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Leviticus 13:12
But if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses conveys divine diagnostic instructions to Aaron and the priests regarding the inspection of skin afflictions. The verse captures a specific moment during this examination when a chronic infection suddenly and extensively spreads.
The words — The Hebrew phrase פָּרוֹחַ תִּפְרַח (pa.roach tif.rach) literally means "it will break out" or "certainly break out," describing the rapid progression of the tzara'at across the skin.
The thread — This progression of a skin condition covering the entire body appears in Leviticus 13:13, where the priest examines the spread and pronounces the person clean if the disease has turned the whole body white.
Why it lands — The text establishes a clear, observable criterion for ritual status, requiring the priest to verify the extent of the affliction before making a declaration. It demands that readers recognize how physical reality dictates procedural response in the Torah's legal framework.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 8:38 then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
- Job 40:4 “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
- Job 42:6 Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
- Isaiah 64:6 Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
- John 16:8 And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
- Romans 7:14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
- 1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.