Leviticus - 13:15



15 The priest shall examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 13:15.

Differing Translations

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Then by the judgment of the priest he shall be defiled, and shall be reckoned among the unclean: for live flesh, if it be spotted with leprosy, is unclean.
and the priest hath seen the raw flesh, and hath pronounced him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy.
And when the priest sees the diseased flesh he will say that he is unclean; the diseased flesh is unclean, he is a leper.
then by the judgment of the priest he shall be polluted, and he shall be considered to be among the unclean. For the live flesh, if it is spotted with leprosy, is unclean.
Et ubi viderit sacerdos carnem vivam, immundum judicabit ipsum, caro viva immunda est, lepra est.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Boil - Probably ulcer. In Job 2:7, and Deuteronomy 28:27, Deuteronomy 28:35, it would seem highly probable that the word expresses the ulcers of elephantiasis.

And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: [for] the raw flesh [is] (f) unclean: it [is] a leprosy.
(f) That is, declares that the flesh is not found, but is in danger of being leprous.

And the priest shall see the raw flesh,.... Or when he sees it, the person being brought to him to be viewed:
and pronounce him to be unclean; or shall pronounce him to be unclean:
for the raw flesh is unclean; made a man so in a ceremonial sense; See Gill on Leviticus 13:10,
it is a leprosy; wherever any quick raw flesh appears in a swelling.

The raw flesh - This is repeated again and again, because raw or living flesh might rather seem a sign of soundness, and the priest might easily be deceived by it, and therefore he was more narrowly to look into it.

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