Leviticus 13:38

38 "And when a man or a woman {has} spots on their body's skin, white spots,

Leviticus 13:38 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 13:38

If a man also, or a woman
One or the other, for the law concerning leprosy respecteth both: have in the skin of their flesh bright spots;
and them only; not any rising or swelling, nor scab, nor scall, nor boil, nor burning, only bright spots, a sort of freckles or morphew: [even] white bright spots;
these, Ben Gersom observes, are white spots, but not plagues; and which were in whiteness inferior to the four species of the plague of leprosy, the white spot, the white swelling, and the scab of each.

Leviticus 13:38 In-Context

36 then the priest shall examine him, and {if} the diseased area of skin has spread on the skin, the priest shall not inspect [for] bright red hair--he is unclean.

37 But if, in his eyes, the diseased area of skin has stayed [unchanged] and black hair has grown in it, the diseased area of skin is healed--he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

38 "And when a man or a woman {has} spots on their body's skin, white spots,

39 then the priest shall examine [them], and {if} [the] spots on their body's skin [are] [a] faded white, it [is] a skin rash; it has broken out on the skin--it [is] clean.

40 "And if a man becomes bald, his head [is] bald, he [is] clean.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "becomes"