Leviticus 13 · Verse 27

Leviticus 13:27

And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
Leviticus 13:27, King James Version

Leviticus 13:27 in other translations

BSBOn the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.
WEBThe priest shall examine him on the seventh day. If it has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.
ASVand the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
YLTand the priest hath seen him on the seventh day, if it spread greatly in the skin, then the priest hath pronounced him unclean; a plague of leprosy it is.
DARBYAnd the priest shall look on him the seventh day, and if it have spread much in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the sore of leprosy.
BBEAnd the priest is to see him again on the seventh day; if it is increased in the skin, then the priest will say that he is unclean: it is the leper's disease.
WebsterAnd the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it is spread much in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy,

What does Leviticus 13:27 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 13:27 in the original Hebrew

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וְרָאָ֥הוּve.ra.'A.huand he will see itH7200
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑יha.she.vi.'I<the> seventhH7637
אִם\־'im-<if>H518
פָּשֹׂ֤הpa.Sohcertainly [if] <to spread>H6581
תִפְשֶׂה֙tif.Sehit will spreadH6581
בָּע֔וֹרba.'orin the skinH5785
וְטִמֵּ֤אve.ti.Me'and he will declare uncleanH2930
הַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
אֹת֔וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
נֶ֥גַעNe.ga'[is] a plague ofH5061
צָרַ֖עַתtza.Ra.'ata serious skin diseaseH6883
הִֽוא\׃hi'itH1931

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
it is the plague of leprosy. See on ver.
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Context

  • 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:

  • Leviticus 13:27

    And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

  • Leviticus 13:28

    And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.

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Leviticus 13:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y al séptimo día el sacerdote la reconocerá: si se hubiere ido extendiendo por la piel, el sacerdote lo dará por inmundo: es llaga de lepra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et le sacrificateur le verra le septième jour: – si la tache s’est beaucoup étendue dans la peau, alors le sacrificateur le déclarera impur: c’est une plaie de lèpre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Priester soll ihn am siebten Tage besehen; wenn er in der Haut um sich greift, so soll der Priester ihn für unrein erklären: es ist das Übel des Aussatzes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et die septimo contemplabitur: si creverit in cute lepra, contaminabit eum.