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Brenton's Septuagint

Leviticus 13:8

and the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the mark have spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Sanitation;   Scab;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Leprosy;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hair;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Leprosy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Flesh;   Heal, Health;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Leprosy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Spot;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Leper;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Diseases;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The Kohen shall examine him; and, behold, if the scab has spread on the skin, then the Kohen shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.
King James Version
And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
Lexham English Bible
And the priest shall examine it, and if the epidermal eruption has spread on the skin, then the priest shall declare him unclean—it is an infectious skin disease.
New Century Version
The priest must look at him, and if the rash has spread on the skin, the priest must announce that the person is unclean; it is a harmful skin disease.
New English Translation
The priest must then examine it, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is a disease.
Amplified Bible
"The priest shall look, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then he shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.
New American Standard Bible
"And the priest shall look, and if the rash has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Priest shall consider, and if the skab growe in the skin, then the Priest shal pronounce him vncleane: for it is leprosie.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the priest shall look, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.
Contemporary English Version
If it is discovered that the disease has started spreading, he will say, "This is leprosy—you are unclean."
Complete Jewish Bible
The cohen will examine him, and if he sees that the scab has spread on his skin, then the cohen will declare him unclean; it is tzara‘at.
Darby Translation
and the priest shall look on him, and behold, the scab hath spread in the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.
Easy-to-Read Version
The priest must look, and if the rash has spread, he must announce that the person is unclean. The disease is leprosy.
English Standard Version
And the priest shall look, and if the eruption has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a leprous disease.
George Lamsa Translation
And if the priest shall see that the scab has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean because it is leprosy.
Good News Translation
The priest will examine you again, and if it has spread, he shall pronounce you unclean; it is a dreaded skin disease.
Christian Standard Bible®
The priest will examine him, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest must pronounce him unclean; he has a serious skin disease.
Literal Translation
And the priest shall look, and, behold, if the scab has spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
whan the prest seyth the, yt the scabbe hath frett farther in the ßkynne, he shal iudge him vncleane, for it is surely a leprosy.
American Standard Version
and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.
Bible in Basic English
And if, after looking at him, he sees that the mark is increased in his skin, let the priest say that he is unclean; he is a leper.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If the priest see that the scabbe be growen abrode in the skinne, the priest shall make hym vncleane: [for] it is a leprosie.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the priest shall look, and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.
King James Version (1611)
And if the Priest see, that behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the Priest shall pronounce him vncleane: it is a leprosie.
English Revised Version
and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.
Berean Standard Bible
The priest will examine him, and if the rash has spread on the skin, then the priest must pronounce him unclean; he has a skin disease.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If the wounde of lepre is in man, he schal be brouyt to the preest, and he schal se the man;
Young's Literal Translation
and the priest hath seen, and lo, the scab hath spread in the skin, and the priest hath pronounced him unclean; it [is] leprosy.
Update Bible Version
and the priest shall look; and see if the scab has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.
Webster's Bible Translation
And [if] the priest shall see, that behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it [is] a leprosy.
World English Bible
The priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.
New King James Version
And if the priest sees that the scab has indeed spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.
New Living Translation
If the priest finds that the rash has spread, he must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is indeed a skin disease.
New Life Bible
And the religious leader will look, and if the sore has spread on the skin, the religious leader will say that he is unclean. It is a bad skin disease.
New Revised Standard
The priest shall make an examination, and if the eruption has spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a leprous disease.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the priest shall take a view, and lo! if the scab hath spread in the skin, then shall the priest pronounce him unclean - leprosy, it is.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And shall be condemned of uncleanness.
Revised Standard Version
and the priest shall make an examination, and if the eruption has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The priest shall look, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.

Contextual Overview

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 If any man should have in the skin of his flesh a bright clear spot, and there should be in the skin of his flesh a plague of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests. 3 And the priest shall view the spot in the skin of his flesh; and if the hair in the spot be changed to white, and the appearance of the spot be below the skin of the flesh, it is a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look upon it, and pronounce him unclean. 4 But if the spot be clear and white in the skin of his flesh, yet the appearance of it be not deep below the skin, and its hair have not changed itself for white hair, but it is dark, then the priest shall separate him that has the spot seven days; 5 and the priest shall look on the spot the seventh day; and, behold, if the spot remains before him, if the spot has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall separate him the second time seven days. 6 And the priest shall look upon him the second time on the seventh day; and, behold, if the spot be dark, and the spot have not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is a mere mark, and the man shall wash his garments and be clean. 7 But if the bright spot should have changed and spread in the skin, after the priest has seen him for the purpose of purifying him, then shall he appear the second time to the priest, 8 and the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the mark have spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy. 9 And if a man have a plague of leprosy, then he shall come to the priest; 10 and the priest shall look, and, behold, if it is a white spot in the skin, and it has changed the hair to white, and there be some of the sound part of the quick flesh in the sore—

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 13:3, Matthew 15:7, Matthew 15:8, Acts 8:21, Philippians 3:18, Philippians 3:19, 2 Peter 2:19

Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:39 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 13:2
And Abram was very rich in cattle, and silver, and gold.
Genesis 13:3
And he went to the place whence he came, into the wilderness as far as Baethel, as far as the place where his tent was before, between Baethel and Aggai,
Genesis 13:6
And the land was not large enough for them to live together, because their possessions were great; and the land was not large enough for them to live together.
Genesis 13:7
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle, and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle, and the Chananites and the Pherezites then inhabited the land.
Genesis 13:9
Lo! is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself from me; if thou goest to the left, I will go to the right, and if thou goest to the right, I will go to the left.
Genesis 13:11
And Lot chose for himself all the country round Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan.
Genesis 13:14
And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;
Genesis 13:17
Arise and traverse the land, both in the length of it and in the breadth; for to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Genesis 13:18
And Abram having removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to the Lord.
Genesis 45:24
And he sent away his brethren, and they went; and he said to them, Be not angry by the way.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And [if] the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin,.... Is not at a stay, as when he looked at it a second and third time:

then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; a leprous person; to be absolutely so, as Jarchi expresses it; and so obliged to the birds (to bring birds for his cleansing), and to shaving, and to the offering spoken of in this section, as the same writer observes:

it [is] a leprosy: it is a clear and plain case that it was one, and no doubt is to be made of it, it is a spreading leprosy: as sin is; it spreads itself over all the powers and faculties of the soul, and over all the members of the body; and it spreads more and more in every stage of life, unless and until grace puts a stop to it.


 
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