Leviticus 13:24
22 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.
When there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white,
25 the priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.
26 But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot, and it is not beneath the skin but has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
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.
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- BSB
- When there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white,
- KJV
- Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
- WEB
- “Or when the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,
- ASV
- Or when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a burning by fire, and the quick [flesh] of the burning become a bright spot, reddish-white, or white;
- DARBY
- Or if in the flesh, in the skin thereof, there is a burning inflammation, and the place of the inflammation become a bright spot white-reddish or white,
- BLB
- Or if the flesh has a burn of fire in its skin and the raw [spot] of the burn becomes a reddish-white bright spot, or white,
- ÅB
- Når noen får et brannsår på huden, og kjøttet som gror i brannsåret, viser seg som en lyserød eller hvit flekk,
- OTB
- "Når det er en brannskade på huden og det rå kjøttet av brannskaden blir en lys flekk, rødlig-hvit eller hvit,
- B1930
- Når nogen får et brandsår på huden, og kjøttet som gror i brandsåret, viser sig som en lyserød eller hvit flekk,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 3:24
Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
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