Leviticus 13:1

Regulations About Defiling Skin Diseases

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

Leviticus 13:1 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
English Standard Version (ESV)
1 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
New Living Translation (NLT)
1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
The Message Bible (MSG)
1 God spoke to Moses and Aaron,
American Standard Version (ASV)
1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
1 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron,
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
1 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron. He told them to say to the people,

Leviticus 13:1 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 13:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron
Aaron is addressed again, though left out in the preceding law, because the laws concerning leprosy chiefly concerned the priests, whose business it was to judge of it, and cleanse from it; and so Ben Gersom observes, mention is made of Aaron here, because to him and his sons belonged the affair of leprosies, to pronounce unclean or clean, to shut up or set free, and, as Aben Ezra says, according to his determination were all the plagues or strokes of a man, who should be declared clean or unclean:

saying;
as follows.

Leviticus 13:1 In-Context

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
2 “When anyone has a swelling or a rash or a shiny spot on their skin that may be a defiling skin disease, they must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.
3 The priest is to examine the sore on the skin, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling skin disease. When the priest examines that person, he shall pronounce them ceremonially unclean.
4 If the shiny spot on the skin is white but does not appear to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days.
5 On the seventh day the priest is to examine them, and if he sees that the sore is unchanged and has not spread in the skin, he is to isolate them for another seven days.
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