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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 />&#8220When a man or woman has white spots on the skin,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“If anyone, either a man or woman, has shiny white patches on the skin,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“When a man or a woman has spots on the skin of the body, white spots,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, <i>even</i> white bright spots;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“If a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of the body, <i>specifically</i> white bright spots,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of the body, white bright spots,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220When a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of the body, even white bright spots,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And when a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of the body, <i>even</i> white bright spots,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“When a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of the body, <i>even</i> white bright spots,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“When a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of the body, <i>even</i> white bright spots,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin of the body,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin of the body, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And when a man or a woman hath in the skin of the flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If white spots break out on your skin, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And when a man or a woman hath in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"If a man or a woman has white irritated areas of skin,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When any of you, male or female, have white spots on the skin, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If a man or a woman has a light or whitish spot in the skin of their body, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"When a man or a woman has bright spots--white bright spots--on the skin of their body,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"When a man or a woman has bright spots in the skin of the body, even white bright spots;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If a man also or a woman shall have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“When a man or a woman has bright spots in the skin of the body, even white bright spots, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And when a man or woman has bright spots in the skin of their flesh, white bright spots,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And when a man or woman hath in the skin of their flesh bright spots, white bright spots,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And when a man or woman shall be in the skin of their flesh a brightness, a white brightness;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If a whiteness appear in the skin of a man or a woman, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If a whiteness will have appeared in the skin of a man or a woman,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When the skin of a man or a woman is spotted with several white blotches,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When a man or a woman has spots on the skin of the body, white spots,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If a man or a woman have in the skin of the body shiny spots, bright or white spots,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And a man or a woman, if there will be a shiny spot that is shiny and white in the skin of whose flesh;<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 a man or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if a man or woman should have in the skin of their flesh spots of a bright whiteness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/13-38.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=3219" 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">37</span>If, however, in his sight the scaly outbreak is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed. He is clean, and the priest is to pronounce him clean. <span class="reftext">38</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">When</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: wə·’îš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw- (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’iš·šāh (N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">a woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/3836.htm" title="3836: lə·ḇā·nōṯ (Adj-fp) -- White. Or laben; from laban; white.">has white</a> <a href="/hebrew/934.htm" title="934: be·hā·rōṯ (N-fp) -- Brightness, bright spot. Feminine active participle of the same as bahiyr; a whitish spot on the skin.">spots</a> <a href="/hebrew/934.htm" title="934: be·hā·rōṯ (N-fp) -- Brightness, bright spot. Feminine active participle of the same as bahiyr; a whitish spot on the skin."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: ḇə·‘ō·wr- (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">on the skin,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bə·śā·rām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man."></a> </span><span class="reftext">39</span>the priest shall examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; the person 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="/deuteronomy/24-8.htm">Deuteronomy 24:8</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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="/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/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="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Isaiah 1:6</a></span><br />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</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.<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="/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="/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="/mark/14-3.htm">Mark 14:3</a></span><br />While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/13-18.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm">Bright</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/genesis/35-20.htm">Marks</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-36.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Spots</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-26.htm">White</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Bright</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Marks</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Spots</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">White</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>When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,</b><br>In the context of Leviticus, the laws concerning skin conditions were part of the broader Levitical code given to the Israelites. These laws were intended to maintain the purity and holiness of the community, as God dwelt among them. The presence of white spots on the skin could indicate a variety of conditions, some of which might be contagious or render a person ceremonially unclean.<br><br>The ancient Israelites lived in a time when medical knowledge was limited, and distinguishing between different skin conditions was crucial for the health of the community. The priests, who were responsible for diagnosing these conditions, acted as both spiritual and health leaders. This reflects the integration of physical and spiritual health in the Israelite community.<br><br>White spots could be indicative of a condition known as vitiligo, which is characterized by the loss of skin pigment. However, in the biblical context, the concern was more about the potential for leprosy, a term that covered a range of skin diseases. Leprosy, or tzaraath in Hebrew, was not only a physical ailment but also carried significant social and religious implications, often leading to isolation from the community.<br><br>The examination of skin conditions by the priests can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate healer and purifier. Just as the priests determined the cleanliness of an individual, Christ cleanses believers from sin, restoring them to fellowship with God. This passage, while dealing with physical health, points to the deeper spiritual truth of the need for purity and the role of Christ as the one who makes us clean.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God on Mount Sinai. He is the central figure in delivering God's instructions to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a></b><br>Moses' brother and the first high priest, who, along with his sons, was responsible for carrying out the priestly duties, including diagnosing skin diseases.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The recipients of the Levitical laws, who were to follow these instructions as part of their covenant relationship with God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The individuals responsible for examining skin conditions and determining whether they were clean or unclean according to God's law.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting where the Israelites received the Levitical laws during their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_holiness_and_purity.htm">Understanding Holiness and Purity</a></b><br>The laws in Leviticus emphasize the importance of holiness and purity in the community. Skin diseases were not just medical issues but also spiritual concerns that required priestly oversight.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_the_priesthood.htm">Role of the Priesthood</a></b><br>The priests served as mediators between God and the people, highlighting the need for spiritual leadership and guidance in matters of health and holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The Israelites were to maintain a community that upheld God's standards. This required vigilance and cooperation in addressing issues of cleanliness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_symbolism.htm">Spiritual Symbolism</a></b><br>Skin diseases often symbolized sin and impurity. The process of examination and cleansing points to the need for spiritual introspection and repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_the_fulfillment.htm">Christ as the Fulfillment</a></b><br>Jesus' healing of lepers in the New Testament demonstrates His power to cleanse both physically and spiritually, fulfilling the law and offering a new covenant of grace.<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/what_does_'called_by_his_purpose'_mean.htm">How is Jesus represented in each book of the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_leviticus_20_13_condemn_homosexuality.htm">Why does Leviticus 20:13 prescribe death for homosexuality when modern views see sexual orientation as inherent, raising justice and compassion concerns?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_love_reconcile_lev._18_22.htm">Leviticus 18:22 condemns same-sex relations; how can this be reconciled with the New Testament emphasis on love (John 13:34-35)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_stance_on_homosexuality,_execution.htm">What does the Bible say about homosexuality and execution?</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>(38) <span class= "bld">If a man also or a woman.</span>--The fifth case, discussed in <a href="/context/leviticus/13-38.htm" title="If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;">Leviticus 13:38-39</a>, is the harmless leprosy, which does not render the patient unclean.<p><span class= "bld">Bright spots, even white bright spots.</span>--These white spots, which are of unequal size, and a little higher than the skin, generally appeared on the neck and face, and did not change the colour of the hair.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 38, 39.</span> - The method of discriminating between leprous spots and freckled spots. In case the spots in the skin of theft flesh be darkish white; that is, of a dull or pale white, then it is only a freckled spot that groweth in the skin. This is "the harmless <span class="accented">bohak</span> (<span class="greek">ἀλφός</span>, LXX.), which did not defile, and which even the Arabs, who still call it <span class="accented">bahak</span>, consider harmless. It is an eruption upon the skin, appearing in somewhat elevated spots or rings of unequal sizes and a pale white colour, which do not change the hair; it causes no inconvenience, and lasts from two months to two years" (Keil). The man or woman who has this is clean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/13-38.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">When</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a man</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִישׁ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">אֽוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a woman</span><br /><span class="heb">אִשָּׁ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has white</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבָנֹֽת׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇā·nōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3836.htm">Strong's 3836: </a> </span><span class="str2">White</span><br /><br /><span class="word">spots</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּהָרֹ֑ת</span> <span class="translit">(be·hā·rōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_934.htm">Strong's 934: </a> </span><span class="str2">A whitish spot on the skin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the skin,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְעוֹר־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·‘ō·wr-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | 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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-38.htm">Leviticus 13:38 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-38.htm">Leviticus 13:38 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/13-38.htm">Leviticus 13:38 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-38.htm">Leviticus 13:38 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-38.htm">Leviticus 13:38 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-38.htm">Leviticus 13:38 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/13-38.htm">Leviticus 13:38 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/13-38.htm">Leviticus 13:38 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/13-38.htm">Leviticus 13:38 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/13-38.htm">Leviticus 13:38 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/13-38.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 13:38 When a man or a woman has (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:37"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:37" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:39"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:39" /></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>