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Brenton's Septuagint

Leviticus 13:16

But if the sound flesh be restored and changed to white, then shall he come to the priest;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Sanitation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Leprosy;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hair;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Leprosy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heal, Health;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Leper;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Leper;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Leper, Leprosy;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Change;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he shall come to the Kohen;
King James Version
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
Lexham English Bible
Or, when the raw flesh returns and it has changed to white, then he shall come to the priest,
New Century Version
If the open sore becomes white again, the person must come to the priest.
New English Translation
If, however, the raw flesh once again turns white, then he must come to the priest.
Amplified Bible
"But if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest,
New American Standard Bible
"Or if the raw flesh turns back and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Or if the rawe flesh change and be turned into white, then he shall come to the Priest,
Legacy Standard Bible
Or if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest,
Contemporary English Version
However, if the sores heal and only white spots remain, the priest will say, "You are now clean."
Complete Jewish Bible
However, if the inflamed flesh again turns white, he is to come to the cohen.
Darby Translation
But if the raw flesh change again, and be turned white, he shall come unto the priest;
Easy-to-Read Version
"If the raw skin changes and becomes white, the person must come to the priest.
English Standard Version
But if the raw flesh recovers and turns white again, then he shall come to the priest,
George Lamsa Translation
Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he shall be brought to the priest;
Good News Translation
But when the sore heals and becomes white again, you shall go to the priest,
Christian Standard Bible®
But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he is to go to the priest.
Literal Translation
Or when the living flesh turns back and shall be turned to white, then he shall come in to the priest;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf the rawe flesh chaunge agayne, and be turned in to whyte, then shall he come vnto the prest.
American Standard Version
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the priest;
Bible in Basic English
Or if the diseased flesh is turned again and changed to white then he is to come to the priest,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Or yf the rawe fleshe turne agayne and chaunge vnto whyte, he shall come to the priest:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if the raw flesh again be turned into white, then he shall come unto the priest;
King James Version (1611)
Or if the raw flesh turne againe, and bee changed vnto white, hee shall come vnto the Priest:
English Revised Version
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the priest,
Berean Standard Bible
But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That if the fleisch is turned eft in to whijtnesse, and hilith al the man,
Young's Literal Translation
Or when the raw flesh turneth back, and hath been turned to white, then he hath come in unto the priest,
Update Bible Version
Or if the raw flesh turns again, and has changed to white, then he shall come to the priest;
Webster's Bible Translation
Or if the raw flesh shall turn again, and be changed into white, he shall come to the priest;
World English Bible
Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest;
New King James Version
Or if the raw flesh changes and turns white again, he shall come to the priest.
New Living Translation
However, if the open sores heal and turn white like the rest of the skin, the person must return to the priest
New Life Bible
If the flesh with open sores changes again and becomes white, he will come to the religious leader.
New Revised Standard
But if the raw flesh again turns white, he shall come to the priest;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Or, if the raw flesh turn again and be changed to white, then shall he come in unto the priest;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And if again it be turned into whiteness, and cover all the man:
Revised Standard Version
But if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Or if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest,

Contextual Overview

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 If any man should have in the skin of his flesh a bright clear spot, and there should be in the skin of his flesh a plague of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests. 3 And the priest shall view the spot in the skin of his flesh; and if the hair in the spot be changed to white, and the appearance of the spot be below the skin of the flesh, it is a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look upon it, and pronounce him unclean. 4 But if the spot be clear and white in the skin of his flesh, yet the appearance of it be not deep below the skin, and its hair have not changed itself for white hair, but it is dark, then the priest shall separate him that has the spot seven days; 5 and the priest shall look on the spot the seventh day; and, behold, if the spot remains before him, if the spot has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall separate him the second time seven days. 6 And the priest shall look upon him the second time on the seventh day; and, behold, if the spot be dark, and the spot have not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is a mere mark, and the man shall wash his garments and be clean. 7 But if the bright spot should have changed and spread in the skin, after the priest has seen him for the purpose of purifying him, then shall he appear the second time to the priest, 8 and the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the mark have spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy. 9 And if a man have a plague of leprosy, then he shall come to the priest; 10 and the priest shall look, and, behold, if it is a white spot in the skin, and it has changed the hair to white, and there be some of the sound part of the quick flesh in the sore—

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Romans 7:14-24, Galatians 1:14-16, Philippians 3:6-8, 1 Timothy 1:13-15

Cross-References

Genesis 13:1
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the wilderness.
Genesis 13:2
And Abram was very rich in cattle, and silver, and gold.
Genesis 13:3
And he went to the place whence he came, into the wilderness as far as Baethel, as far as the place where his tent was before, between Baethel and Aggai,
Genesis 13:14
And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;
Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed like the dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered.
Genesis 13:18
And Abram having removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to the Lord.
Genesis 15:5
And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be.
Genesis 17:6
And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and give thee a son of her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him.
Genesis 17:20
And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard thee, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Or if the raw flesh turn again,.... Changes its colour, from redness, which is in raw flesh:

and be changed unto white: and does not look ruddy as flesh in common does, nor red and fiery, as raw and proud flesh, but is white, of the same colour with the swelling or scab:

he shall come unto the priest; again, and show himself, even though he was before by him pronounced clean.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The disease here indicated appears to be that now known as Lepra commonis, the common White Leprosy, or Dry Tetter. It first shows itself in reddish pimples, the surface of which becomes white and scaly, spreading in a circular form until they meet each other and cover large patches of the body. It scarcely affects the general health, and for the most part disappears of itself, though it often lasts for years.

From his head even to his foot, wheresoever. the priest looketh - The first appearance of the Lepra Commonis may take place in any part of the body, especially, however, at the larger joints of the limbs; but the spots of elephantiasis are almost always first seen, on those parts which are habitually exposed, the face, ears and hands.

Leviticus 13:14

Raw flesh - See Leviticus 13:10.

Leviticus 13:15

Boil - Probably ulcer. In Job 2:7, and Deuteronomy 28:27, Deuteronomy 28:35, it would seem highly probable that the word expresses the ulcers of elephantiasis.


 
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