Leviticus 14 · Verse 3

Leviticus 14:3

And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
Leviticus 14:3, King James Version

Leviticus 14:3 in other translations

BSBThe priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed,
WEBand the priest shall go out of the camp. The priest shall examine him. Behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,
ASVand the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper,
YLTand the priest hath gone out unto the outside of the camp, and the priest hath seen, and lo, the plague of leprosy hath ceased from the leper,
DARBYand the priest shall go out of the camp; and when the priest looketh, and behold, the sore of leprosy is healed in the leper,
BBEAnd the priest is to go outside the tent-circle; and if, after looking, the priest sees that the mark of the disease has gone from him,
WebsterAnd the priest shall go forth out of the camp: and the priest shall look, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper;

What does Leviticus 14:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 14:2-3

Le 14:1-57. The Rites and Sacrifices in Cleansing of the Leper. 2-3. law of the leper in the day of his cleansing--Though quite convalescent, a leper was not allowed to return to society immediately and at his own will. The malignant character of his disease rendered the greatest precautions necessary to his re-admission among the people. One of the priests most skilled in the diagnostics of disease [Grotius], being…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 The priest shall go forth out of the camp - As the leper was separated from the people, and obliged, because of his uncleanness, to dwell without the camp, and could not be admitted till the priest had declared that he was clean; hence it was necessary that the priest should go out and inspect him, and, if healed, offer for him the sacrifices required, in order to his re-admission to the camp. As the priest alone had authority to declare a person clean or unclean, it was necessary that the healed person should show himself to the priest, that he might make a declaration that he was clean and fit for civil and religious society, without which, in no case, could he be admitted; hence, when Christ cleansed the lepers, Mat 8:2-4, he commanded them to go and show themselves to the priest, etc.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 14:1-9

The priests could not cleanse the lepers; but when the Lord removed the plague, various rules were to be observed in admitting them again to the ordinances of God, and the society of his people. They represent many duties and exercises of truly repenting sinners, and the duties of ministers respecting them. If we apply this to the spiritual leprosy of sin, it intimates that when we withdraw from those who walk…

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Leviticus 14:3 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.

וְיָצָא֙ve.ya.Tza'and he will go outH3318
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מִח֖וּץmi.Chutzfrom [the] outsideH2351
לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑הla.ma.cha.Nehof the campH4264
וְרָאָה֙ve.ra.'Ahand he will seeH7200
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
וְהִנֵּ֛הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
נִרְפָּ֥אnir.Pa'it has been healedH7495
נֶֽגַע\־ne.ga'-[the] plague ofH5061
הַצָּרַ֖עַתha.tza.Ra.'atthe serious skin diseaseH6883
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַצָּרֽוּעַ\׃ha.tza.Ru.a'the [one who] had a serious skin diseaseH6879

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

Cross references for Leviticus 14:3

  • Leviticus 13:46

    All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

    Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

  • Luke 4:27

    And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

  • 2 Kings 5:3

    And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.

  • 2 Kings 5:7-8

    And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

  • Luke 17:15-19

    And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. …

  • Job 5:18

    For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

  • Luke 7:22

    Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

  • 2 Kings 5:14

    Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

  • Matthew 11:5

    The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

  • Matthew 10:8

    Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

  • Exodus 15:26

    And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
go forth.Lepers were obliged to live in a detached situation, separate from other people, and to keep themselves actually at a distance from them. They were distinguished by a peculiar dress; and if any person approached, they were bound to give him warning, by crying out, Unclean! unclean!
out of.
13:46
be healed.
Ex 15:26; 2Ki 5:3,7,8,14; Job 5:18; Mt 10:8; 11:5; Lu 4:27; 7:22
Lu 17:15,16-19; 1Co 6:9-11

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Context

  • Leviticus 14:2

    This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:

  • Leviticus 14:3

    And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;

  • Leviticus 14:4

    Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

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Leviticus 14:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el sacerdote saldrá fuera del real; y mirará el sacerdote, y viendo que está sana la plaga de la lepra del leproso,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et le sacrificateur sortira hors du camp; et le sacrificateur le verra: et voici, le lépreux est guéri de la plaie de la lèpre;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und der Priester soll außerhalb des Lagers gehen; und besieht ihn der Priester, und siehe, das Übel des Aussatzes ist heil geworden an dem Aussätzigen,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
qui egressus de castris, cum invenerit lepram esse mundatam,