Leviticus 13:22
20 The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.
21 But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
If it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.
23 But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
24 When there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white,
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
- If it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.
- KJV
- And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
- WEB
- If it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a plague.
- ASV
- And if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
- DARBY
- and if it spread much in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the sore.
- BLB
- And if it spreads at all in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it [is] a plague.
- ÅB
- Brer det seg da videre ut på huden, skal presten si ham uren; det er spedalskhet.
- OTB
- Hvis det sprer seg på huden, skal presten erklære dem urene; det er en infeksjon.
- B1930
- Brer det sig da videre ut på huden, skal presten si ham uren; det er spedalskhet.