems. <a href="/james/1-15.htm">James 1:15</a> illustrates this progression, where desire gives birth to sin, and sin, when full-grown, leads to death.The priest must pronounce him unclean; The declaration of uncleanness was significant, as it affected the individual's ability to participate in community and worship. This separation underscores the seriousness of sin and impurity, which separates humanity from God. <a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Isaiah 59:2</a> states, "Your iniquities have separated you from your God."it is a diseased infection. The term "diseased infection" highlights the contagious and defiling nature of the condition. In a broader sense, it serves as a reminder of the pervasive and destructive nature of sin, which can spread and corrupt if not addressed. <a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12</a> discusses how sin entered the world through one man and spread to all humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_priest.htm">The Priest</a> The priest acts as a mediator and examiner, determining the cleanliness or uncleanliness of individuals based on God's law. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_infected_person.htm">The Infected Person</a> The individual with a potential skin disease, seeking examination and guidance from the priest. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_burn.htm">The Burn</a> A physical injury that may become infected, serving as a focal point for determining ritual cleanliness. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_examination.htm">The Examination</a> A process conducted by the priest to discern the nature of the skin condition. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_pronouncement_of_uncleanliness.htm">The Pronouncement of Uncleanliness</a> A declaration by the priest that affects the individual's standing within the community and their ability to participate in religious activities.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_priest.htm">The Role of the Priest</a> The priest's role as an examiner underscores the importance of spiritual discernment and leadership within the community of faith. <a href="/topical/u/understanding_uncleanliness.htm">Understanding Uncleanliness</a> Uncleanliness in Leviticus is not merely physical but has spiritual implications, reminding us of the pervasive nature of sin and the need for purification. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a> The process of examination and pronouncement affects the individual's relationship with the community, highlighting the interconnectedness of personal and communal holiness. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_examination.htm">Spiritual Examination</a> Just as the priest examines physical conditions, believers are called to examine their hearts and lives for spiritual impurities. <a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_healing.htm">Restoration and Healing</a> The ultimate goal of these laws is restoration, pointing to the healing and cleansing available through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 13</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_leprosy.htm">What does the Bible mention about leprosy?</a> <a href="/q/is_quarantine_for_spots_still_relevant.htm">Does commanding people with suspicious spots to remain quarantined align with modern understandings of infectious diseases (Leviticus 13:4-5)?</a> <a href="/q/why_link_skin_issues_to_divine_judgment.htm">Why does the text attribute certain skin conditions to divine judgment instead of natural causes (Leviticus 13:9-17)?</a> <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><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) Then the priest shall look.--If upon examination the priest finds that the hair which was before black has now turned white.And it be in sight deeper than the skin.--Better, and its appearance is deeper than the other skin. (See <a href="/leviticus/13-3.htm" title="And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.">Leviticus 13:3</a>; <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm" title="And if, when the priest sees it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.">Leviticus 13:20</a>.) <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/13-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>the priest הַכֹּהֵ֡ן (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest must examine it. וְרָאָ֣ה (wə·rā·’āh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see If וְהִנֵּ֣ה (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! the hair שֵׂעָ֨ר (śê·‘ār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8181.htm">Strong's 8181: </a> Hair in the spot בַּבַּהֶ֗רֶת (bab·ba·he·reṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_934.htm">Strong's 934: </a> A whitish spot on the skin has turned נֶהְפַּךְ֩ (neh·paḵ) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2015.htm">Strong's 2015: </a> To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert white לָבָ֜ן (lā·ḇān) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3836.htm">Strong's 3836: </a> White and the spot appears וּמַרְאֶ֙הָ֙ (ū·mar·’e·hā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4758.htm">Strong's 4758: </a> Sight, appearance, vision to be deeper עָמֹ֣ק (‘ā·mōq) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6013.htm">Strong's 6013: </a> Deep than מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the skin, הָע֔וֹר (hā·‘ō·wr) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> Skin, hide, leather it הִ֔וא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is a disease צָרַ֣עַת (ṣā·ra·‘aṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6883.htm">Strong's 6883: </a> Leprosy that has broken out פָּרָ֑חָה (pā·rā·ḥāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6524.htm">Strong's 6524: </a> To break forth as a, bud, bloom, to spread, to fly, to flourish in the burn. בַּמִּכְוָ֖ה (bam·miḵ·wāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4348.htm">Strong's 4348: </a> A burnt spot, scar of a burn The priest הַכֹּהֵ֔ן (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest must pronounce him unclean; וְטִמֵּ֤א (wə·ṭim·mê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> To be or become unclean it הִֽוא׃ (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is a diseased infection. צָרַ֖עַת (ṣā·ra·‘aṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6883.htm">Strong's 6883: </a> Leprosy <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-25.htm">Leviticus 13:25 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-25.htm">Leviticus 13:25 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/13-25.htm">Leviticus 13:25 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-25.htm">Leviticus 13:25 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-25.htm">Leviticus 13:25 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-25.htm">Leviticus 13:25 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/13-25.htm">Leviticus 13:25 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/13-25.htm">Leviticus 13:25 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/13-25.htm">Leviticus 13:25 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/13-25.htm">Leviticus 13:25 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 13:25 Then the priest shall examine it (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:26" /></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>