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Monday, July 21st, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Leviticus 13:9

"When the infection of leprosy is on a man, then he shall be brought to the priest.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Leprosy;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought to the Kohen;
King James Version
When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
Lexham English Bible
"When an infectious skin disease is on a person and he is brought to the priest,
New Century Version
"If a person has a harmful skin disease, he must be brought to the priest,
New English Translation
"When someone has a diseased infection, he must be brought to the priest.
Amplified Bible
"When a leprous infection is on a person, he shall be brought to the priest.
New American Standard Bible
"When the infection of leprosy is on someone, then he shall be brought to the priest.
Geneva Bible (1587)
When the plague of leprosie is in a man, he shalbe brought vnto the Priest,
Legacy Standard Bible
"When the infection of leprosy is on a man, then he shall be brought to the priest.
Contemporary English Version
Any of you with a skin disease must be brought to a priest.
Complete Jewish Bible
"If a person has tzara‘at, he is to be brought to the cohen.
Darby Translation
When a sore [as] of leprosy is in a man, he shall be brought unto the priest;
Easy-to-Read Version
"Whoever has leprosy must be brought to the priest.
English Standard Version
"When a man is afflicted with a leprous disease, he shall be brought to the priest,
George Lamsa Translation
When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest;
Good News Translation
If any of you have a dreaded skin disease, you shall be brought to the priest,
Christian Standard Bible®
“When a case of serious skin disease may have developed on a person, he is to be brought to the priest.
Literal Translation
When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought in to the priest.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan a plage of leprosy is vpo a man, he shalbe brought vnto the prest.
American Standard Version
When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
Bible in Basic English
When the disease of a leper is seen on a man, let him be taken to the priest;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When the plague of the leprosie is in a man, he shalbe brought vnto the priest.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest.
King James Version (1611)
When the plague of leprosie is in a man, then he shall be brought vnto the Priest;
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if a man have a plague of leprosy, then he shall come to the priest;
English Revised Version
When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
Berean Standard Bible
When anyone develops a skin disease, he must be brought to the priest.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and whanne whijt colour is in the fleisch, and chaungith the siyt of heeris, and thilke fleisch apperith quyk,
Young's Literal Translation
`When a plague of leprosy is in a man, then he hath been brought in unto the priest,
Update Bible Version
When the plague of leprosy is in man, then he shall be brought to the priest;
Webster's Bible Translation
When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest:
World English Bible
"When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest;
New King James Version
"When the leprous sore is on a person, then he shall be brought to the priest.
New Living Translation
"Anyone who develops a serious skin disease must go to the priest for an examination.
New Life Bible
"When a man has a bad skin disease, he will be brought to the religious leader.
New Revised Standard
When a person contracts a leprous disease, he shall be brought to the priest.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When, the plague of leprosy, cometh to be in any human being, then shall he be brought in unto the priest;
Douay-Rheims Bible
If the stroke of the leprosy be in a man, he shall be brought to the priest:
Revised Standard Version
"When a man is afflicted with leprosy, he shall be brought to the priest;
THE MESSAGE
"Whenever someone has a serious and infectious skin disease, you must bring him to the priest. The priest will examine him; if there is a white swelling in the skin, the hair is turning white, and there is an open sore in the swelling, it is a chronic skin disease. The priest will pronounce him unclean. But he doesn't need to quarantine him because he's already given his diagnosis of unclean. If a serious disease breaks out that covers all the skin from head to foot, wherever the priest looks, the priest will make a thorough examination; if the disease covers his entire body, he will pronounce the person with the sore clean—since it has turned all white, he is clean. But if they are open, running sores, he is unclean. The priest will examine the open sores and pronounce him unclean. The open sores are unclean; they are evidence of a serious skin disease. But if the open sores dry up and turn white, he is to come back to the priest who will reexamine him; if the sores have turned white, the priest will pronounce the person with the sores clean. He is clean.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 "When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling or a scab or a bright spot, and it becomes an infection of leprosy on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests. 3 "The priest shall look at the mark on the skin of the body, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is an infection of leprosy; when the priest has looked at him, he shall pronounce him unclean. 4 "But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his body, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it has not turned white, then the priest shall isolate him who has the infection for seven days. 5 "The priest shall look at him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the infection has not changed and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days. 6 "The priest shall look at him again on the seventh day, and if the infection has faded and the mark has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a scab. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean. 7 "But if the scab spreads farther on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again to the priest. 8 "The priest shall look, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy. 9 "When the infection of leprosy is on a man, then he shall be brought to the priest.10 "The priest shall then look, and if there is a white swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the swelling,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.
Genesis 13:12
Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD.
Genesis 13:18
Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to the LORD.
Genesis 20:15
Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you; settle wherever you please."
Genesis 34:10
"Thus you shall live with us, and the land shall be open before you; live and trade in it and acquire property in it."
Psalms 120:7
I am for peace, but when I speak, They are for war.
Romans 12:18
If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
1 Corinthians 6:7
Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When the plague of leprosy is in a man,.... He has all the signs of it, and it is pretty manifest both to himself and others that it is upon him;

then he shall be brought unto the priest; by his friends and neighbours, if he is not willing to come of himself: a sinner insensible of the leprosy of sin, and of his unclean and miserable state through it, has no will to come to Christ the great High Priest for cleansing; but one that is sensible of it, and of Christ's ability to help and cleanse him, will come freely and gladly, and importunately seek to him for it; though indeed such an one is brought by powerful and efficacious grace to him, yet not against, but with his full will; see John 5:40; compare with this Matthew 8:1.


 
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