Leviticus 13:15
And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
Leviticus 13:15 in other translations
| BSB | When the priest sees the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease. |
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| WEB | The priest shall examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy. |
| ASV | And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy. |
| YLT | and the priest hath seen the raw flesh, and hath pronounced him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy. |
| DARBY | And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and shall pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy. |
| BBE | And when the priest sees the diseased flesh he will say that he is unclean; the diseased flesh is unclean, he is a leper. |
| Webster | And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. |
What does Leviticus 13:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:9-37
9-37. if the rising be white--This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly patches themselves…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 13:1-17
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during and after their residence in Egypt, we have no reason to believe that it was known among them before. Their distressed state and employment in that land must have rendered them liable to disease. But it was a plague often inflicted immediately by the…
Leviticus 13:15 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Leviticus 13:14
But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
- Leviticus 13:15
And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
- Leviticus 13:16
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
Leviticus 13:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el sacerdote mirará la carne viva, y lo dará por inmundo. Es inmunda la carne viva: es lepra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le sacrificateur regardera la chair vive, et le déclarera impur: la chair vive est impure, c’est de la lèpre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sieht der Priester das rohe Fleisch, so soll er ihn für unrein erklären; das rohe Fleisch ist unrein: es ist der Aussatz. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | tunc sacerdotis judicio polluetur, et inter immundos reputabitur: caro enim viva, si lepra aspergitur, immunda est. |