Leviticus 13:7

7 But if the sore spreads after he has shown himself to the priest and been declared clean, he must come back again to the priest

Leviticus 13:7 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 13:7

But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin
Or "in spreading spread" F11; spreads, and proceeds to spread more and more:

after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing:
even after he had been viewed upon the first presentation of him to him, and after he had been twice seen by him by the end of two weeks, in which he was shut up, and after he had been pronounced clean, and had washed his clothes for his purification:

he shall be seen of the priest again;
either he shall go to him of himself, or be brought to him, to be reviewed and pass under afresh examination.


FOOTNOTES:

F11 (hvpt hvp) "diffundendo diffuderit se", Montanus, Drusius, Piscator.

Leviticus 13:7 In-Context

5 On the seventh day the priest will examine it again; if, in his judgment, the sore is the same and has not spread, the priest will keep him in quarantine for another seven days.
6 On the seventh day the priest will examine him a second time; if the sore has faded and hasn't spread, the priest will declare him clean - it is a harmless rash. The person can go home and wash his clothes; he is clean.
7 But if the sore spreads after he has shown himself to the priest and been declared clean, he must come back again to the priest
8 who will conduct another examination. If the sore has spread, the priest will pronounce him unclean - it is a serious skin disease and infectious.
9 "Whenever someone has a serious and infectious skin disease, you must bring him to the priest.
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