Leviticus 13 · Verse 25

Leviticus 13:25

Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
Leviticus 13:25, King James Version

Leviticus 13:25 in other translations

BSBthe priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.
WEBthen the priest shall examine it; and behold, if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and its appearance is deeper than the skin, it is leprosy. It has broken out in the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.
ASVthen the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin; it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning: and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
YLTand the priest hath seen it, and lo, the hair hath turned white in the bright spot, and its appearance is deeper than the skin; leprosy it is, in the burning it hath broken out, and the priest hath pronounced him unclean; it is a plague of leprosy.
DARBYand the priest look on it, and behold, the hair is turned white in the bright spot, and it looketh deeper than the skin, it is a leprosy which is broken out in the inflammation; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the sore of leprosy.
BBEThe priest is to see it: and if the hair on the bright place is turned white and it seems to go deeper than the skin, he is a leper: it has come out in the burn, and the priest will say that he is unclean: it is the leper's disease.
WebsterThen the priest shall look upon it: and behold, if the hair in the bright spot is turned white, and it is in sight deeper than the skin: it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

What does Leviticus 13:25 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 13:25 in the original Hebrew

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וְרָאָ֣הve.ra.'Ahand he will seeH7200
אֹתָ֣הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853
הַכֹּהֵ֡ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
וְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
נֶהְפַּךְ֩neh.paKhit has been turnedH2015
שֵׂעָ֨רse.'Ar[the] hairH8181
לָבָ֜ןla.VanwhiteH3836
בַּבַּהֶ֗רֶתba.ba.He.retin the bright spotH934
וּמַרְאֶ֙הָ֙u.mar.'E.haand appearance itsH4758
עָמֹ֣ק'a.Mok[is] deepH6013
מִן\־min-more thanH4480
הָע֔וֹרha.'Orthe skinH5785
צָרַ֣עַתtza.Ra.'at[is] a serious skin diseaseH6883
הִ֔ואhi'itH1931
בַּמִּכְוָ֖הba.mikh.Vahin the burnH4348
פָּרָ֑חָהpa.Ra.chahit has broken outH6524
וְטִמֵּ֤אve.ti.Me'and he will declare uncleanH2930
אֹתוֹ֙'o.To<obj.> himH853
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
נֶ֥גַעNe.ga'[is] a plague ofH5061
צָרַ֖עַתtza.Ra.'ata serious skin diseaseH6883
הִֽוא\׃hi'itH1931

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Cross references for Leviticus 13:25

  • Leviticus 13:4

    If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:

  • Leviticus 13:18-20

    The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest; And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.

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Context

  • Leviticus 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;

  • Leviticus 13:25

    Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

  • Leviticus 13:26

    But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

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Leviticus 13:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El sacerdote la mirará; y si el pelo se hubiere vuelto blanco en la mancha, y pareciere estar más hundida que la piel, es lepra que salió en la quemadura; y el sacerdote declarará al sujeto inmundo, por ser llaga de lepra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
le sacrificateur la verra: et voici, le poil est devenu blanc dans la tache, et elle paraît plus enfoncée que la peau, – c’est une lèpre; elle a fait éruption dans la brûlure; et le sacrificateur le déclarera impur: c’est une plaie de lèpre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und der Priester besieht ihn, und siehe, das Haar ist in weiß verwandelt im Flecken, und er erscheint tiefer als die Haut, so ist es der Aussatz; er ist in der Entzündung ausgebrochen, und der Priester soll ihn für unrein erklären: es ist das Übel des Aussatzes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
considerabit eam sacerdos: et ecce versa est in alborem, et locus ejus reliqua cute est humilior, contaminabit eum, quia plaga lepræ in cicatrice orta est.