The Meaning of Leviticus 13:15 Explained

Leviticus 13:15

KJV: And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.

YLT: and the priest hath seen the raw flesh, and hath pronounced him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy.

Darby: And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and shall pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy.

ASV: And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the priest  shall see  the raw  flesh,  and pronounce him to be unclean:  [for] the raw  flesh  [is] unclean:  it [is] a leprosy. 

What does Leviticus 13:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 13:1-17 - The Test Of Leprosy
Leprosy was a sort of living death, involving exclusion from the fellowship of the living, and from the sanctuary. Consequently the process of restoration consisted of two stages: re-admission, through the cure of disease, into the fellowship of the living, Leviticus 13:1-59, and then to the camp and sanctuary, through the due performance of prescribed rites, Leviticus 14:1-32. The enumeration of the symptoms is very deliberate. The priest was required to conduct his examination with the greatest care, lest he should pronounce that to be leprosy which was not really so.
How different this to the sweeping and hasty judgments that we pass on each other! We judge by appearances only, and are not especially concerned to judge righteously. Sin, of which leprosy is the type, is not a superficial disease; it is "deeper than the skin." See Leviticus 13:3-4; Leviticus 13:25; Leviticus 13:30-32; Leviticus 13:34. They who know us best are not aware of the secret springs of impure motive, and the polluted things that hold empire within the soul. But the body of sin must be brought to an end at the Cross. See Romans 6:6. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 13

1  The laws whereby the priest is to be guided in discerning the leprosy

What do the individual words in Leviticus 13:15 mean?

And shall examine the priest - the flesh raw and pronounce him to be unclean [for] the flesh raw unclean is leprosy it [is]
וְרָאָ֧ה הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֶת־ הַבָּשָׂ֥ר הַחַ֖י וְטִמְּא֑וֹ הַבָּשָׂ֥ר הַחַ֛י טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא צָרַ֥עַת הֽוּא

וְרָאָ֧ה  And  shall  examine 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
הַכֹּהֵ֛ן  the  priest 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַבָּשָׂ֥ר  the  flesh 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
הַחַ֖י  raw 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
וְטִמְּא֑וֹ  and  pronounce  him  to  be  unclean 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
הַבָּשָׂ֥ר  [for]  the  flesh 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
הַחַ֛י  raw 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
טָמֵ֥א  unclean 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא  
Sense: unclean, impure.
צָרַ֥עַת  leprosy 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָרַעַת  
Sense: leprosy.
הֽוּא  it  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.

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