Leviticus 13:16

Complete Jewish Bible

However, if the inflamed flesh again turns white, he is to come to the cohen.

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."

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:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But if the sound flesh be restored and changed to white, then shall he come to 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 Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon, ² "If someone develops on his skin a swelling, scab or bright spot which could develop into the disease tzara‘at, he is to be brought to Aharon the cohen or to one of his sons who are cohanim. ³ The cohen is to examine the sore on his skin; if the hair in the sore has turned white, and the sore appears to go deep into the skin, it is tzara‘at, and after examining him the cohen is to declare him unclean. ⁴ If the bright spot on his skin is white, but it does not appear to go deep into the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the cohen is to isolate him for seven days. ⁵ On the seventh day the cohen is to examine him again, and if the sore appears the same as before and has not spread on the skin, then the cohen is to isolate him for seven more days. ⁶ (LY: ii) On the seventh day the cohen is to examine him again, and if the sore has faded and hasn't spread on the skin, then the cohen is to declare him clean — it is only a scab, so he is to wash his clothes and be clean. ⁷ But if the scab spreads further on the skin after he has been examined by the cohen and declared clean, he is to let himself be examined yet again by the cohen. ⁸ The cohen will examine him, and if he sees that the scab has spread on his skin, then the cohen will declare him unclean; it is tzara‘at. ⁹ "If a person has tzara‘at, he is to be brought to the cohen. ¹⁰ The cohen is to examine him, and if he sees that there is a white swelling in the skin which has turned the hair white and inflamed flesh in the swelling,

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Cross-References

Genesis 13:1
Avram went up from Egypt — he, his wife and everything he had, and Lot with him — into the Negev.

Genesis 13:2
Avram became wealthy, with much cattle, silver and gold.

Genesis 13:3
As he went on his travels from the Negev, he came to Beit-El, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beit-El and ‘Ai,

Genesis 13:14
Adonai said to Avram, after Lot had moved away from him, "Look all around you from where you are, to the north, the south, the east and the west.

Genesis 13:16
and I will make your descendants as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth — so that if a person can count the specks of dust on the earth, then your descendants can be counted.

Genesis 13:18
Avram moved his tent and came to live by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hevron. There he built an altar to Adonai .

Genesis 15:5
Then he brought him outside and said, "Look up at the sky, and count the stars — if you can count them! Your descendants will be that many!"

Genesis 17:6
I will cause you to be very fruitful. I will make nations of you, kings will descend from you.

Genesis 17:16
I will bless her; moreover, I will give you a son by her. Truly I will bless her: she will be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."

Genesis 17:20
But as for Yishma‘el, I have heard you. I have blessed him. I will make him fruitful and give him many descendants. He will father twelve princes, 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.