Focused Passage

Leviticus 13:18-23

Priestly Examination of Skin Disease, Uncleanness, and Contaminated Garments

The LORD commands Moses and Aaron to instruct the priests how to examine swelling, rash, bright spots, raw flesh, boils, burns, scalp disease, harmless rashes, baldness-related conditions, confirmed defiling disease, and contaminated fabric or leather, so that clean and unclean may be rightly distinguished.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

18 When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals,

19 and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, he must present himself to the priest.

20 The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.

21 But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.

22 If it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.

23 But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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References and Original Words

Verse 18

Cross-references

Exodus 9:9 Classic cross-references

Original words

When כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction a boil שְׁחִ֑ין H7822 Noun - masculine singular appears יִהְיֶ֥ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular on someone’s skin בְעֹר֖וֹ H5785 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular . . . וּבָשָׂ֕ר H1320 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular and it heals וְנִרְפָּֽא׃ H7495 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular

Verse 19

Original words

and a white לְבָנָ֔ה H3836 Adjective - feminine singular swelling שְׂאֵ֣ת H7613 Noun - feminine singular or א֥וֹ H176 Conjunction a reddish-white לְבָנָ֣ה H3836 Adjective - feminine singular . . . אֲדַמְדָּ֑מֶת H125 Adjective - feminine singular spot בַהֶ֖רֶת H934 Noun - feminine singular develops וְהָיָ֞ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular where בִּמְק֤וֹם H4725 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct the boil was הַשְּׁחִין֙ H7822 Article | Noun - masculine singular he must present himself וְנִרְאָ֖ה H7200 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the priest הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 20

Original words

The priest הַכֹּהֵ֗ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular shall examine it וְרָאָ֣ה H7200 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular and if וְהִנֵּ֤ה H2009 Conjunctive waw | Interjection it appears מַרְאֶ֙הָ֙ H4758 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular to be beneath שָׁפָ֣ל H8217 Adjective - masculine singular . . . מִן־ H4480 Preposition the skin הָע֔וֹר H5785 Article | Noun - masculine singular and the hair in it וּשְׂעָרָ֖הּ H8181 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular has turned הָפַ֣ךְ H2015 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular white לָבָ֑ן H3836 Adjective - masculine singular the priest הַכֹּהֵ֛ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular . . . נֶֽגַע־ H5061 Noun - masculine singular construct shall pronounce him unclean וְטִמְּא֧וֹ H2930 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular it הִ֖וא H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular is a diseased infection צָרַ֥עַת H6883 Noun - feminine singular that has broken out פָּרָֽחָה׃ H6524 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular in the boil בַּשְּׁחִ֥ין H7822 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 21

Cross-references

1 Corinthians 5:5 Classic cross-references

Original words

But when וְאִ֣ם׀ H518 Conjunction the priest הַכֹּהֵ֗ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular examines it יִרְאֶ֣נָּה H7200 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular if וְהִנֵּ֤ה H2009 Conjunctive waw | Interjection there is no אֵֽין־ H369 Adverb white לָבָ֔ן H3836 Adjective - masculine singular hair שֵׂעָ֣ר H8181 Noun - masculine singular in it בָּהּ֙ Preposition | third person feminine singular and it is not אֵינֶ֛נָּה H369 Adverb | third person feminine singular . . . מִן־ H4480 Preposition beneath וּשְׁפָלָ֥ה H8217 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular the skin הָע֖וֹר H5785 Article | Noun - masculine singular . . . וְהִ֣יא H1931 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular and has faded כֵהָ֑ה H3544 Adjective - feminine singular the priest הַכֹּהֵ֖ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular shall isolate him וְהִסְגִּיר֥וֹ H5462 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular for seven שִׁבְעַ֥ת H7651 Number - masculine singular construct days יָמִֽים׃ H3117 Noun - masculine plural

Verse 22

Original words

If וְאִם־ H518 Conjunction it spreads any further פָּשֹׂ֥ה H6581 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute . . . תִפְשֶׂ֖ה H6581 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular on the skin בָּע֑וֹר H5785 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular the priest הַכֹּהֵ֛ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֹת֖וֹ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular must pronounce him unclean וְטִמֵּ֧א H2930 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular it הִֽוא׃ H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular is an infection נֶ֥גַע H5061 Noun - masculine singular

Verse 23

Cross-references

Galatians 6:1 Classic cross-references

Original words

But if וְאִם־ H518 Conjunction the spot הַבַּהֶ֙רֶת֙ H934 Article | Noun - feminine singular remains תַּעֲמֹ֤ד H5975 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular unchanged תַּחְתֶּ֜יהָ H8478 Preposition | third person feminine singular and does not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle spread פָשָׂ֔תָה H6581 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular it הִ֑וא H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular is only the scar צָרֶ֥בֶת H6867 Noun - feminine singular construct from the boil הַשְּׁחִ֖ין H7822 Article | Noun - masculine singular and the priest הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ס H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular shall pronounce him clean וְטִהֲר֖וֹ H2891 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular

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