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Leviticus 13:39 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 13 · verse 39
Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.Leviticus 13:39 · King James Version
Leviticus 13:39 in context
37But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
38If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
39Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.
40And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.
41And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- darkishkêhehfeeble, obscureH3544 →
- growethpârachto break forth as a budH6524 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- spotsbôheretha whitish spot on the skinH934 →
- fleshbâsârfleshH1320 →
- whitelâbânwhiteH3836 →
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We have here, I. Provisos that neither a freckled skin nor a bald head should be mistaken for a leprosy, Lev 13:38-41. Every deformity must not forthwith be made a ceremonial defilement. Elisha was jeered for his bald head (Kg2 2:23);
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 38-46