Leviticus 13 · Verse 7

Leviticus 13:7

But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:
Leviticus 13:7, King James Version

Leviticus 13:7 in other translations

BSBBut if the rash spreads further on his skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he must present himself again to the priest.
WEBBut if the scab spreads on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again.
ASVBut if the scab spread abroad in the skin, after that he hath showed himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again:
YLT‘And if the scab spread greatly in the skin, after his being seen by the priest for his cleansing, then he hath been seen a second time by the priest;
DARBYBut if the scab have spread much in the skin, after that he hath been seen by the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen by the priest again;
BBEBut if the size of the mark on his skin is increased after he has been seen by the priest, let him go to the priest again:
WebsterBut if the scab shall spread much in the skin, after he hath been seen by the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen by the priest again:

What does Leviticus 13:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:7-8
7-8. But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin--Those doubtful cases, when they assumed a malignant character, appeared in one of two forms, apparently according to the particular constitution of the skin or of the habit generally. The one was "somewhat dark" [Le 13:6]--that is, the obscure or dusky leprosy, in which the natural color of the hair (which in Egypt and Palestine is black) is not changed, as is repeatedly said in the sacred code, nor is there any depression in the dusky spot, while the patches, instead of keeping stationary to their first size, are perpetually enlarging their boundary. The patient laboring under this form was pronounced unclean by the Hebrew priest or physician, and hereby sentenced to a separation from his family and friends--a decisive proof of its being contagious.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 13:1-17

The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during and after their residence in Egypt, we have no reason to believe that it was known among them before. Their distressed state and employment in that land must have rendered them liable to disease. But it was a plague often inflicted immediately by the…

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Leviticus 13:7 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.

וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518
פָּשֹׂ֨הpa.Sohcertainly <to spread>H6581
תִפְשֶׂ֤הtif.Sehit will spreadH6581
הַמִּסְפַּ֙חַת֙ha.mis.Pa.chatthe skin rashH4556
בָּע֔וֹרba.'orin the skinH5785
אַחֲרֵ֧י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
הֵרָאֹת֛וֹhe.ra.'o.Tohe has presented himselfH7200
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
לְטָהֳרָת֑וֹle.to.ho.ra.Tofor purification hisH2893
וְנִרְאָ֥הve.nir.'Ahand he will present himselfH7200
שֵׁנִ֖יתshe.Nita second [time]H8145
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַכֹּהֵֽן\׃ha.ko.Henthe priestH3548

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Cross references for Leviticus 13:7

  • 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.

  • Romans 6:12-14

    Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

  • 2 Timothy 2:16-17

    But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus;

  • Psalms 38:3

    There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

  • Leviticus 13:35-36

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

  • Isaiah 1:5-6

    Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

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27,35,36; Ps 38:3; Isa 1:5,6; Ro 6:12-14; 2Ti 2:16,17

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Context

  • Leviticus 13:6

    And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

  • Leviticus 13:7

    But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:

  • Leviticus 13:8

    And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.

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Leviticus 13:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas si hubiere ido creciendo la postilla en la piel, después que fué mostrado al sacerdote para ser limpio, será visto otra vez del sacerdote:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais si la dartre s’est beaucoup étendue dans la peau, après qu’il aura été vu par le sacrificateur pour sa purification, il sera vu une seconde fois par le sacrificateur;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn aber der Grind in der Haut um sich greift, nachdem er sich dem Priester gezeigt hat zu seiner Reinigung, so soll er sich dem Priester zum zweiten Male zeigen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quod si postquam a sacerdote visus est, et redditus munditiæ, iterum lepra creverit: adducetur ad eum,