Leviticus 13 · Verse 22

Leviticus 13:22

And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
Leviticus 13:22, King James Version

Leviticus 13:22 in other translations

BSBIf it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.
WEBIf it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a plague.
ASVand if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
YLTand if it spread greatly in the skin, then hath the priest pronounced him unclean, it is a plague;
DARBYand if it spread much in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the sore.
BBEAnd if it is increasing on the skin, the priest will say that he is unclean: it is a disease.
WebsterAnd if it hath spread much in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.

What does Leviticus 13:22 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…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 13:18-44

The priest is told what judgment to make, if there were any appearance of a leprosy in old sores; and such is the danger of those who having escaped the pollutions of the world are again entangled therein. Or, in a burn by accident, ver. #(24). The burning of strife and contention often occasions the rising and breaking out of that corruption, which proves that men are unclean. Human life lies exposed to many…

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Leviticus 13:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518
פָּשֹׂ֥הpa.Sohcertainly <to spread>H6581
תִפְשֶׂ֖הtif.Sehit will spreadH6581
בָּע֑וֹרba.'orin the skinH5785
וְטִמֵּ֧אve.ti.Me'and he will declare uncleanH2930
הַכֹּהֵ֛ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
נֶ֥גַעNe.ga'[is] a plagueH5061
הִֽוא\׃hi'itH1931

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a plague. i,e., "The plague of leprosy."
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Context

  • Leviticus 13:21

    But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

  • Leviticus 13:22

    And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.

  • Leviticus 13:23

    But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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Leviticus 13:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y si se fuere extendiendo por la piel, entonces el sacerdote lo dará por inmundo: es llaga.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et si elle s’est beaucoup étendue dans la peau, alors le sacrificateur le déclarera impur: c’est une plaie.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn er aber in der Haut um sich greift, so soll der Priester ihn für unrein erklären: es ist das Übel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et si quidem creverit, adjudicabit eum lepræ;