Leviticus Chapter 13 verse 43 Holy Bible
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;
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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;
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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;
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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;
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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;
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Then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the rising 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 flesh,
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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,
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(43) Then the priest shall look.--It is then the duty of the priest to ascertain whether the white-reddish rising in the bald backhead or bald forehead is in appearance like the leprosy in the skin of the flesh described in Leviticus 13:2, excepting, of course, the white hair, which in this case could not exist.As the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh.--Better, in appearance like the leprosy in the skin of the flesh. Though the reddish-white eruption is the only symptom mentioned whereby head-leprosy is to be recognised, and nothing is said about remanding the patient if the distemper should appear doubtful, as in the other cases of leprosy, yet because it is here said "in appearance like the leprosy in the skin of the flesh," the administrators of the law during the second Temple inferred that all the criteria specified in one are implied in the other. They interpret this phrase, "they are, and therefore must be treated like, leprosy in the skin of the flesh." Hence they submit that there are two symptoms which render baldness in the front or at the back of the head unclean: viz., (1) live or sound flesh; and (2) spreading. "If live or sound flesh is found in the bright spot on the baldness at the back or in the front of the head, he is pronounced unclean; if there is no live flesh, he is shut up, and examined at the end of the week, and if live flesh has developed itself, and it has spread, he is declared unclean, and if not, he is shut up for another week. If it spreads during this time, or engenders live flesh, he is declared unclean, and if not, he is declared clean. He is also pronounced unclean if it spreads or engenders sound flesh after he has been declared clean." Of course, the fact that the distemper in this instance develops itself on baldness precludes white hair being among the criteria indicating uncleanness.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThe priestהַכֹּהֵ֗ן (hak·kō·hên)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3548: Priestis to examine him,וְרָאָ֨ה (wə·rā·’āh)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 7200: To seeand ifוְהִנֵּ֤ה (wə·hin·nêh)Conjunctive waw | InterjectionStrong's 2009: Lo! behold!the swellingשְׂאֵת־ (śə·’êṯ-)Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 7613: An elevation, leprous scab, elation, cheerfulness, exaltation in rank, characterof the infectionהַנֶּ֙גַע֙ (han·ne·ḡa‘)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5061: Mark -- a blow, a spoton his bald headבְּקָרַחְתּ֖וֹ (bə·qā·raḥ·tōw)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 7146: A bald spot, a threadbare spotorא֣וֹ (’ōw)ConjunctionStrong's 176: Desire, ifforeheadבְגַבַּחְתּ֑וֹ (ḇə·ḡab·baḥ·tōw)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 1372: Baldness, a bare spotis reddish-whiteלְבָנָ֣ה (lə·ḇā·nāh)Adjective - feminine singularStrong's 3836: Whitelikeכְּמַרְאֵ֥ה (kə·mar·’êh)Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 4758: Sight, appearance, visiona skinע֥וֹר (‘ō·wr)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 5785: Skin, hide, leatherdisease,צָרַ֖עַת (ṣā·ra·‘aṯ)Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 6883: LeprosyJump to PreviousAppearance Appeareth Bald Body Brow Disease Diseased Examine Flesh Forehead Growth Head Infection Infectious Leprosy Mark Plague Priest Reddish Reddish-White Rising Skin Sore Swelling Swollen White White-Reddish
