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Bible Quotes About Leprosy
78 Scripture verses about leprosy from the King James Version, with full verse text for study and meditation.
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78
Total Verses
69
Old Testament
9
New Testament
Top 10 Bible Quotes About Leprosy
- Leviticus 13:1 — “And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,”
- Leviticus 13:5 — “And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:”
- Leviticus 13:6 — “And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and ...”
- Leviticus 13:7 — “But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:”
- Leviticus 13:8 — “And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.”
- Leviticus 13:9 — “When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;”
- Leviticus 13:10 — “And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; quick: Heb. the quickening of living flesh”
- Leviticus 13:11 — “It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.”
- Leviticus 13:12 — “And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh ;”
- Leviticus 13:13 — “Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.”
Subtopics of Leprosy
Law concerning
Sent as a judgment on
Miriam
Gehazi
Uzziah
Entailed
Isolation of lepers
Separate burial
Instances of leprosy not mentioned above
Four lepers outside Samaria
Azariah
Simon
HEALED
Naaman
By Jesus
Disciples empowered to heal
A common disease among the Jews
An incurable disease
Associated together
Ceremonially unclean
Old Testament Quotes About Leprosy (69)
“And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,”
“And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:”
“And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.”
“But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:”
“And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.”
“When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;”
“And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; quick: Heb. the quickening of living flesh”
“It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.”
“And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh ;”
“Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.”
“But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.”
“And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.”
“Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;”
“And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.”
“The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,”
“And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;”
“And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.”
“But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:”
“And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.”
“But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.”
“Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white; a hot: Heb. a burning of fire”
“Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.”
“But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:”
“And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.”
“And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.”
“If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;”
“Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.”
“And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:”
“And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;”
“He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:”
“And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.”
“But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;”
“Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.”
“But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.”
“If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;”
“Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.”
“And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. hair: Heb. head is pilled”
“And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.”
“And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.”
“Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;”
“He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.”
“And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.”
“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.”
“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”
“And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;”
“Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.”
“And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.”
“And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet , and hyssop:”
“And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:”
“And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet , and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:”
“And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet :”
“But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.”
“Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.”
“Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.”
“What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; running: Heb. running of the reins”
“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”
Numbers 5:1KJV
“Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:”
Numbers 5:2KJV
“Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.”
Numbers 5:3KJV
“And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. Ethiopian: or, Cushite married: Heb. taken”
Numbers 12:1KJV
“And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.”
“And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.”
“Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.”
“And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
2 Kings 5:8KJV
“So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.”
2 Kings 5:9KJV
“And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.”
2 Kings 5:10KJV
“But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. I thought: Heb. I said. or, I said with my self, He will surely come out, etc. strike: Heb. move up and down”
2 Kings 5:11KJV
“Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. Abana: or, Amana”
2 Kings 5:12KJV
“And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?”
2 Kings 5:13KJV
“Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.”
2 Kings 5:14KJV
New Testament Quotes About Leprosy (9)
“And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.”
Matthew 8:3KJV
“And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.”
Matthew 8:4KJV
“Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.”
Matthew 10:8KJV
“And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.”
Mark 1:40KJV
“And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. spikenard: or, pure nard, or, liquid nard”
Mark 14:3KJV
“And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.”
Luke 5:13KJV
“And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.”
Luke 5:14KJV
“And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:”
Luke 17:12KJV
“And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went , they were cleansed.”
Luke 17:14KJV
Frequently Asked Questions About Leprosy in the Bible
What does the Bible say about leprosy?
The Bible contains 78 verses about leprosy, covering this topic from Genesis to Revelation. Scripture provides guidance, instruction, and comfort regarding leprosy through both the Old and New Testaments.
How many Bible verses are about leprosy?
There are 78 Bible verses about leprosy in the King James Version. These verses span multiple books of the Bible and cover various aspects of this topic.
What is the best Bible verse about leprosy?
While many verses address leprosy, the most well-known passages come from various books of the Bible. The best verse depends on your specific situation and what aspect of leprosy you are studying.
Where in the Bible does it talk about leprosy?
Leprosy is discussed throughout the Bible in both the Old and New Testaments. You can find 78 references to this topic across multiple books including the Psalms, Proverbs, the Gospels, and the Epistles.
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