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Leviticus 13:15

Then by the judgment of the priest he shall be defiled, and shall be reckoned among the unclean. For live flesh, if it be spotted with leprosy, is unclean.

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;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Leper;   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;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Leper, Leprosy;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Midrash Halakah;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The Kohen shall examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy.
King James Version
And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
Lexham English Bible
And the priest shall examine the raw flesh, and he shall pronounce him unclean—the raw flesh is unclean; it is an infectious skin disease.
New Century Version
When the priest sees the open sore, he must announce that the person is unclean. The open sore is not clean; it is a harmful skin disease.
New English Translation
so the priest is to examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean—it is diseased.
Amplified Bible
"The priest shall examine the raw flesh, and he shall pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy.
New American Standard Bible
"The priest shall look at the raw flesh, and he shall pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For the Priest shall see the rawe flesh, and declare him to be vncleane: for the rawe flesh is vncleane, therefore it is the leprosie.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the priest shall look at the raw flesh, and he shall pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean; it is leprosy.
Complete Jewish Bible
The cohen will examine the inflamed flesh and declare him unclean; the inflamed flesh is unclean; it is tzara‘at.
Darby Translation
And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and shall pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy.
Easy-to-Read Version
When the priest sees the raw skin, he must announce that the person is unclean. The raw skin is not clean. It is leprosy.
English Standard Version
And the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean, for it is a leprous disease.
George Lamsa Translation
And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce the raw flesh unclean; for it is unclean; it is leprosy.
Good News Translation
The priest shall examine you again, and if he sees an open sore, he shall pronounce you unclean. An open sore means a dreaded skin disease, and you are unclean.
Christian Standard Bible®
When the priest examines the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean; this is a serious skin disease.
Literal Translation
And the priest shall look on the living flesh and shall pronounce him unclean; the living flesh is unclean; it is leprosy.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan the prest seyth ye rawe flesh, he shall iudge him vncleane, for he is vncleane, & it is surely a leprosye.
American Standard Version
And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.
Bible in Basic English
And when the priest sees the diseased flesh he will say that he is unclean; the diseased flesh is unclean, he is a leper.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the priest shal see the rawe fleshe, and declare hym to be vncleane: for the rawe fleshe is vncleane, seyng it is a leprosie.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.
King James Version (1611)
And the Priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to bee vncleane: for the raw flesh is vncleane: it is a leprosie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the priest shall look upon the sound flesh, and the sound flesh shall prove him to be unclean; for it is unclean, it is a leprosy.
English Revised Version
And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.
Berean Standard Bible
When the priest sees the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
thanne he schal be defoulid bi the doom of the preest, and he schal be arettid among vncleene men; for quyk fleisch is vnclene, if it is spreynt with lepre.
Young's Literal Translation
and the priest hath seen the raw flesh, and hath pronounced him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it [is] leprosy.
Update Bible Version
And the priest shall look at the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: [for] the raw flesh [is] unclean: it [is] a leprosy.
World English Bible
The priest shall examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy.
New King James Version
And the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him to be unclean; for the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy.
New Living Translation
The priest must make this pronouncement as soon as he sees an open sore, since open sores indicate the presence of a skin disease.
New Life Bible
The religious leader will look at the open sores in the flesh, and he will say he is unclean. The open sores in the flesh are unclean. It is a bad skin disease.
New Revised Standard
the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean, for it is a leprous disease.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
so then the priest shall view the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean, - as for the raw flesh, unclean, it is, leprosy, it is.
Revised Standard Version
And the priest shall examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean; raw flesh is unclean, for it is leprosy.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The priest shall look at the raw flesh, and he shall pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy.

Contextual Overview

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 2 The man in whose skin or flesh shall arise a different colour or a blister, or as it were something shining, that is the stroke of the leprosy, shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or any or of his sons. 3 And if he see the leprosy in his skin, and the hair turned white and the place where the leprosy appears lower than the skin and the rest of the flesh: it is the stroke of the leprosy, and upon his judgment he shall be separated. 4 But if there be a shining whiteness in the skin, and not lower than the other flesh, and the hair be of the former colour, the priest shall shut him up seven days. 5 And the seventh day he shall look on him: and if the leprosy be grown no farther, and hath not spread itself in the skin, he shall shut him up again other seven days. 6 And on the seventh day, he shall look on him. If the leprosy be somewhat obscure, and not spread in the skin, he shall declare him clean, because it is but a scab: and the man shall wash his clothes, and shall be clean. 7 But, if the leprosy grow again, after he was seen by the priest and restored to cleanness, he shall be brought to him: 8 And shall be condemned of uncleanness. 9 If the stroke of the leprosy be in a man, he shall be brought to the priest: 10 And he shall view him. And when there shall be a white colour in the skin, and it shall have changed the look of the hair, and the living flesh itself shall appear:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:10 - quick raw flesh

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 13:1
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him into the south.
Genesis 13:2
And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.
Genesis 13:3
And he returned by the way, that he came, from the south to Bethel, to the place where before he had pitched his tent between Bethel and Hai,
Genesis 13:4
In the place of the altar which he had made before, and there he called upon the name of the Lord.
Genesis 13:7
Whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelled in that country.
Genesis 13:8
Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren.
Genesis 13:9
Behold the whole land is before thee: depart from me, I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left.
Genesis 13:12
Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan: and Lot abode in the towns, that were about the Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom.
Genesis 15:18
That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river to Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the priest shall see the raw flesh,.... Or when he sees it, the person being brought to him to be viewed:

and pronounce him to be unclean; or shall pronounce him to be unclean:

[for] the raw flesh [is] unclean; made a man so in a ceremonial sense;

:-;

it [is] a leprosy; wherever any quick raw flesh appears in a swelling.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The disease here indicated appears to be that now known as Lepra commonis, the common White Leprosy, or Dry Tetter. It first shows itself in reddish pimples, the surface of which becomes white and scaly, spreading in a circular form until they meet each other and cover large patches of the body. It scarcely affects the general health, and for the most part disappears of itself, though it often lasts for years.

From his head even to his foot, wheresoever. the priest looketh - The first appearance of the Lepra Commonis may take place in any part of the body, especially, however, at the larger joints of the limbs; but the spots of elephantiasis are almost always first seen, on those parts which are habitually exposed, the face, ears and hands.

Leviticus 13:14

Raw flesh - See Leviticus 13:10.

Leviticus 13:15

Boil - Probably ulcer. In Job 2:7, and Deuteronomy 28:27, Deuteronomy 28:35, it would seem highly probable that the word expresses the ulcers of elephantiasis.


 
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