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href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/13.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220If the disease breaks out all over their skin and, so far as the priest can see, it covers all the skin of the affected person from head to foot,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Now suppose the disease has spread all over the person’s skin, covering the body from head to foot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And if the leprous disease breaks out in the skin, so that the leprous disease covers all the skin of the diseased person from head to foot, so far as the priest can see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of <i>him that hath</i> the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“And if leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of <i>the one who has</i> the sore, from his head to his foot, wherever the priest looks,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />If the leprosy breaks out farther on the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of <i>the person who has</i> the infection from his head even to his feet, as far as the priest can see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220If the leprosy breaks out farther on the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of him who has the infection from his head even to his feet, as far as the priest can see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And if the leprosy breaks out farther on the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of <i>him who has</i> the infection from his head even to his feet, as far as the priest can see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But if the leprosy breaks out farther on the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of <i>him who has</i> the infection from his head even to his feet, as far as the priest can see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But if the [suspected] leprosy breaks out farther on the skin, and it covers all of the skin of the <i>one who has the</i> outbreak—from his head to his foot—wherever the priest looks,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if the skin disease breaks out all over the skin so that it covers all the skin of the stricken person from his head to his feet so far as the priest can see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if the skin disease breaks out all over the skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from his head to his feet so far as the priest can see, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If skin disease develops and covers the whole person from head to foot (so far as the priest can see),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If the skin disease spreads and covers you from head to foot, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If the infectious skin disease spreads in the skin so that it covers his entire body from head to foot (as the priest examines it), <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If, however, the disease breaks out on the skin so that the disease covers all the skin of the person with the infection from his head to his feet, as far as the priest can see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the infected person from his head even to his feet, as far as it appears to the priest;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And if a leprosy shall break out in the skin, and the leprosy shall cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wherever the priest looketh;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the infected person from his head even to his feet, as far as it appears to the priest, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And if the leprosy breaks out greatly in the skin, and the leprosy has covered all the skin of [him who has] the plague, from his head even to his feet, to all that appears to the eyes of the priest,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And if the leprosy break out greatly in the skin, and the leprosy hath covered all the skin of him who hath the plague, from his head even unto his feet, to all that appeareth to the eyes of the priest,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And if breaking out, the leprosy shall break out in the skin, and the leprosy covered all the skin, the stroke from his head and even to his feet, to all the sight of the eyes of the priest:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But if the leprosy spring out running about in the skin, and cover all the skin from the head to the feet, whatsoever falleth under the sight of the eyes, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But if the leprosy will have flourished, coursing through the skin, and will have covered all the skin from the head even to the feet, whatever falls under the sight of the eyes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If the scaly infection breaks out on the skin and, as far as the priest can see, covers all the skin of the afflicted person from head to foot,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But if the disease breaks out in the skin, so that it covers all the skin of the diseased person from head to foot, so far as the priest can see,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And if the leprosy breaks out all over his skin, so that the leprosy covers all of the skin of him who has the plague from his head to his feet, wherever the priest looks,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if the leprosy will spread in his skin and the leprosy will cover all his skin from his head and unto his feet, everywhere that the eyes of the Priest see;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if the leprosy should have come out very evidently in the skin, and the leprosy should cover all the skin of the patient from the head to the feet, wheresoever the priest shall look;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/13-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=2974" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Laws about Skin Diseases</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>it is a chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not isolate him, for he is unclean. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">But if</a> <a href="/hebrew/6883.htm" title="6883: haṣ·ṣā·ra·‘aṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- Leprosy. From tsara'; leprosy.">the skin disease</a> <a href="/hebrew/6524.htm" title="6524: pā·rō·w·aḥ (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- A primitive root; to break forth as a bud, i.e. Bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly; figuratively, to flourish.">breaks out</a> <a href="/hebrew/6524.htm" title="6524: tip̄·raḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to break forth as a bud, i.e. Bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly; figuratively, to flourish."></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.">all over his skin</a> <a href="/hebrew/6883.htm" title="6883: haṣ·ṣā·ra·‘aṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- Leprosy. From tsara'; leprosy.">so that it</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3680.htm" title="3680: wə·ḵis·sə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To cover. A primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. Fill up hollows; by implication, to cover.">covers</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: ‘ō·wr (N-msc) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">the skin</a> <a href="/hebrew/5061.htm" title="5061: han·ne·ḡa‘ (Art:: N-ms) -- A stroke, plague, mark. From naga'; a blow; also a spot.">of the infected person</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: mê·rō·šōw (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">from head</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·lāw (N-fdc:: 3ms) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">foot,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></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.">as far as the priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/4758.htm" title="4758: mar·’êh (N-msc) -- Sight, appearance, vision. From ra'ah; a view; also an appearance, whether a shape, or a vision.">can see,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nê (N-cdc) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain."></a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/12-10.htm">Numbers 12:10-15</a></span><br />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.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">2 Kings 5:1-14</a></span><br />Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-19.htm">2 Chronicles 26:19-21</a></span><br />Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. / When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him. / So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2-4</a></span><br />Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. / Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-12.htm">Luke 17:12-19</a></span><br />As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-45</a></span><br />Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/5-12.htm">Luke 5:12-16</a></span><br />While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. / “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-8.htm">Matthew 10:8</a></span><br />Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/7-22.htm">Luke 7:22</a></span><br />So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Isaiah 1:5-6</a></span><br />Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. / From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/2-7.htm">Job 2:7-8</a></span><br />So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. / And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4</a></span><br />Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-5.htm">Matthew 11:5</a></span><br />The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/7-3.htm">2 Kings 7:3-10</a></span><br />Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die? / If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.” / So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Deuteronomy 24:8-9</a></span><br />In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. / Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that has the plague from his head even to his foot, wherever the priest looks;</p><p class="hdg">cover all</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-38.htm">1 Kings 8:38</a></b></br> What prayer and supplication soever be <i>made</i> by any man, <i>or</i> by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/40-4.htm">Job 40:4</a></b></br> Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/42-6.htm">Job 42:6</a></b></br> Wherefore I abhor <i>myself</i>, and repent in dust and ashes.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/12-8.htm">Able</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-7.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-23.htm">Appeareth</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Appears</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-33.htm">Break</a> <a href="/exodus/22-6.htm">Breaks</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-19.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-12.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-19.htm">Covers</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-5.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-4.htm">Far</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-7.htm">Farther</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-42.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-27.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-7.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-13.htm">Head</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-4.htm">Infected</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-9.htm">Infection</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-9.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-11.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-11.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-9.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/revelation/14-4.htm">Wheresoever</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm">Wherever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/14-22.htm">Able</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-22.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-14.htm">Appeareth</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-14.htm">Appears</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-43.htm">Break</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-43.htm">Breaks</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-13.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/numbers/4-7.htm">Covers</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-9.htm">Far</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-22.htm">Farther</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-19.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-14.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-22.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-29.htm">Head</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-17.htm">Infected</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-13.htm">Infection</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-13.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-13.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-18.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-13.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/numbers/33-54.htm">Wheresoever</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-9.htm">Wherever</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/13-1.htm">The laws whereby the priest is to be guided in discerning the leprosy.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin</b><br>In the context of Leviticus, skin diseases were a significant concern for the Israelites, as they were often seen as a sign of impurity. The Hebrew term used here can refer to a variety of skin conditions, not just leprosy as understood today. The breaking out of the disease all over the skin indicates a progression that requires careful examination by the priest. This reflects the meticulous nature of the Levitical laws, which were designed to maintain the holiness and purity of the community. The comprehensive spread of the disease might symbolize the pervasive nature of sin, which can affect every aspect of a person's life.<p><b>so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot</b><br>The complete coverage of the skin by the disease suggests a totality that is significant in biblical symbolism. In the ancient Near Eastern context, such a condition would render a person ritually unclean, affecting their ability to participate in communal and religious life. This total coverage can be seen as a metaphor for the all-encompassing nature of sin and the need for divine intervention. The imagery of being covered from head to foot is reminiscent of the need for full redemption and cleansing, which is ultimately fulfilled in the New Testament through the atoning work of Jesus Christ.<p><b>as far as the priest can see</b><br>The role of the priest in examining the skin disease underscores the importance of spiritual leadership and discernment in the community. The priest acts as a mediator between God and the people, ensuring that the laws of purity are upheld. This phrase highlights the limitations of human perception and the need for divine guidance in matters of judgment. The priest's examination is a type of the ultimate judgment that God will render, as seen in passages like <a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a>, where God looks at the heart rather than outward appearances. The priest's role also prefigures the work of Christ, our High Priest, who provides the ultimate cleansing from sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priest.htm">Priest</a></b><br>In ancient Israel, priests served as mediators between God and the people, and they were responsible for diagnosing skin diseases, including leprosy, as part of their duties.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/infected_person.htm">Infected Person</a></b><br>This refers to an individual who is suspected of having a skin disease, which in the context of Leviticus, often refers to leprosy or similar conditions.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/skin_disease.htm">Skin Disease</a></b><br>The term used here is "tzaraath" in Hebrew, which can refer to a variety of skin conditions, not just leprosy as understood today.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelite_camp.htm">Israelite Camp</a></b><br>The setting for these laws is the Israelite camp during their wilderness journey, where maintaining ritual purity was essential.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>As the leader of the Israelites, Moses received these laws from God and communicated them to the people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/ritual_purity_and_holiness.htm">Ritual Purity and Holiness</a></b><br>The laws concerning skin diseases underscore the importance of holiness and purity in the community of God's people. They remind us of the need to be spiritually clean before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_the_priest.htm">Role of the Priest</a></b><br>The priest's role in diagnosing and declaring someone clean or unclean points to the need for spiritual discernment and guidance in the community of faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/comprehensive_examination.htm">Comprehensive Examination</a></b><br>Just as the priest examines the whole body, we are called to examine our lives thoroughly for sin and seek God's cleansing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_restoration.htm">God's Provision for Restoration</a></b><br>The detailed laws for dealing with skin diseases reflect God's provision for restoration and reintegration into the community, pointing to the ultimate restoration through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_leprosy.htm">Spiritual Leprosy</a></b><br>Leprosy can be seen as a metaphor for sin, which spreads and defiles. Just as the priest examines the skin, we must allow God to examine our hearts and cleanse us from sin.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_quarantine_for_spots_still_relevant.htm">Does commanding people with suspicious spots to remain quarantined align with modern understandings of infectious diseases (Leviticus 13:4-5)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_ten_lepers'_healing.htm">What historical or medical evidence supports the ten lepers' instantaneous healing (Luke 17:11-19)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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 name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12, 13) <span class= "bld">And if a leprosy break out abroad.</span>--There were, however, two phases of this returned distemper which exempted the patient from uncleanness. If the leprosy suddenly covered the whole body so that the patient became perfectly white, in which case there could be no appearance of live flesh, then he was clean. This indicated the crisis, as the whole evil matter thus brought to the surface formed itself into a scale, which dried and peeled off.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 12-17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If a leprosy break out abroad... and cover all the skin.</span> There was a form of disease similar to true leprosy, and bearing the name of leprosy, and by some thought to be the final phase of true leprosy, which was yet not to cause legal uncleanness. It was distinguishable from the leprosy which caused uncleanness by a diffusion of the white flakes over the whole body, and by the absence of any patches bearing the appearance of raw flesh (verses 12, 13). Real leprosy might pass into this harmless kind or phase, and it was known to have done so as soon as the raw patches of flesh had disappeared (verses 16, 17). When this had taken place, <span class="cmt_word">the priest pronounced</span> him <span class="cmt_word">clean</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/13-12.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">But if</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the skin disease</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצָּרַ֙עַת֙</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣā·ra·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6883.htm">Strong's 6883: </a> </span><span class="str2">Leprosy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">breaks out</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּר֨וֹחַ</span> <span class="translit">(pā·rō·w·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6524.htm">Strong's 6524: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break forth as a, bud, bloom, to spread, to fly, to flourish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all over his skin</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּע֔וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(bā·‘ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> </span><span class="str2">Skin, hide, leather</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that it</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצָּרַ֗עַת</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣā·ra·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6883.htm">Strong's 6883: </a> </span><span class="str2">Leprosy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">covers</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכִסְּתָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵis·sə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3680.htm">Strong's 3680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To plump, fill up hollows, to cover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the skin</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֣וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> </span><span class="str2">Skin, hide, leather</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the infected person</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֶּ֔גַע</span> <span class="translit">(han·ne·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5061.htm">Strong's 5061: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mark -- a blow, a spot</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from head</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵרֹאשׁ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(mê·rō·šōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַד־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">foot,</span><br /><span class="heb">רַגְלָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(raḡ·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as far as the priest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֵֽן׃</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">can see,</span><br /><span class="heb">מַרְאֵ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(mar·’êh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4758.htm">Strong's 4758: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sight, appearance, vision</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/13-12.htm">Leviticus 13:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/13-12.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 13:12 If the leprosy breaks out all over (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/13-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:13" /></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>