KJV King James Version
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].
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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].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.
WEB World English Bible
All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. Outside of the camp shall be his dwelling.
ASV American Standard Version
All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
all the days that the plague is in him he is unclean; he is unclean, alone he doth dwell, at the outside of the camp is his dwelling.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 13
43 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;
44 He is a leprous man, he [is] unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague [is] in his head.
45 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.
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].
47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, [whether it be] a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
48 Whether [it be] in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it [is] a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כָּל־H3605 · kolallיְמֵ֞יH3117 · yomdayאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichהַנֶּ֥גַעH5061 · ne.gaplagueבּ֛וֹH9033 · ohimיִטְמָ֖אH2930 · ta.meto defileטָמֵ֣אH2931 · ta.meuncleanה֑וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itבָּדָ֣דH910 · ba.dadisolationיֵשֵׁ֔בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellמִח֥וּץH2351 · chutsoutsideלַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הH4264 · ma.cha.nehcampמוֹשָׁבֽוֹ׃ סH4186 · mo.shavseat
Cross-references
2 Kings 7:3And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?2 Kings 15:5And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son [was] over the house, judging the people of the land.2 Chronicles 26:21And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, [being] a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son [was] over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.Numbers 12:14-15And 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].Numbers 5:1-4And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Proverbs 30:12[There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their filthiness.2 Thessalonians 3:14And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.Luke 17:12And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:Revelation 22:15For without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.1 Corinthians 5:5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.1 Corinthians 5:9-13I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:Hebrews 12:15-16Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;1 Timothy 6:5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.Revelation 21:27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither [whatsoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.2 Thessalonians 3:6Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.Lamentations 1:1How doth the city sit solitary, [that was] full of people! [how] is she become as a widow! she [that was] great among the nations, [and] princess among the provinces, [how] is she become tributary!Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
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