King James Version
Leviticus 13:9 in the King James Version says “When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;”
Leviticus 13:9 · KJV
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“When the plague”
H5061a blow (figuratively, infliction); also (by implication) a spot (concretely, a leprous person or dress)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“is in a man”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
“unto the priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
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