Leviticus 13:43
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
Leviticus 13:43 in other translations
| BSB | The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the infection on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white like a skin disease, |
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| WEB | Then the priest shall examine him. Behold, if the swelling of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body, |
| ASV | Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh; |
| YLT | and the priest hath seen him, and lo, the rising of the very red white plague in the bald back of the head, or in the bald forehead, is as the appearance of leprosy, in the skin of the flesh, |
| DARBY | And the priest shall look on it, and behold, the rising of the sore is white-reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of the leprosy in the skin of the flesh; |
| BBE | Then if the priest sees that the growth of the disease has become red and white on his head or on his brow where there is no hair, like the mark in the skin of a leper; |
| Webster | Then the priest shall look upon it: and behold, if the rising of the sore is white reddish on his bald head, or on his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; |
What does Leviticus 13:43 mean?
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…
Leviticus 13:43 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Leviticus 13:42
And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
- Leviticus 13:43
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
- Leviticus 13:44
He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
Leviticus 13:43 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces el sacerdote lo mirará, y si pareciere la hinchazón de la llaga blanca rojiza en su calva ó en su antecalva, como el parecer de la lepra de la tez de la carne, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et le sacrificateur le verra: et voici, la tumeur de la plaie est d’un blanc roussâtre dans la partie chauve du haut ou de devant, comme une apparence de lèpre dans la peau de la chair; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und besieht ihn der Priester, und siehe, die Erhöhung des Übels ist weiß-rötlich an seiner Hinter- oder an seiner Vorderglatze, gleich dem Aussehen des Aussatzes in der Haut des Fleisches, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et hoc sacerdos viderit, condemnabit eum haud dubiæ lepræ, quæ orta est in calvitio. |