The Meaning of Leviticus 13:9 Explained

Leviticus 13:9

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

YLT: 'When a plague of leprosy is in a man, then he hath been brought in unto the priest,

Darby: When a sore as of leprosy is in a man, he shall be brought unto the priest;

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Leviticus 13:9 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 13:9 mean?

The sore leprous when is on a person then he shall be brought to the priest
נֶ֣גַע צָרַ֔עַת כִּ֥י תִהְיֶ֖ה בְּאָדָ֑ם וְהוּבָ֖א אֶל־ הַכֹּהֵֽן

נֶ֣גַע  The  sore 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נֶגַע  
Sense: stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spot.
צָרַ֔עַת  leprous 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָרַעַת  
Sense: leprosy.
בְּאָדָ֑ם  on  a  person 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
וְהוּבָ֖א  then  he  shall  be  brought 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hofal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
הַכֹּהֵֽן  the  priest 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.

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