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it is a defiling disease.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />If during that time the affected area spreads on the skin, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, because it is a serious disease.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And if it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a disease.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it <i>is</i> a plague.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and if it should at all spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It <i>is</i> a leprous sore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and if it spreads farther on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and if it spreads farther on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and if it spreads farther on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and if it spreads farther on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />If it spreads farther on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a disease.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If it spreads further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is in fact a disease.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If it spreads further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If the sore begins spreading during this time, the priest will say, "You are unclean because you have a disease." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If the area has spread, the priest must declare him unclean. It is a skin disease.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If the spot spreads, the priest shall pronounce you unclean; you are diseased. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But if the infection has spread in the skin, then the priest is to declare him unclean. It's a skin rash. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If it is spreading further on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is an infection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a plague.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And if it hath spread much in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a plague. <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 it spreads greatly in the skin, then the priest has pronounced him unclean—it [is] a plague;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and if it spread greatly in the skin, then hath the priest pronounced him unclean, it is a plague;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And if spreading, it shall spread in the skin, and the priest defiled him: it the stroke.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And if it spread, he shall judge him to have the leprosy: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And if it will have certainly increased, he shall judge him to have leprosy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If it has then spread on the skin, the priest shall declare the person unclean; it is an infection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If it spreads in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is diseased.<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 it spreads much in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; because it is the plague of leprosy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if it will truly change in the skin, the Priest shall declare it unclean, because it is a sore of leprosy.<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 it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But if it manifestly spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy; it has broken out in the ulcer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/13-22.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=3057" 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">21</span>But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/6581.htm" title="6581: pā·śōh (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To spread. A primitive root; to spread.">it spreads</a> <a href="/hebrew/6581.htm" title="6581: ṯip̄·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To spread. A primitive root; to spread.">any</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.">further on the skin,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">the priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: wə·ṭim·mê (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">must pronounce him unclean;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/5061.htm" title="5061: ne·ḡa‘ (N-ms) -- A stroke, plague, mark. From naga'; a blow; also a spot.">is an infection.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him 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="/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 17:12-14</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="/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="/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 5:12-14</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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-1.htm">John 9:1-7</a></span><br />Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, / and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” / Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-38.htm">Acts 10:38</a></span><br />how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.</p><p class="hdg">a plague.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/13-12.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-17.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-17.htm">Diseased</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-12.htm">Farther</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-12.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/exodus/5-5.htm">Increasing</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Infection</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Infectious</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-19.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Pronounce</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-17.htm">Pronounced</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-21.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-8.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/exodus/37-9.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-7.htm">Spreads</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">Diseased</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Farther</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/numbers/32-14.htm">Increasing</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Infection</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Infectious</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Pronounce</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Pronounced</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-24.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-29.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-27.htm">Spreads</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">Unclean</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>If it spreads any further on the skin</b><br>This phrase addresses the progression of a skin condition, which in the context of Leviticus, is a critical factor in determining ritual purity. The spread of the condition signifies a worsening state, which is significant in the ancient Israelite community where health and ritual cleanliness were closely linked. The skin diseases mentioned in <a href="/leviticus/13.htm">Leviticus 13</a> are not limited to modern medical definitions but include a variety of conditions that could affect one's ability to participate in communal worship. The emphasis on the spread highlights the need for vigilance and careful observation, reflecting the broader biblical theme of sin's pervasive nature if left unchecked (<a href="/galatians/5-9.htm">Galatians 5:9</a>).<p><b>the priest must pronounce him unclean;</b><br>The role of the priest here is crucial, as he acts as both a spiritual and communal leader. The priest's pronouncement is not merely a medical diagnosis but a declaration with significant religious and social implications. Being declared unclean affected one's ability to participate in religious activities and required separation from the community. This reflects the holiness code in Leviticus, where maintaining purity is essential for the community's relationship with God. The priest's authority in this matter underscores the importance of spiritual leadership and discernment, paralleling the New Testament role of church leaders in maintaining doctrinal purity (<a href="/1_timothy/3.htm">1 Timothy 3:1-7</a>).<p><b>it is an infection.</b><br>The term "infection" here is understood within the context of ancient Israelite culture, where the distinction between physical and spiritual health was often intertwined. The Hebrew word used can refer to a variety of skin conditions, not necessarily infectious in the modern sense, but seen as a defilement that required purification. This reflects the broader biblical theme of sin as a defiling influence that requires cleansing. The concept of infection can be seen as a type of sin, which spreads and corrupts, necessitating intervention and purification, much like the redemptive work of Christ, who cleanses believers from sin (1 <a href="/john/1-7.htm">John 1:7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priest.htm">Priest</a></b><br>In ancient Israel, priests were responsible for maintaining the holiness of the community, including diagnosing and managing skin diseases as described in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Leviticus 13</a>.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/person_with_skin_disease.htm">Person with Skin Disease</a></b><br>The individual who is being examined by the priest for signs of spreading disease, which could render them ceremonially unclean.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelite_community.htm">Israelite Community</a></b><br>The broader community that is affected by the laws of cleanliness and uncleanliness, which are crucial for maintaining communal holiness and health.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, where the presence of God dwelled and where ceremonial cleanliness was essential.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/l/levitical_law.htm">Levitical Law</a></b><br>The body of laws given to the Israelites, including those concerning cleanliness, which were intended to set them apart as God's holy people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_community_health.htm">Holiness and Community Health</a></b><br>The laws in Leviticus emphasize the importance of holiness and the health of the community. They remind us that our actions and conditions can affect those around us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_spiritual_leadership.htm">Role of Spiritual Leadership</a></b><br>The priest's role in diagnosing and declaring someone clean or unclean underscores the importance of spiritual leadership in guiding and maintaining the spiritual health of the community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_contagion.htm">Spiritual Contagion</a></b><br>Just as physical diseases can spread, so can spiritual and moral corruption. We must be vigilant in our spiritual lives to prevent sin from spreading within us and our communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_redemption.htm">Restoration and Redemption</a></b><br>The process of being declared clean again points to the hope of restoration and redemption, which is fully realized in Christ, who cleanses us from all unrighteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection_and_examination.htm">Personal Reflection and Examination</a></b><br>This passage encourages us to examine our own lives for areas of spiritual "disease" and to seek God's cleansing and healing.<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/how_does_lev_22_compare_to_nt_grace.htm">How do Leviticus 22's rules compare with New Testament teachings on grace and accessibility for all believers?</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_severe_punishment_for_unclean_priests.htm">In Leviticus 22:3, why would a loving God issue such a severe punishment for priests who approach holy things while unclean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_add_wait_and_sacrifice_in_lev_15_13.htm">Leviticus 15:13 - If repeated washing was hygienic, why add a waiting period and a sacrifice with no clear scientific basis?</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>(22) <span class= "bld">And if it spread much abroad.</span>--If, on inspecting it again at the end of the seven days' seclusion, the priest finds that the spot has spread, it was evident that the blood was vitiated, and that the distemper began to develop in the body.<p><span class= "bld">It is a plague.</span>--That is, of leprosy. The word "leprosy," which has here dropped out of the text, is still preserved in some of the ancient versions.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/13-22.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">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">it spreads</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּשֹׂ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(pā·śōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6581.htm">Strong's 6581: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spread</span><br /><br /><span class="word">any</span><br /><span class="heb">תִפְשֶׂ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṯip̄·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6581.htm">Strong's 6581: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spread</span><br /><br /><span class="word">further on the skin,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּע֑וֹר</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">the priest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֵ֛ן</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">must pronounce him unclean;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְטִמֵּ֧א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṭim·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it</span><br /><span class="heb">הִֽוא׃</span> <span class="translit">(hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is an infection.</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֥גַע</span> <span class="translit">(ne·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-22.htm">Leviticus 13:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-22.htm">Leviticus 13:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/13-22.htm">Leviticus 13:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-22.htm">Leviticus 13:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-22.htm">Leviticus 13:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-22.htm">Leviticus 13:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/13-22.htm">Leviticus 13:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/13-22.htm">Leviticus 13:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/13-22.htm">Leviticus 13:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/13-22.htm">Leviticus 13:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/13-22.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 13:22 If it spreads in the skin then (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/13-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:23" /></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>