"And the leper in whom the plague {is}, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon hi…" — Leviticus 13:45

Leviticus 13:45 · KJV

“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.”

— Leviticus 13:45

Verse 44

He is a leprous man, he {is} unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague {is} in his head.

Verse 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}.

Leviticus 13 — Context

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}.

The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, {whether it be} a woollen garment, or a linen garment;

Cross References

Micah 3:7

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for {there is} no answer of God. {lips: Heb. upper lip}

Leviticus 10:6

And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.

Lamentations 4:15

They cried unto them, Depart ye; {it is} unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn {there}. {it...: or, ye polluted}

Ezekiel 24:17

Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not {thy} lips, and eat not the bread of men. {Forbear: Heb. Be silent} {lips: Heb. upper lip}

Ezekiel 24:22

And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover {your} lips, nor eat the bread of men.

Luke 17:12

And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

Luke 5:8

When Simon Peter saw {it}, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

Leviticus 21:10

And {he that is} the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;