Leviticus 13:8

8 And the priest shall examine [it], and {if} the epidermal eruption has spread on the skin, then the priest shall declare him unclean--it is an infectious skin disease.

Leviticus 13:8 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 13:8

And [if] the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in
the skin
Is not at a stay, as when he looked at it a second and third time:

then the priest shall pronounce him unclean;
a leprous person; to be absolutely so, as Jarchi expresses it; and so obliged to the birds (to bring birds for his cleansing), and to shaving, and to the offering spoken of in this section, as the same writer observes:

it [is] a leprosy:
it is a clear and plain case that it was one, and no doubt is to be made of it, it is a spreading leprosy: as sin is; it spreads itself over all the powers and faculties of the soul, and over all the members of the body; and it spreads more and more in every stage of life, unless and until grace puts a stop to it.

Leviticus 13:8 In-Context

6 And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day [for a] second [time], and {if} the infection has faded and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall declare him clean--it [is] an epidermal eruption; and he shall wash his garments, and so he shall be clean.

7 But if the epidermal eruption spreads further on the skin after showing himself to the priest for his cleansing, then he shall appear [a] second [time] to the priest.

8 And the priest shall examine [it], and {if} the epidermal eruption has spread on the skin, then the priest shall declare him unclean--it is an infectious skin disease.

9 "When an infectious skin disease is on a person and he is brought to the priest,

10 the priest shall examine [it], and {if} a white swelling [is] on the skin and it turns [the] hair white and {raw flesh} [is] in the swelling,

Footnotes

• [a] The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [b] Literally "look" or "behold"
• [c] Or "and"