Leviticus 14:3
New International Version
The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them. If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,

New Living Translation
who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease,

English Standard Version
and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then, if the case of leprous disease is healed in the leprous person,

Berean Standard Bible
The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed,

King James Bible
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;

New King James Version
And the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall examine him; and indeed, if the leprosy is healed in the leper,

New American Standard Bible
and the priest shall go out to a place outside of the camp. Then the priest shall look, and if the leprous infection has been healed in the person with leprosy,

NASB 1995
and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper,

NASB 1977
and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper,

Legacy Standard Bible
and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper,

Amplified Bible
the priest shall go out of the camp [to meet him]; and the priest shall examine him, and if the leper has been healed of the infection of leprosy,

Christian Standard Bible
who will go outside the camp and examine him. If the skin disease has disappeared from the afflicted person,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
who will go outside the camp and examine him. If the skin disease has disappeared from the afflicted person,

American Standard Version
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,

English Revised Version
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;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The priest will go outside the camp and examine him. If the person is healed,

Good News Translation
and the priest shall take you outside the camp and examine you. If the disease is healed,

International Standard Version
The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infectious skin disease to confirm that the person has been healed.

Majority Standard Bible
The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed,

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

New Heart English Bible
and the priest shall go forth out of the camp. The priest shall examine him, and look, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the priest shall go forth out of the camp: and the priest shall look, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper;

World English Bible
and the priest shall go out of the camp. The priest shall examine him. Behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the priest has gone out to the outside of the camp, and the priest has seen, and behold, the plague of leprosy has ceased from the leper,

Young's Literal Translation
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,

Smith's Literal Translation
And the priest shall go forth without the camp: and the priest saw, and behold, the stroke of leprosy was healed from the leprous.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who going out of the camp when he shall And that the leprosy is cleansed,

Catholic Public Domain Version
who, departing from the camp, when he has found the leprosy to be cleansed,

New American Bible
who is to go outside the camp. If the priest, upon inspection, finds that the scaly infection has healed in the afflicted person,

New Revised Standard Version
the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall make an examination. If the disease is healed in the leprous person,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the Priest will go forth outside of the camp and the Priest shall see if the plague of the leprosy of the man has been cured;
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the priest shall come forth out of the camp, and the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague of the leprosy is removed from the leper.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Cleansing from Skin Diseases
2“This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest. 3The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed, 4the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.…

Cross References
Matthew 8:2-4
Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. / Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”

Luke 17:12-14
As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” / When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.

Mark 1:40-44
Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ...

Numbers 5:2-3
“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body. / You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”

2 Kings 5:10-14
Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.” / But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy. / Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage. ...

Luke 5:12-14
While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. / “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

Deuteronomy 24:8
In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.

2 Chronicles 26:19-21
Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. / When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him. / So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.

Numbers 12:10-15
As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous, / and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. / Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.” ...

Isaiah 53:4
Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.

Matthew 11:5
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

Luke 7:22
So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

2 Kings 7:3-10
Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die? / If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.” / So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found. ...

Exodus 4:6-7
Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow. / “Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.


Treasury of Scripture

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;

out of

Leviticus 13:46
All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.

be healed

Exodus 15:26
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

2 Kings 5:3,7,8,14
And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy…

Job 5:18
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

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The priest
In the context of ancient Israel, the priest held a significant role as a mediator between God and the people. The Hebrew word for priest is "kohen," which signifies someone who is set apart for sacred duties. The priest's involvement in the examination process underscores the spiritual dimension of physical ailments, reflecting the belief that health and holiness are interconnected. This role also highlights the priest's responsibility in maintaining the purity of the community.

is to go outside the camp
The phrase "outside the camp" is crucial in understanding the social and religious dynamics of ancient Israel. The camp represented the dwelling place of God's people, a holy community. Those with infectious skin diseases were required to live outside this area to prevent ritual impurity. The priest's act of going outside signifies God's willingness to reach out to the marginalized and restore them to the community, prefiguring the ministry of Jesus, who often reached out to the outcasts.

and examine him
The examination by the priest was not merely a medical assessment but a spiritual and communal one. The Hebrew root "ra'ah" means to see or inspect, indicating a thorough and discerning evaluation. This process ensured that the individual was truly healed and could be reintegrated into the community. It reflects the importance of discernment and careful judgment in spiritual leadership.

If the man has been healed
The conditional "if" introduces the possibility of divine intervention and healing. The Hebrew word for healed, "rapha," is often associated with God's restorative power. This phrase emphasizes the belief in God's ability to heal and restore, both physically and spiritually. It also points to the hope and faith that the afflicted person and the community must have in God's mercy.

of his infectious skin disease
The term "infectious skin disease" translates the Hebrew "tzaraath," which is often rendered as leprosy but encompasses a range of skin conditions. In the biblical context, such diseases were seen as not only physical ailments but also as conditions that rendered a person ritually unclean. The healing of such a disease was a sign of God's cleansing power, symbolizing the removal of sin and impurity.

(3) And the priest shall go forth.--To this appointed place the priest had to go to meet and examine the restored leper, and to satisfy himself that he was thoroughly cured.

Verse 3. - The priest. The agent is stilt the priest, not the physician. The priest shall go forth out of the camp. "May we not (as Hesychius suggests) see a figure here of the compassion of our Great High Priest, who has gone forth out of heaven itself, the camp of angel hosts, and has come down to earth, not only to examine but to heal the moral leprosy of sin, 'to seek and to save the lost' (Luke 19:10), and who carefully examines and scrutinizes all the secrets of all hearts (Hebrews 4:12)? And he was exempt from all contagion of sin while he lived and moved among sinners (Matthew 9:11; Luke 15:1), and was 'holy, harmless, and undefiled' (Hebrews 7:26)" (Wordsworth). And the priest shall look. In later times it was ordered that the examination was not to take place on the sabbath, nor in the early morning, nor in the late afternoon, nor inside a house, nor on a cloudy day, nor in the glare of midday, and that the priest must have good eyesight, and only determine one case at a time; nor was he allowed to pronounce judgment on his own kindred. And, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper. The plague of leprosy is healed before the ceremony of purification begins, but the leper is not pronounced clean until he has been sprinkled with the blood and water (verse 7).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The priest
הַכֹּהֵ֔ן (hak·kō·hên)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3548: Priest

is to go
וְיָצָא֙ (wə·yā·ṣā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

outside
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the camp
לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה (lam·ma·ḥă·neh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 4264: An encampment, an army

to examine him,
וְרָאָה֙ (wə·rā·’āh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

and if
וְהִנֵּ֛ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

the skin disease
הַצָּרַ֖עַת (haṣ·ṣā·ra·‘aṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6883: Leprosy

of the afflicted person
הַצָּרֽוּעַ׃ (haṣ·ṣā·rū·a‘)
Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 6879: To be struck with leprosy, to be leprous

has healed,
נִרְפָּ֥א (nir·pā)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7495: To mend, to cure


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