The Meaning of Leviticus 13:8 Explained

Leviticus 13:8

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

YLT: and the priest hath seen, and lo, the scab hath spread in the skin, and the priest hath pronounced him unclean; it is leprosy.

Darby: and 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.

ASV: and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.

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What is the context of Leviticus 13:8?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And [if] the priest 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?

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 13:8 mean?

And [if] sees the priest that indeed has spread the scab on the skin then shall pronounce him unclean the priest [is] leprosy it -

וְרָאָה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהִנֵּ֛ה פָּשְׂתָ֥ה הַמִּסְפַּ֖חַת בָּע֑וֹר וְטִמְּא֥וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן צָרַ֥עַת הִֽוא פ

וְרָאָה֙	And [if] sees
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: רָאָה Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
הַכֹּהֵ֔ן	the priest
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: כֹּהֵן Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
וְהִנֵּ֛ה	that indeed
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection Root: הִנֵּה Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
פָּשְׂתָ֥ה	has spread
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: פָּשָׂה Sense: (Qal) to spread.
הַמִּסְפַּ֖חַת	the scab
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: מִסְפַּחַת Sense: eruption, scab.
בָּע֑וֹר	on the skin
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עֹור Sense: skin, hide.
וְטִמְּא֥וֹ	then 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.
הַכֹּהֵ֖ן	the priest
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: כֹּהֵן Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
צָרַ֥עַת	[is] leprosy
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: צָרַעַת Sense: leprosy.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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