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If he finds that the shiny patches are only pale white, this is a harmless skin rash, and the person is ceremonially clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />the priest shall look, and if the spots on the skin of the body are of a dull white, it is leukoderma that has broken out in the skin; he is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then the priest shall look: and, behold, <i>if</i> the bright spots in the skin of their flesh <i>be</i> darkish white; it <i>is</i> a freckled spot <i>that</i> groweth in the skin; he <i>is</i> clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />then the priest shall look; and indeed <i>if</i> the bright spots on the skin of the body <i>are</i> dull white, it <i>is</i> a white spot <i>that</i> grows on the skin. He <i>is</i> clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />then the priest shall look, and if the bright spots on the skin of their bodies are a faint white, it is eczema that has broken out on the skin; he is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />then the priest shall look, and if the bright spots on the skin of their bodies are a faint white, it is eczema that has broken out on the skin; he is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />then the priest shall look, and if the bright spots on the skin of their bodies are a faint white, it is eczema that has broken out on the skin; he is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />then the priest shall look, and if the bright spots on the skin of their bodies are a faded white, it is eczema that has broken out on the skin; he is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />then the priest shall look, and if the bright spots on the skin of their bodies is a dull white, it is [only] a rash that has broken out on the skin; he is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the priest is to make an examination. If the spots on the skin of the body are dull white, it is only a rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the priest is to make an examination. If the spots on the skin of the body are dull white, it is only a rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin; he is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />but the priest discovers that it is only a rash, he will say, "You are clean." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white; it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin; he is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />the priest will make an examination. If the irritated areas on the skin are pale white, a rash has developed on the skin. The person is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />the priest shall examine you. If the spots are dull white, it is only a blemish that has broken out on the skin; you are ritually clean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />when the priest examines it and finds that there is a light or dull white patch of skin on the body, it's a harmless skin eruption that has spread on the skin. The person is clean."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />the priest is to examine them, and if the bright spots on the skin of their body are faded white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin. The person is clean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />then the priest shall examine them; and look, if the bright spots on the skin of their body are a dull white, it is a harmless rash, it has broken out in the skin; he is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then the priest shall look: and behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh are darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />then the priest shall examine them. Behold, if the bright spots on the skin of their body are a dull white, it is a harmless rash. It has broken out in the skin. He is clean. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the priest has seen, and behold, white [and] faded bright spots [are] in the skin of their flesh—it [is] a freckled spot broken out in the skin; he [is] clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the priest hath seen, and lo, in the skin of their flesh white weak bright spots, it is a freckled spot broken out in the skin; he is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the priest saw, and behold, in the skin of their flesh a brightness, a dim white; it is a white scurf breaking out in the skin: he is clean.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The priest shall view them. If he find that a darkish whiteness shineth in the skin, let him know that it is not the leprosy, but a white blemish, and that the man is clean. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />the priest shall examine them. If he detects an obscured whiteness shining in the skin, may he know that it is not leprosy, but a white-colored blemish, and that the man is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />if the priest, upon examination, finds that the blotches on the skin are pale white, it is only tetter that has broken out on the skin, and the person therefore is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the priest shall make an examination, and if the spots on the skin of the body are of a dull white, it is a rash that has broken out on the skin; he is clean.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then the priest shall look; and if the shiny spots in the skin of the body are darkish white or reddish, it is a scab that has grown on the skin; he is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The Priest shall see if, in the skin in their flesh, a shiny spot of white or blood red scab has grown in the skin, he is clean.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin: he is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />then the priest shall look; and, behold, there <i>being</i> bright spots of a bright whiteness in the skin of their flesh, it is a tetter; it burst forth in the skin of his flesh; he is clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/13-39.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=3223" 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">38</span>When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin, <span class="reftext">39</span><span class="highl"><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/7200.htm" title="7200: wə·rā·’āh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">shall examine them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">and if</a> <a href="/hebrew/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.">the spots</a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: ḇə·‘ō·wr- (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather."></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> <a href="/hebrew/3544.htm" title="3544: kê·hō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Dim, dull, faint. From kahah; feeble, obscure.">are dull</a> <a href="/hebrew/3836.htm" title="3836: lə·ḇā·nōṯ (Adj-fp) -- White. Or laben; from laban; white.">white,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/933.htm" title="933: bō·haq (N-ms) -- Tetter. From an unused root meaning to be pale; white scurf.">is a harmless rash</a> <a href="/hebrew/6524.htm" title="6524: pā·raḥ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to break forth as a bud, i.e. Bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly; figuratively, to flourish.">that has broken out</a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: bā·‘ō·wr (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">on the skin;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">the person</a> <a href="/hebrew/2889.htm" title="2889: ṭā·hō·wr (Adj-ms) -- Clean, pure. Or tahor; from taher; pure.">is clean.</a> </span><span class="reftext">40</span>Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still 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 8:2-3</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.<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="/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="/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 5:12-13</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.<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="/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_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="/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="/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/26-6.htm">Matthew 26:6</a></span><br />While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that grows in the skin; he is clean.</p><p class="hdg">if the bright</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-20.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:20</a></b></br> For <i>there is</i> not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/7-22.htm">Romans 7:22-25</a></b></br> For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/james/3-2.htm">James 3:2</a></b></br> For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same <i>is</i> a perfect man, <i>and</i> able also to bridle the whole body.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/13-13.htm">Leviticus 13:13</a></b></br> Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, <i>if</i> the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce <i>him</i> clean <i>that hath</i> the plague: it is all turned white: he <i>is</i> clean.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/11-36.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-38.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-38.htm">Bright</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-25.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/genesis/49-12.htm">Dull</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Eczema</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-20.htm">Examination</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-36.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/genesis/25-30.htm">Faint</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-38.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/exodus/10-5.htm">Groweth</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm">Harmless</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-38.htm">Marks</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm">Pale</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-8.htm">Rash</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-38.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-28.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-38.htm">Spots</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-38.htm">White</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/19-28.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-43.htm">Body</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-56.htm">Bright</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-40.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/job/18-3.htm">Dull</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Eczema</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-3.htm">Examination</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-43.htm">Examine</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-3.htm">Faint</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-43.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-5.htm">Groweth</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-11.htm">Harmless</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-49.htm">Marks</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-56.htm">Pale</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-43.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-56.htm">Rash</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-43.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.htm">Spot</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-37.htm">Spots</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-42.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>the priest shall examine them</b><br>In ancient Israel, priests served not only as religious leaders but also as health inspectors. Their role in examining skin conditions was crucial for maintaining the community's purity and preventing the spread of disease. This examination process reflects the importance of holiness and cleanliness in the Israelite community, as outlined in the Levitical laws. The priest's involvement underscores the connection between physical and spiritual health, emphasizing the need for divine guidance in all aspects of life.<p><b>and if the spots are dull white</b><br>The description of "dull white" spots indicates a specific type of skin condition. In the context of Leviticus, various skin diseases were carefully categorized to determine their severity and potential for contagion. The color and appearance of the spots were critical in diagnosing the condition. This attention to detail highlights the meticulous nature of the Levitical law and its concern for the well-being of the community. The specificity of the description also reflects the broader biblical theme of discernment and the need to distinguish between clean and unclean.<p><b>it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin</b><br>The identification of the condition as a "harmless rash" suggests that not all skin abnormalities were considered serious or contagious. This distinction is important in understanding the balance between caution and compassion in the Levitical laws. The acknowledgment of harmless conditions demonstrates a nuanced approach to health and purity, allowing individuals to remain part of the community without unnecessary isolation. This reflects the broader biblical principle of mercy and the desire to restore individuals to fellowship whenever possible.<p><b>the person is clean</b><br>Declaring a person "clean" after examination by the priest allowed them to fully participate in the religious and social life of the community. This pronouncement was significant, as it restored the individual's status and removed any stigma associated with their condition. The concept of cleanliness in Leviticus is not only physical but also spiritual, symbolizing a state of readiness to approach God. This declaration can be seen as a foreshadowing of the cleansing work of Jesus Christ, who restores believers to a state of spiritual purity and fellowship with God.<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 religious rituals and maintaining the purity of the community. They acted as mediators between God and the people, and in this context, they were tasked with diagnosing skin conditions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of Israel, to whom the laws in Leviticus were given. They were expected to follow these laws to maintain holiness and purity as a community.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/levitical_law.htm">Levitical Law</a></b><br>The set of laws given to the Israelites, primarily through Moses, which includes instructions on ceremonial cleanliness, moral behavior, and religious rituals.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/skin_conditions.htm">Skin Conditions</a></b><br>The specific context of <a href="/bsb/leviticus/13.htm">Leviticus 13</a> deals with various skin conditions and the procedures for determining whether they render a person ceremonially unclean.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites during their journey through the wilderness, where the priests performed their duties.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_purity_and_holiness.htm">Understanding Purity and Holiness</a></b><br>The laws in Leviticus highlight the importance of purity and holiness in the community of God's people. While the specific laws may not apply today, the principle of living a life set apart for God remains relevant.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_spiritual_leaders.htm">Role of Spiritual Leaders</a></b><br>Just as priests were responsible for guiding the community in matters of purity, spiritual leaders today are called to guide and shepherd their congregations in truth and holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/discernment_and_compassion.htm">Discernment and Compassion</a></b><br>The examination of skin conditions required discernment and compassion. Similarly, Christians are called to approach others with understanding and love, especially when addressing issues of sin or spiritual impurity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_cleansing.htm">Symbolism of Cleansing</a></b><br>The declaration of a person as "clean" points to the greater spiritual cleansing available through Christ. Believers are reminded of the cleansing power of Jesus' sacrifice and the call to live in that freedom.<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_did_priests_diagnose_skin_diseases.htm">How could priests with no formal medical training accurately diagnose skin diseases (Leviticus 13:1-8)?</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/what_does_'called_by_his_purpose'_mean.htm">How is Jesus represented in each book of the Bible?</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>(39) <span class= "bld">Then the priest shall look.</span>--If the priest, upon examination, finds that these elevated spots are of a dull or palish white colour, then he is to pronounce the patient clean, that is, free of leprosy, since it is simply a white eruption or tetter, which lasts for a few months, causes no inconvenience, and by degrees disappears of itself. Hence it is called <span class= "ital">bahack, </span>or "white scurf," and not leprosy. This nameless disorder, which still prevails in the East, is to this day called by the Biblical name <span class= "ital">bahack.</span><p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/13-39.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">the priest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֵ֗ן</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">shall examine them,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָאָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and if</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנֵּ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the spots</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּהָרֹ֖ת</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">are dull</span><br /><span class="heb">כֵּה֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(kê·hō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3544.htm">Strong's 3544: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dim, dull, faint</span><br /><br /><span class="word">white,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבָנֹ֑ת</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">it</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֛וּא</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine 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 a harmless rash</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּ֥הַק</span> <span class="translit">(bō·haq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_933.htm">Strong's 933: </a> </span><span class="str2">White scurf</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that has broken out</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּרַ֥ח</span> <span class="translit">(pā·raḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<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">on the skin;</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּע֖וֹר</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 person</span><br /><span class="heb">הֽוּא׃</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine 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 clean.</span><br /><span class="heb">טָה֥וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(ṭā·hō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> </span><span class="str2">Clean, pure</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/13-39.htm">Leviticus 13:39 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/13-39.htm">Leviticus 13:39 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/13-39.htm">Leviticus 13:39 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/13-39.htm">Leviticus 13:39 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/13-39.htm">Leviticus 13:39 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/13-39.htm">Leviticus 13:39 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/13-39.htm">Leviticus 13:39 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/13-39.htm">Leviticus 13:39 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/13-39.htm">Leviticus 13:39 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/13-39.htm">Leviticus 13:39 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 13:39 Then the priest shall examine them (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/13-38.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 13:38"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:38" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/13-40.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 13:40"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 13:40" /></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>