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Then your skin will be restored, and you will be healed of your leprosy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and <i>you shall</i> be clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and <i>you will</i> be clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, &#8220Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and you will be clean.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you and <i>you shall</i> be clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and <i>you will</i> be clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and <i>you will</i> be clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go wash seven times in the Jordan and your skin will be restored and you will be clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, &#8220Go wash seven times in the Jordan and your flesh will be restored and you will be clean.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Elisha sent someone outside to say to him, "Go wash seven times in the Jordan River. Then you'll be completely cured." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Elisha sent a messenger unto him saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Elisha sent a messenger to him. He said, "Wash yourself seven times in the Jordan River, and your skin will be healthy and clean." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Elisha sent a servant out to tell him to go and wash himself seven times in the Jordan River, and he would be completely cured of his disease. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Elisha sent a messenger out to him, who told him, "Go bathe in the Jordan River seven times. Your flesh will be restored for you. Now stay clean!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, ?Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Elisha sent out a messenger who told him, "Go and wash seven times in the Jordan; your skin will be restored and you will be healed."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Elisha sends a messenger to him, saying, “Go, and you have washed seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh turns back to you—and be clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Elisha sendeth unto him a messenger, saying, 'Go, and thou hast washed seven times in Jordan, and thy flesh doth turn back to thee -- and be thou clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Elisha will send a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash seven times in Jordan and, thy flesh shall: turn back to thee and be clean.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Eliseus sent a messenger to him, saying: Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and thy flesh shall recover health, and thee shalt be clean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will receive health, and you will be clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Elisha sent him the message: “Go and wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will heal, and you will be clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go, wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored and you shall be clean.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you and you shall be clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Elisha sent to him by a Messenger: “Go immerse yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh shall return upon you, and it shall be cleansed.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying: 'Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come back to thee, and thou shalt be clean.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Elisaie sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash seven times in Jordan, and thy flesh shall return to thee, and thou shalt be cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/5-10.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/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=1540" 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/2_kings/5.htm">Naaman Cured of Leprosy</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/477.htm" title="477: ’ĕ·lî·šā‘ (N-proper-ms) -- God is salvation, a well-known Isr. prophet. Contracted for Eliyshuwa'. Elisha, the famous prophet.">Then Elisha</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: way·yiš·laḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">sent</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To, into, towards. ">him</a> <a href="/hebrew/4397.htm" title="4397: mal·’āḵ (N-ms) -- A messenger. From an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. An angel.">a messenger,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">who said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·lō·wḵ (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">“Go</a> <a href="/hebrew/7364.htm" title="7364: wə·rā·ḥaṣ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To wash, wash off or away, bathe. A primitive root; to lave.">and wash yourself</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: še·ḇa‘- (Number-fs) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/6471.htm" title="6471: pə·‘ā·mîm (N-fp) -- A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence. Or pa;amah; from pa'am; a stroke, literally or figuratively.">times</a> <a href="/hebrew/3383.htm" title="3383: bay·yar·dên (Prep-b, Art:: N-proper-fs) -- The principal river of Pal. From yarad; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine.">in the Jordan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bə·śā·rə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">and your flesh</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wə·yā·šōḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Jus-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">will be restored,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2891.htm" title="2891: ū·ṭə·hār (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To be clean or pure. A primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. to be pure.">and you will be clean.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.…<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="/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="/john/9-7.htm">John 9:7</a></span><br />Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-3.htm">Matthew 8:3</a></span><br />Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-42</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/17-12.htm">Luke 17:12-14</a></span><br />As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-50.htm">John 4:50</a></span><br />“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-13.htm">Matthew 8:13</a></span><br />Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-17.htm">Acts 9:17-18</a></span><br />So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” / At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-43.htm">John 11:43-44</a></span><br />After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” / The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-6.htm">Matthew 9:6-7</a></span><br />But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.” / And the man got up and went home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-25.htm">Exodus 15:25</a></span><br />And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/14-1.htm">Leviticus 14:1-7</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, / “This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest. / The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-2.htm">Numbers 19:2-13</a></span><br />“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke. / Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. / Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/3-13.htm">Joshua 3:13-17</a></span><br />When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.” / So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them. / Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/17-21.htm">1 Kings 17:21-22</a></span><br />Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!” / And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/22-25.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/joshua/22-17.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-9.htm">Elisha</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-8.htm">Eli'sha</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-34.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-13.htm">Jordan</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-15.htm">Messenger</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-6.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-6.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-35.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-35.htm">Times</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-8.htm">Wash</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-38.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-2.htm">Washing</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-22.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/5-12.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-12.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-19.htm">Elisha</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-25.htm">Eli'sha</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-14.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-14.htm">Jordan</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-32.htm">Messenger</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-1.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-15.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-14.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-14.htm">Times</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-12.htm">Wash</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-12.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-6.htm">Washing</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-12.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">Naaman, by the report of a captive maid, is sent to Samaria to be cured of leprosy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/5-8.htm">Elisha, sending him to Jordan cures him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/5-15.htm">He refusing Naaman's gifts grants him some of the earth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/5-20.htm">Gehazi, abusing his master's name unto Naaman, is smitten with 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/2_kings/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then Elisha sent him a messenger</b><br>Elisha, the prophet, chooses not to meet Naaman directly, which emphasizes the humility required for healing and the power of God's word over personal presence. This act can be seen as a test of Naaman's faith and obedience. In biblical times, prophets often used intermediaries to convey messages, highlighting the authority of God's word regardless of the messenger. This also prefigures the New Testament concept of faith in the unseen Christ (<a href="/john/20-29.htm">John 20:29</a>).<p><b>who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan</b><br>The Jordan River holds significant biblical importance, being the site where the Israelites crossed into the Promised Land (<a href="/joshua/3-14.htm">Joshua 3:14-17</a>) and where Jesus was later baptized (<a href="/matthew/3-13.htm">Matthew 3:13-17</a>). The number seven symbolizes completeness and divine perfection in Scripture, seen in the creation week (<a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a>) and the seven churches in Revelation (<a href="/revelation/1-4.htm">Revelation 1:4</a>). Naaman's washing in the Jordan signifies a complete cleansing and a step of faith, paralleling the spiritual cleansing through baptism in the New Testament.<p><b>and your flesh will be restored</b><br>The promise of restoration is a recurring theme in the Bible, often associated with God's covenant faithfulness and mercy. Naaman's leprosy, a disease that rendered individuals ceremonially unclean, symbolizes sin and separation from God. The restoration of his flesh prefigures the spiritual restoration available through Christ, who heals and reconciles humanity to God (<a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17-19</a>).<p><b>and you will be clean.”</b><br>Cleansing in the biblical context often refers to both physical and spiritual purification. Levitical laws required cleansing rituals for those healed of leprosy (Leviticus 14), pointing to the need for holiness before God. Naaman's cleansing foreshadows the ultimate cleansing from sin through Jesus' sacrifice (1 <a href="/john/1-7.htm">John 1:7</a>). This act also demonstrates God's grace extending beyond Israel to the Gentiles, a theme further developed in the New Testament (<a href="/acts/10-34.htm">Acts 10:34-35</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/elisha.htm">Elisha</a></b><br>A prophet in Israel, successor to Elijah, known for performing miracles and being a spokesperson for God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/naaman.htm">Naaman</a></b><br>A commander of the army of the king of Aram, who suffered from leprosy and sought healing from the God of Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jordan_river.htm">Jordan River</a></b><br>A significant river in the biblical account, often associated with cleansing and new beginnings.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/messenger.htm">Messenger</a></b><br>An unnamed servant of Elisha who delivers the prophet's instructions to Naaman.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/l/leprosy.htm">Leprosy</a></b><br>A chronic skin disease, symbolizing impurity and separation in biblical times.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_instructions.htm">Obedience to God's Instructions</a></b><br>Naaman's healing required simple obedience to God's command through Elisha. This teaches us the importance of following God's instructions, even when they seem mundane or illogical.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_humility.htm">Faith and Humility</a></b><br>Naaman had to humble himself to follow the prophet's seemingly simple directive. Our faith often requires humility, acknowledging that God's ways are higher than ours.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_power_to_cleanse.htm">God's Power to Cleanse</a></b><br>The Jordan River symbolizes God's power to cleanse and restore. Just as Naaman was cleansed of leprosy, God offers spiritual cleansing through faith in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_intermediaries.htm">The Role of Intermediaries</a></b><br>Elisha's use of a messenger shows that God often works through intermediaries. We should be open to receiving God's word and guidance through others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_universality_of_god's_grace.htm">The Universality of God's Grace</a></b><br>Naaman, a foreigner, received healing, illustrating that God's grace extends beyond Israel to all who seek Him in faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_elisha_cure_naaman.htm">How did Elisha heal Naaman of his leprosy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_events_are_described_in_2_kings.htm">What events are described in 2 Kings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_elisha's_simple_healing.htm">How do we reconcile Elisha’s instructions (2 Kings 5:10–12) with other Old Testament rites for healing that appear more complex or different? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_energy_healing.htm">What does the Bible say about energy healing?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Elisha sent a messenger.</span>--Avoiding personal contact with a leper. (Comp. <a href="/2_kings/5-15.htm" title="And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray you, take a blessing of your servant.">2Kings 5:15</a>, where Naaman, when restored, goes in and stands before the prophet.) Perhaps reverence held back those who consulted a great prophet from entering his presence (comp. <a href="/2_kings/4-12.htm" title="And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.">2Kings 4:12</a>); and therefore, Naaman stopped with his followers outside the house. Keil suggests that Elisha did not come out to Naaman, because he wished to humble his pride, and to show that his worldly magnificence did not impress the prophet. But, as Thenius says, there is no trace of pride about Naaman.<p><span class= "bld">Go.</span>--Infinitive, equivalent to the imperative. (Comp. <a href="/2_kings/3-16.htm" title="And he said, Thus said the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.">2Kings 3:16</a>; and perhaps <a href="/2_kings/4-43.htm" title="And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus said the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.">2Kings 4:43</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Wash in</span> (the) <span class= "bld">Jordan.</span>--This command would make it clear that Naaman was not cured by any external means applied by the prophet. "The Syrians knew as well as the Israelites that the Jordan could not heal leprosy" (<span class= "ital">Bahr</span>). Naaman was to understand that he was healed <span class= "ital">by the God of Israel,</span> at His prophet's prayer. (Comp. <a href="/2_kings/5-15.htm" title="And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray you, take a blessing of your servant.">2Kings 5:15</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Elisha sent a messenger unto him.</span> Elisha asserted the dignity of his office. Naaman was "a great man" (ver. 1), with a high sense of his own importance, and regarded the prophet as very much inferior to himself. He expected to be waited on, courted, to receive every possible attention. Elisha no doubt intended very pointedly to rebuke him by remaining in his house, and communicating with the great man by a messenger. But there is no ground for taxing him with "priestly pride," or even with "impoliteness" on this account. He had to impress upon the Syrian noble the nothingness of wealth and earthly grandeur, and the dignity of the prophetic office. He did not do more than was requisite for these purposes. <span class="cmt_word">Saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times.</span> Elisha speaks no doubt, "by the word of the Lord." He is directed to require of Naaman a compliance with a somewhat burdensome order. The nearest point on the course of Jordan was above twenty miles distant from Samaria. Naaman is to go thither, to strip himself, and to plunge into the stream seven times. The directions seem given to test his faith. They may be compared with that of our Lord to the blind man, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam," and, in another point of view, with that given to Joshua (<a href="/joshua/6-3.htm">Joshua 6:3-5</a>), and that of Elijah to his servant (<a href="/1_kings/18-43.htm">1 Kings 18:43</a>). To repeat a formal act six times with- out perceiving any result, and yet to persevere and repeat it a seventh time, requires a degree of faith and trust that men do not often possess. <span class="cmt_word">And thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.</span> The scaly leprous scurf shall fall off and reveal clean flesh underneath. Thy body shall be manifestly freed from all defilement. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/5-10.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">Then Elisha</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלִישָׁ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lî·šā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_477.htm">Strong's 477: </a> </span><span class="str2">Elisha -- 'God is salvation', a well-known Israelite prophet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sent</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiš·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלָ֛יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a messenger,</span><br /><span class="heb">מַלְאָ֣ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(mal·’āḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4397.htm">Strong's 4397: </a> </span><span class="str2">A messenger, of God, an angel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who said,</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאמֹ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(lê·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Go</span><br /><span class="heb">הָל֗וֹךְ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·lō·wḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and wash yourself</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָחַצְתָּ֤</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·ḥaṣ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7364.htm">Strong's 7364: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wash, wash off or away, bathe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶֽׁבַע־</span> <span class="translit">(še·ḇa‘-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">times</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּעָמִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(pə·‘ā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6471.htm">Strong's 6471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the Jordan,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיַּרְדֵּ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yar·dên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3383.htm">Strong's 3383: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your flesh</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשָׂרְךָ֛</span> <span class="translit">(bə·śā·rə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be restored,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָשֹׁ֧ב</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·šōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and you will be clean.”</span><br /><span class="heb">וּטְהָֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ṭə·hār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2891.htm">Strong's 2891: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be clean or pure</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/5-10.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 5:10 Elisha sent a messenger to him saying (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/5-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 5:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 5:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/5-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 5:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 5:11" /></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>