Leviticus 13 · Verse 36

Leviticus 13:36

Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
Leviticus 13:36, King James Version

Leviticus 13:36 in other translations

BSBthe priest is to examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; the person is unclean.
WEBthen the priest shall examine him; and behold, if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest shall not look for the yellow hair; he is unclean.
ASVthen the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean.
YLTand the priest hath seen him, and lo, the scall hath spread in the skin, the priest seeketh not for the shining hair, he is unclean;
DARBYand the priest shall look on him, and behold, the scall hath spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair: he is unclean.
BBEThen the priest is to see him: and if the mark is increased, the priest, without looking for the yellow hair, will say that he is unclean.
WebsterThen the priest shall look on him: and behold, if the scall is spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.

What does Leviticus 13:36 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 13:36 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.

וְרָאָ֙הוּ֙ve.ra.'A.huand he will see itH7200
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
וְהִנֵּ֛הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
פָּשָׂ֥הpa.Sahit has spreadH6581
הַנֶּ֖תֶקha.Ne.tekthe scallH5424
בָּע֑וֹרba.'orin the skinH5785
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יְבַקֵּ֧רye.va.Kerhe will seekH1239
הַכֹּהֵ֛ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
לַשֵּׂעָ֥רla.se.'Arfor the hairH8181
הַצָּהֹ֖בha.tza.Ho<the> yellowH6669
טָמֵ֥אta.Me'[is] uncleanH2931
הֽוּא\׃Hu'heH1931

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

Context

  • Leviticus 13:35

    But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;

  • Leviticus 13:36

    Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.

  • Leviticus 13:37

    But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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Leviticus 13:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces el sacerdote la mirará; y si la tiña hubiere cundido en la piel, no busque el sacerdote el pelo rubio, es inmundo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
le sacrificateur le verra; et si la teigne s’est étendue dans la peau, le sacrificateur ne cherchera pas de poil jaunâtre: il est impur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und der Priester besieht ihn, und siehe, der Schorf hat in der Haut um sich gegriffen, so soll der Priester nicht nach dem goldgelben Haare forschen; er ist unrein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
non quæret amplius utrum capillus in flavum colorem sit immutatus, quia aperte immundus est.