Leviticus 13 · Verse 38

Leviticus 13:38

If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
Leviticus 13:38, King James Version

Leviticus 13:38 in other translations

BSBWhen a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,
WEB“When a man or a woman has bright spots in the skin of the body, even white bright spots,
ASVAnd when a man or a woman hath in the skin of the flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
YLT‘And when a man or woman hath in the skin of their flesh bright spots, white bright spots,
DARBYAnd if a man or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, white bright spots,
BBEAnd if a man or a woman has bright marks on the skin of their flesh, that is, bright white marks,
WebsterIf a man also or a woman shall have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;

What does Leviticus 13:38 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:38-39
38-39. If a man ... or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots--This modification of the leprosy is distinguished by a dull white color, and it is entirely a cutaneous disorder, never injuring the constitution. It is described as not penetrating below the skin of the flesh and as not rendering necessary an exclusion from society. It is evident, then, that this common form of leprosy is not contagious; otherwise Moses would have prescribed as strict a quarantine in this as in the other cases. And hereby we see the great superiority of the Mosaic law (which so accurately distinguished the characteristics of the leprosy and preserved to society the services of those who were laboring under the uncontagious forms of the disease) over the customs and regulations of Eastern countries in the present day, where all lepers are indiscriminately proscribed and are avoided as unfit for free intercourse with their fellow men.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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 13:38 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.

וְאִישׁ֙ve.'Ishand a manH376
אֽוֹ\־'ov-orH176
אִשָּׁ֔ה'i.Shaha womanH802
כִּֽי\־ki-ifH3588
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will beH1961
בְעוֹר\־ve.'or-on [the] skin ofH5785
בְּשָׂרָ֖םbe.sa.Ramflesh theirH1320
בֶּהָרֹ֑תbe.ha.Rotbright spotsH934
בֶּהָרֹ֖תbe.ha.Rotbright spotsH934
לְבָנֹֽת\׃le.va.NotwhiteH3836

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Leviticus 13:38

    If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;

  • Leviticus 13:39

    Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.

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Leviticus 13:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Asimismo el hombre ó mujer, cuando en la piel de su carne tuviere manchas, manchas blancas,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et si un homme ou une femme a dans la peau de sa chair des taches, des taches blanches,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und wenn ein Mann oder ein Weib in der Haut ihres Fleisches Flecken bekommen, weiße Flecken,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vir, sive mulier, in cujus cute candor apparuerit,