Leviticus 14:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָצָא֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן אֶל־מִח֖וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וְרָאָה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהִנֵּ֛ה נִרְפָּ֥א נֶֽגַע־הַצָּרַ֖עַת מִן־הַצָּרֽוּעַ׃

Transliteration

wĕ-yāṣāʾ ha-kōhēn ʾel-miḥûṣ la-maḥăneh wĕ-rāʾāh ha-kōhēn wĕ-hinnēh nirpāʾ negaʿ-ha-ṣāraʿat min-ha-ṣārûaʿ

Grammar Details

• *wĕ-yāṣāʾ*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and shall go out
• *ha-kōhēn*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the priest
• *ʾel-miḥûṣ*: preposition + noun - to outside/outside of
• *la-maḥăneh*: preposition + definite article + noun - to the camp
• *wĕ-rāʾāh*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and shall see/examine
• *wĕ-hinnēh*: conjunction + demonstrative particle - and behold
• *nirpāʾ*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is healed/has been healed
• *negaʿ-ha-ṣāraʿat*: construct noun + definite article + noun - plague of the leprosy/skin disease
• *min-ha-ṣārûaʿ*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular passive participle - from the leper/afflicted person

Word Meanings

• *miḥûṣ*: outside/beyond/exterior
• *maḥăneh*: camp/encampment/settlement
• *nirpāʾ*: is healed/has been healed/is cured
• *negaʿ*: plague/affliction/mark/disease
• *ṣāraʿat*: leprosy/skin disease/ceremonial uncleanness
• *ṣārûaʿ*: leper/afflicted person/one having skin disease

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The priest shall go outside the camp and examine them. If the skin disease has been healed in the afflicted person,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of prosy be head in the per;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and the priest{H3548} shall go forth{H3318} out{H2351} of the camp;{H4264} and the priest{H3548} shall look;{H7200} and, behold, if the plague{H5061} of leprosy{H6883} be healed{H7495} in the leper,{H6879}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the priest{H3548} shall go forth{H3318}{(H8804)} out{H2351} of the camp{H4264}; and the priest{H3548} shall look{H7200}{(H8804)}, and, behold, if the plague{H5061} of leprosy{H6883} be healed{H7495}{(H8738)} in the leper{H6879}{(H8803)};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and the preast shall goo out without the hoste and loke apo him. Yf the plage of leprosye be healed in the leper,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and the prest shal go out of the hoost, and loke how the plage of leprosye is healed vpon the leper.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the Priest shall go out of the campe, & the Priest shall consider him: and if the plague of leprosie be healed in the leper,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the priest shal go out without the campe, and the priest shall loke vpon hym, and yf the plague of leprosie be healed in the leper,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, [if] the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and the priest shall go forth out of the camp. The priest shall examine him, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the priest hath gone out unto the outside of the camp, and the priest hath seen, and lo, the plague of leprosy hath ceased from the leper,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the priest is to go outside the tent-circle; and if, after looking, the priest sees that the mark of the disease has gone from him,

• World English Bible (2000)

  and the priest shall go forth out of the camp. The priest shall examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infection. If the infection of the diseased person has been healed,

Referenced Verses

• Lev 13:46 : 46 All the days that the plague is in him, he shall be defiled; he is unclean. He shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.
• 2 Kgs 5:3 : 3 And she said to her mistress, If only my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.
• 2 Kgs 5:7-8 : 7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? Therefore consider, please, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me. 8 And it happened, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
• 2 Kgs 5:14 : 14 Then he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
• Job 5:18 : 18 For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.
• Matt 10:8 : 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons: freely you have received, freely give.
• Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
• Luke 4:27 : 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.
• Luke 7:22 : 22 Then Jesus answering said to them, Go your way, and tell John what things you have seen and heard: how the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
• Luke 17:15-19 : 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answered and said, Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger? 19 And he said to him, Arise, go your way: your faith has made you whole.
• 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
• Exod 15:26 : 26 And said, If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and will do what is right in his sight, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon you, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD who heals you.