The Meaning of Leviticus 13:11 Explained

Leviticus 13:11

KJV: It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.

YLT: an old leprosy it is in the skin of his flesh, and the priest hath pronounced him unclean; he doth not shut him up, for he is unclean.

Darby: it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.

ASV: it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Leviticus 13:11?

MEANING: What does Leviticus 13:11 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Leviticus 13:11 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Leviticus 13:11?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

It [is] an old  leprosy  in the skin  of his flesh,  and the priest  shall pronounce him unclean,  and shall not shut  him up: for he [is] unclean. 

What does Leviticus 13:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 13:1-17 - The Test Of Leprosy
Leprosy was a sort of living death, involving exclusion from the fellowship of the living, and from the sanctuary. Consequently the process of restoration consisted of two stages: re-admission, through the cure of disease, into the fellowship of the living, Leviticus 13:1-59, and then to the camp and sanctuary, through the due performance of prescribed rites, Leviticus 14:1-32. The enumeration of the symptoms is very deliberate. The priest was required to conduct his examination with the greatest care, lest he should pronounce that to be leprosy which was not really so.
How different this to the sweeping and hasty judgments that we pass on each other! We judge by appearances only, and are not especially concerned to judge righteously. Sin, of which leprosy is the type, is not a superficial disease; it is "deeper than the skin." See Leviticus 13:3-4; Leviticus 13:25; Leviticus 13:30-32; Leviticus 13:34. They who know us best are not aware of the secret springs of impure motive, and the polluted things that hold empire within the soul. But the body of sin must be brought to an end at the Cross. See Romans 6:6. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 13

1  The laws whereby the priest is to be guided in discerning the leprosy

What do the individual words in Leviticus 13:11 mean?

[is] an leprosy old it on the skin of his body and shall pronounce him unclean the priest Not and shall isolate him for [is] unclean he
צָרַ֨עַת נוֹשֶׁ֤נֶת הִוא֙ בְּע֣וֹר בְּשָׂר֔וֹ וְטִמְּא֖וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֑ן לֹ֣א יַסְגִּרֶ֔נּוּ כִּ֥י טָמֵ֖א הֽוּא

צָרַ֨עַת  [is]  an  leprosy 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָרַעַת  
Sense: leprosy.
נוֹשֶׁ֤נֶת  old 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: יָשֵׁן 
Sense: to sleep, be asleep.
בְּע֣וֹר  on  the  skin 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֹור  
Sense: skin, hide.
בְּשָׂר֔וֹ  of  his  body 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
וְטִמְּא֖וֹ  and  shall  pronounce  him  unclean 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
הַכֹּהֵ֑ן  the  priest 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
יַסְגִּרֶ֔נּוּ  and  shall  isolate  him 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: סָגוּר 
Sense: to shut, close.
טָמֵ֖א  [is]  unclean 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא  
Sense: unclean, impure.

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