Leviticus 13 · Verse 8

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.
Leviticus 13:8, King James Version

Leviticus 13:8 in other translations

BSBThe priest will reexamine him, and if the rash has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; he has a skin disease.
WEBThe priest shall examine him; and behold, if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.
ASVand the priest shall look; and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.
YLTand the priest hath seen, and lo, the scab hath spread in the skin, and the priest hath pronounced him unclean; it is leprosy.
DARBYand the priest shall look on him, and behold, the scab hath spread in the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.
BBEAnd if, after looking at him, he sees that the mark is increased in his skin, let the priest say that he is unclean; he is a leper.
WebsterAnd if the priest shall see, that behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.

What does Leviticus 13:8 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…

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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 13:8 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.

וְרָאָה֙ve.ra.'Ahand he will seeH7200
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
וְהִנֵּ֛הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
פָּשְׂתָ֥הpa.se.Tahit has spreadH6581
הַמִּסְפַּ֖חַתha.mis.Pa.chatthe skin rashH4556
בָּע֑וֹרba.'orin the skinH5785
וְטִמְּא֥וֹve.ti.me.'Oand he will declare unclean himH2930
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
צָרַ֥עַתtza.Ra.'at[is] a serious skin diseaseH6883
הִֽוא\׃\ \פhi'itH1931

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

Cross references for Leviticus 13:8

  • Acts 8:21

    Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

  • Matthew 15:7-8

    Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

  • Leviticus 13:3

    And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

  • 2 Peter 2:19

    While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

  • Philippians 3:18-19

    (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

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3; Mt 15:7,8; Ac 8:21; Php 3:18,19; 2Pe 2:19

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Context

  • 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.

  • Leviticus 13:9

    When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;

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Leviticus 13:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y si reconociéndolo el sacerdote, ve que la postilla ha crecido en la piel, el sacerdote lo dará por inmundo: es lepra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et le sacrificateur le regardera: et voici, la dartre s’est étendue dans la peau; alors le sacrificateur le déclarera impur: c’est une lèpre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und besieht ihn der Priester, und siehe, der Grind hat in der Haut um sich gegriffen, so soll der Priester ihn für unrein erklären: es ist der Aussatz.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et immunditiæ condemnabitur.