Epiphany Season · Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year B
Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46
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February 14, 2027
Overview & Insights
“He is unclean... He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp.” (Leviticus 13:46)
Leviticus 13–14 continues the section of Leviticus on ceremonial uncleanness (Lev. 11–15). Unclean animals (Lev. 11) and uncleanness due to childbirth (Lev. 12) have been discussed, and discussion of uncleanness due to sexual emissions follows (Lev. 15). The present chapter concentrates on the identification of skin conditions (loosely, “leprosy”) that render a person unclean as well as the identification of similar-looking molds or mildews on garments that also convey uncleanness. The next chapter will speak of their cleansing.
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Commentary
Leviticus 13 - The Diagnosis of Leprosy Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's chapter commentary on the priest's role in diagnosing and declaring uncleanness.
Leviticus 13:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregated classic commentary notes on the opening of the leprosy legislation.
Leviticus Commentaries and Sermons Precept Austin
A large verse-by-verse and topical collection of Leviticus resources, including the purity chapters.
Barnes' Notes on Leviticus 13 StudyLight
Albert Barnes' classic verse-by-verse notes on the diagnosis and isolation of the leper.
The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre
Dr. Brant Pitre explains how the Levitical leper laws set up the Gospel's healing as a return to the community.
Background & Word Study
Leviticus 13 (Sefaria) Sefaria
The Hebrew text of the chapter with English and linked classical Jewish commentary.
Leviticus 13:1 Hebrew Interlinear BibleHub
Word-by-word Hebrew with parsing and Strong's numbers for the purity terminology.
Leviticus (Enter the Bible) Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's overview of Leviticus, its holiness theology, and clean-and-unclean categories.
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Questions preachers ask
Why read the law of leprosy?
Leviticus 13 puts the leper outside the camp, cut off and alone; it sets in relief the mercy of Jesus, who touches and cleanses the leper the world kept at a distance.
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