Leviticus 13:16
14 But whenever raw flesh appears on someone, he will be unclean.
15 When the priest sees the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease.
But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.
17 The priest will reexamine him, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the infected person clean; then he is clean.
18 When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.
- KJV
- Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
- WEB
- Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest.
- ASV
- Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the priest;
- DARBY
- But if the raw flesh change again, and be turned white, he shall come unto the priest;
- BLB
- Or if the living flesh turns back, and it is turned to white, then he shall come to the priest,
- ÅB
- Men dersom det ville kjøtt forandrer seg igjen og blir hvitt, da skal han gå til presten,
- OTB
- Hvis det rå kjøttet endrer seg og blir hvitt, må de presentere seg for presten.
- B1930
- Men dersom det ville kjøtt atter forandrer sig og blir hvitt, da skal han gå til presten,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 1:14–16
I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:6–8
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
Read in contextRomans 7:14–24
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:13–15
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
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