Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Leviticus 13:38 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 38. 38If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
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Quick Meaning
This verse introduces ordinary white spots on the skin of a man or woman.
Read It With
- Leviticus 13:38-44
Start with 13:38-44 rather than Leviticus 13:38 alone. In that complete movement, this verse introduces ordinary white spots on the skin of a man or woman. The unit's controlling claim is: Dull white spots are declared harmless, ordinary baldness remains clean, and a reddish-white outbreak on bald skin is declared affected.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This verse introduces ordinary white spots on the skin of a man or woman. Its place in Leviticus 13:38-44 matters because leviticus places this unit within the inspection sequence for skin, hair, garments, waiting, declaration, and isolation before any restoration rite begins. Its particular contribution is: Dull white spots are declared harmless, ordinary baldness remains clean, and a reddish-white outbreak on bald skin is declared affected.
What Remains True
Introduces ordinary white spots on the skin of a man or woman. Within Leviticus 13:38-44, this contributes to the larger claim that dull white spots are declared harmless, ordinary baldness remains clean, and a reddish-white outbreak on bald skin is declared affected.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 13:38, keep the verse inside Leviticus 13:38-44. Hold this boundary: Baldness itself is explicitly clean and must not be mocked or moralized. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Leviticus 13:38-44 — Harmless bright spots and baldness are separated from affected bald scalpsSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 13:38-44, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 13:38-44
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2025-12-31
Supports: Unit-bounded translator notes on Hebrew, syntax, ritual vocabulary, measures, textual questions, and older-English wording; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Leviticus PDF, complete PDF pp. 1-99, translation and translator notes for 13:38-44
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