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They must wash their clothes, and they will be clean. <a href="/nlt/leviticus/13.htm">New Living Translation</a> On the seventh day he will examine the sore again. If it has not spread and appears to be no more than skin-deep, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. The person’s clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean. <a href="/esv/leviticus/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> And on the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch, and if the itch has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> On the seventh day the priest shall examine the scaly outbreak, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes, and he will be clean. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/13.htm">King James Bible</a> And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/13.htm">New King James Version</a> On the seventh day the priest shall examine the scale; and indeed if the scale has not spread over the skin, and does not appear deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes and be clean. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then on the seventh day the priest shall look at the scale, and if the scale has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Then on the seventh day the priest shall look at the scale, and if the scale has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Then on the seventh day the priest shall look at the scale, and if the scale has not spread in the skin, and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then on the seventh day the priest shall look at the scale, and if the scale has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. <a href="/amp/leviticus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then on the seventh day the priest shall look at the scale; if the scale has not spread on the skin and appears to be no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; he shall wash his clothes and be clean. <a href="/csb/leviticus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The priest will examine the scaly outbreak on the seventh day, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce the person clean. He is to wash his clothes, and he will be clean. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The priest will examine the scaly outbreak on the seventh day, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce the person clean. He is to wash his clothes, and he will be clean. <a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> and in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. <a href="/cev/leviticus/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> By that time, if the itch hasn't spread and seems no more than skin deep, he will say, "You are clean; now you must wash your clothes." <a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> and in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> On the seventh day the priest will examine the scab again. If the scab has not spread on the skin and does not look deeper than the rest of the skin, the priest must declare him clean. When he has washed his clothes, he will be clean. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> On the seventh day the priest shall again examine the sore, and if it has not spread and does not seem to be deeper than the surrounding skin, he shall pronounce you ritually clean. You shall wash your clothes, and you will be clean. <a href="/isv/leviticus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> The priest is to examine the scab on the seventh day. If, indeed, the scab hasn't spread on the skin and it doesn't appear more extensive than skin deep, then the priest is to declare him clean. He is to wash his garments and be clean. <a href="/msb/leviticus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> On the seventh day the priest shall examine the scaly outbreak, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes, and he will be clean. <a href="/net/leviticus/13.htm">NET Bible</a> The priest must then examine the scall on the seventh day, and if the scall has not spread on the skin and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him clean. So he is to wash his clothes and be clean. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> On the seventh day, the priest shall examine the itch; and look, if the itch hasn't spread in the skin, and its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and behold, if the scall is not spread in the skin, nor is in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. <a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a> On the seventh day, the priest shall examine the itch; and behold, if the itch hasn’t spread in the skin, and its appearance isn’t deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes and be clean. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the priest has seen the scale on the seventh day, and behold, the scale has not spread in the skin, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and the priest has pronounced him clean, and he has washed his garments, and has been clean. <a href="/ylt/leviticus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And the priest hath seen the scall on the seventh day, and lo, the scall hath not spread in the skin, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and the priest hath pronounced him clean, and he hath washed his garments, and hath been clean. <a href="/slt/leviticus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the priest saw the scall in the seventh day, and behold, the scall spread not in the skin, and its sight not deep from the skin; and the priest cleansed him; and he washed his garments and was clean.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> If on the seventh day the evil seem to have stayed in its place, and not lower than the other flesh, he shall cleanse him, and his clothes being washed he shall be clean. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> On the seventh day, if the mark seems to have stayed in its place, and it is not lower than the rest of the flesh, he shall declare him clean, and, his clothes having been washed, he shall be clean. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/13.htm">New American Bible</a> If the priest, upon examining the scall on the seventh day, finds that it has not spread on the skin and that it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, he shall declare the person clean; the latter shall wash his garments, and will thus be clean. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> On the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch; if the itch has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes and be clean.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And on the seventh day the priest shall look on the disease; and if the disease has not spread in the skin and does not appear deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean, and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the Priest shall look at the sore in the seventh day; if the sore has not changed in the skin and its appearance has not been deeper than the skin, the Priest shall declare it clean, and he shall wash his garment and he will be cleansed.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. <a href="/sep/leviticus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the priest shall see the scurf on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scurf is not spread in the skin after the man's being shaved, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow beneath the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his garments, and be clean. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/13-34.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=3178" 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> …33then the person must shave himself except for the scaly area. Then the priest shall isolate him for another seven days. 34<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/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></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.">shall examine</a> <a href="/hebrew/5424.htm" title="5424: han·ne·ṯeq (Art:: N-ms) -- Scab. From nathaq; scurf.">the scaly outbreak,</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/5424.htm" title="5424: han·ne·ṯeq (Art:: N-ms) -- Scab. From nathaq; scurf.">it</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.">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/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/369.htm" title="369: ’ê·nen·nū (Adv:: 3ms) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">and does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4758.htm" title="4758: ū·mar·’ê·hū (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Sight, appearance, vision. From ra'ah; a view; also an appearance, whether a shape, or a vision.">appear to be</a> <a href="/hebrew/6013.htm" title="6013: ‘ā·mōq (Adj-ms) -- From amaq; deep.">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/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/2891.htm" title="2891: wə·ṭi·har (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To be clean or pure. A primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. to be pure.">is to pronounce him clean.</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/3526.htm" title="3526: wə·ḵib·bes (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To wash. A primitive root; to trample; hence, to wash, whether literal or figurative.">He must wash</a> <a href="/hebrew/899.htm" title="899: bə·ḡā·ḏāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage. From bagad; a covering, i.e. Clothing; also treachery or pillage.">his clothes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2891.htm" title="2891: wə·ṭā·hêr (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To be clean or pure. A primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. to be pure.">and he will be clean.</a> 35If, however, the scaly outbreak spreads further on the skin after his cleansing,…<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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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. <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/11-5.htm">Matthew 11:5</a> 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. <a href="/luke/7-22.htm">Luke 7:22</a> 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. <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="/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.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scale: and, behold, if the scale be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.the seventh<a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1</a> Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.<a href="/jude/1-22.htm">Jude 1:22</a> And of some have compassion, making a difference:<a href="/revelation/2-2.htm">Revelation 2:2</a> I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:be not<a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Leviticus 13:23</a> But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.and he shall<a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Leviticus 13:6</a> And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/13-32.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-32.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-32.htm">Deeper</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-32.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-32.htm">Hasn't</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-32.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-33.htm">Itch</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-33.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-30.htm">Pronounce</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm">Pronounced</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-33.htm">Scale</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-33.htm">Scall</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-32.htm">Seem</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-32.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-32.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-32.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-31.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Wash</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm">Washed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-35.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/numbers/21-18.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">Deeper</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-36.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-53.htm">Hasn't</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-36.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-35.htm">Itch</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-36.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Pronounce</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-35.htm">Pronounced</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-35.htm">Scale</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-35.htm">Scall</a> <a href="/numbers/16-9.htm">Seem</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-35.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-35.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-56.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-54.htm">Wash</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-54.htm">Washed</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'; 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The seventh day here indicates a complete period of observation, ensuring that the condition is thoroughly assessed.the priest shall examine the scaly outbreak Priests in ancient Israel served not only religious roles but also as health inspectors. This examination reflects the priest's duty to maintain the community's purity and health, as outlined in Levitical law. The scaly outbreak could refer to various skin conditions, not just leprosy, which was a term used broadly in ancient times.and if it has not spread on the skin The spread of a skin condition was a critical factor in determining its severity. This reflects the concern for contagion and the need to protect the community from potential disease, aligning with the broader biblical theme of holiness and separation from impurity.and does not appear to be deeper than the skin This phrase indicates a superficial condition, suggesting it is not a serious or contagious disease. The distinction between surface and deeper infections is crucial in ancient medical understanding, emphasizing the need for careful observation.the priest is to pronounce him clean The priest's declaration of cleanliness restored the individual to full participation in the community. This act symbolizes the authority given to priests to mediate between God and the people, reflecting the broader theme of reconciliation and restoration found throughout Scripture.He must wash his clothes Washing clothes was a symbolic act of purification, representing the removal of impurity. This practice is echoed in other biblical passages, such as in the preparation for meeting God at Mount Sinai (<a href="/exodus/19-10.htm">Exodus 19:10</a>).and he will be clean The final declaration of cleanliness signifies the individual's restoration to both physical and spiritual community life. This mirrors the New Testament theme of cleansing from sin through Christ, who fulfills the law and offers ultimate purification (<a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_priest.htm">The Priest</a> A key figure in the Israelite community responsible for examining and pronouncing judgments on skin diseases. The priest acts as a mediator between God and the people, ensuring the community's purity. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_infected_person.htm">The Infected Person</a> An individual suspected of having a skin disease, who must undergo examination by the priest. This person is subject to the laws of purity and impurity. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_scaly_outbreak.htm">The Scaly Outbreak</a> A specific type of skin condition that required examination. It symbolizes potential impurity and the need for careful discernment. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_seventh_day.htm">The Seventh Day</a> A significant time marker in the examination process, reflecting the completion of a cycle and the opportunity for restoration or continued isolation. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_act_of_washing_clothes.htm">The Act of Washing Clothes</a> A symbolic act of purification, representing the removal of impurity and the restoration of the individual to the community.<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 in examining and pronouncing someone clean or unclean underscores the importance of spiritual leadership and discernment in the community. <a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_ritual_purity.htm">The Significance of Ritual Purity</a> The laws of purity in Leviticus highlight the need for holiness and separation from sin, pointing to the deeper spiritual cleansing provided through Christ. <a href="/topical/t/the_process_of_examination.htm">The Process of Examination</a> The careful examination process reflects the need for patience and thoroughness in addressing issues of sin and impurity in our lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_symbolism_of_washing.htm">The Symbolism of Washing</a> Washing clothes as a symbol of purification reminds us of the cleansing power of Christ's sacrifice, which washes away our sins and restores us to fellowship with God. <a href="/topical/c/community_restoration.htm">Community Restoration</a> The restoration of the individual to the community after being pronounced clean illustrates the importance of reconciliation and unity within the body of 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/how_did_priests_diagnose_skin_diseases.htm">How could priests with no formal medical training accurately diagnose skin diseases (Leviticus 13:1-8)?</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/is_uzziah's_leprosy_in_2_chron._26_16-20_explainable.htm">In 2 Chronicles 26:16-20, is there any medical or historical basis to explain Uzziah's sudden outbreak of leprosy as divine punishment?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_explain_leviticus_14_on_mold_today.htm">How can one explain the instruction for dealing with mold or 'leprous' houses (Leviticus 14:33-53) given the differences in understanding mold remediation today?</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>(34) And in the seventh day.--If at the expiration of the second week of quarantine the priest sees that none of the symptoms which generally indicate this distemper have appeared, he is to pronounce him clean, upon which, after performing the necessary ablutions, he is restored to the privileges of the sanctuary. (See <a href="/leviticus/13-6.htm" title="And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.">Leviticus 13:6</a>.)Be in sight deeper than the skin.--Better, is in appearance deeper than the other skin. <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/13-34.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>On the seventh הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> Seventh (an ordinal number) day בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day the priest הַכֹּהֵ֨ן (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest shall examine וְרָאָה֩ (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 the scaly outbreak, הַנֶּ֜תֶק (han·ne·ṯeq) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5424.htm">Strong's 5424: </a> Scurf and if וְ֠הִנֵּה (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! it הַנֶּ֙תֶק֙ (han·ne·ṯeq) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5424.htm">Strong's 5424: </a> Scurf has not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no spread פָשָׂ֤ה (p̄ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6581.htm">Strong's 6581: </a> To spread on the skin בָּע֔וֹר (bā·‘ō·wr) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> Skin, hide, leather and does not אֵינֶ֥נּוּ (’ê·nen·nū) Adverb | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle appear to be וּמַרְאֵ֕הוּ (ū·mar·’ê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4758.htm">Strong's 4758: </a> Sight, appearance, vision deeper עָמֹ֖ק (‘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, הָע֑וֹר (hā·‘ō·wr) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> Skin, hide, leather the priest הַכֹּהֵ֔ן (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest is to pronounce him clean. וְטִהַ֤ר (wə·ṭi·har) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2891.htm">Strong's 2891: </a> To be clean or pure He must wash וְכִבֶּ֥ס (wə·ḵib·bes) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3526.htm">Strong's 3526: </a> To trample, to wash his clothes, בְּגָדָ֖יו (bə·ḡā·ḏāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_899.htm">Strong's 899: </a> A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage and he will be clean. וְטָהֵֽר׃ (wə·ṭā·hêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2891.htm">Strong's 2891: </a> To be clean or pure <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-34.htm">Leviticus 13:34 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-34.htm">Leviticus 13:34 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/13-34.htm">Leviticus 13:34 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-34.htm">Leviticus 13:34 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-34.htm">Leviticus 13:34 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-34.htm">Leviticus 13:34 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/13-34.htm">Leviticus 13:34 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/13-34.htm">Leviticus 13:34 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/13-34.htm">Leviticus 13:34 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/13-34.htm">Leviticus 13:34 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-34.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 13:34 On the seventh day the priest shall (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/13-33.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:33"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:33" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-35.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:35"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:35" /></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>