Leviticus 13:10
8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;
11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.
12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The priest will examine him, and if there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,
- KJV
- And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;
- WEB
- and the priest shall examine him. Behold, if there is a white swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,
- ASV
- and the priest shall look; and, behold, if there be a white rising in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising,
- DARBY
- and the priest shall look on him, and behold, there is a white rising in the skin, and it hath turned the hair white, and a trace of raw flesh is in the rising:
- BLB
- And the priest shall examine [him], and behold, [if] the swelling [is] white in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and [there is] a spot of living flesh in the swelling,
- ÅB
- Når presten da ser på ham og finner at det er en hvit knute på huden, og at hårene på den er blitt hvite, og at det er tegn til vilt kjøtt i knuten,
- OTB
- Presten skal undersøke dem, og hvis det er en hvit hevelse på huden som har gjort håret hvitt, og det er rått kjøtt i hevelsen,
- B1930
- Når presten da ser på ham og finner at det er en hvit knute på huden, og at hårene på den er blitt hvite, og at det er tegn til vilt kjøtt i knuten,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 5:27
The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
Read in context2 Chronicles 26:19–20
Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.
Read in contextProverbs 12:1
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Read in contextNumbers 12:10–12
And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
Read in contextJohn 7:7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Read in contextAmos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Read in contextJohn 3:19–20
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Read in contextLeviticus 13:24
Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
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