Leviticus 13:25
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,
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.
27 On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.
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
- 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.
- KJV
- Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
- WEB
- then the priest shall examine it; and behold, if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and its appearance is deeper than the skin, it is leprosy. It has broken out in the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is the plague of leprosy.
- ASV
- then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin; it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning: and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
- DARBY
- and the priest look on it, and behold, the hair is turned white in the bright spot, and it looketh deeper than the skin, it is a leprosy which is broken out in the inflammation; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the sore of leprosy.
- BLB
- then the priest shall examine it, and behold, [if] the hair has been turned white in the bright spot, and its appearance [is] deeper than the skin, it [is] leprosy. It has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it [is] a plague of leprosy.
- ÅB
- så skal presten se på den, og dersom han finner at hårene på den lyse flekk er blitt hvite, og at den ser dypere ut enn huden ellers, da er det spedalskhet som er brutt ut i brannsåret, og presten skal si ham uren; det er spedalskhet.
- OTB
- skal presten undersøke flekken, og hvis håret i den lyse flekken har blitt hvitt og det ser dypere ut enn huden, er det spedalskhet som har brutt ut i brannskaden. Presten skal erklære dem urene; det er en infeksjon av spedalskhet.
- B1930
- så skal presten se på den, og dersom han finner at hårene på den lyse flekk er blitt hvite, og at den ser dypere ut enn huden ellers, da er det spedalskhet som er brutt ut i brandsåret, og presten skal si ham uren; det er spedalskhet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 13:4
If, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
Read in contextLeviticus 13:18–20
When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals,
Read in context