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Leviticus 13:9

"When a man has a bad skin disease, he will be brought to the religious leader.

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 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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"When the infection of leprosy is on a man, then he shall be brought to the priest.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 "When a man has a sore spot on his skin, an open sore or a bright spot, and it becomes a bad skin disease, he should be brought to the religious leader, to Aaron or one of his sons. 3 The religious leader will look at the mark on his skin of the body. If the hair in the spot has become white and the disease looks deeper than his skin, it is a bad skin disease. The religious leader will look at him, and will say that he is unclean. 4 But the spot may be white on his skin, and not seem to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it not white. Then the religious leader will keep the sick man away from other people for seven days. 5 The religious leader will look at him on the seventh day. If he finds that the disease has not changed and has not spread on the skin, the religious leader will keep him away from other people for seven more days. 6 The religious leader will look at him again on the seventh day. If the spot is not as bright and has not spread on the skin, the religious leader will say he is clean. It is only what is left of a sore. He will wash his clothes and be clean. 7 "But if what is left of the sore spreads farther on the skin, after he has been seen by the religious leader as being clean, he must show himself to the religious leader again. 8 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. 9 "When a man has a bad skin disease, he will be brought to the religious leader. 10 The religious leader will look at it. If there is a white sore on the skin that has made the hair white, and there are open sores growing on the flesh,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no fighting between you and me or between the men who take care of our animals, for we are brothers.
Genesis 13:12
Abram made his home in the land of Canaan. Lot made his home in the cities of the valley and moved his tents as far as Sodom,
Genesis 13:13
whose men were sinful, sinning against the Lord.
Genesis 13:18
Then Abram moved his tent and came to live among the oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to the Lord.
Genesis 20:15
Abimelech said, "See, my land is in front of you. Make your home any place you want."
Genesis 34:10
May you live with us. And the land will be open to you. Live and trade in it, and buy land in it."
Psalms 120:7
I am for peace. But when I speak, they are for war.
Romans 12:18
As much as you can, live in peace with all men.
1 Corinthians 6:7
This shows you are wrong when you have to go to court against each other. Would it not be better to let someone do something against you that is wrong? Would it not be better to let them rob you?
Hebrews 12:14
Be at peace with all men. Live a holy life. No one will see the Lord without having that kind of life.

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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