The Meaning of Leviticus 13:14 Explained

Leviticus 13:14

KJV: But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.

YLT: 'And in the day of raw flesh being seen in him he is unclean;

Darby: And on the day when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.

ASV: But whensoever raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But when  raw  flesh  appeareth  in him, he shall be unclean. 

What does Leviticus 13:14 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 13:14 mean?

But when appears on him flesh raw he shall be unclean
וּבְי֨וֹם הֵרָא֥וֹת בּ֛וֹ בָּשָׂ֥ר חַ֖י יִטְמָֽא

וּבְי֨וֹם  But  when 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הֵרָא֥וֹת  appears 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Infinitive construct
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
בּ֛וֹ  on  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
בָּשָׂ֥ר  flesh 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
חַ֖י  raw 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
יִטְמָֽא  he  shall  be  unclean 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.

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