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Updated Bible Version

Leviticus 13:16

Or if the raw flesh turns again, and has changed to white, then he shall 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:
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,
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 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 When man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests: 3 and the priest shall look at the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look at him, and pronounce him unclean. 4 And if the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof is not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof has not turned white, then the priest shall shut up [him that has] the plague seven days: 5 and the priest shall look at him the seventh day: and see if, in his eyes, the plague has stayed, the plague has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: 6 and the priest shall look at him again the seventh day; and see if the plague is dim, and the plague has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 7 But if the scab spreads abroad in the skin, after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again: 8 and the priest shall look; and see if the scab has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy. 9 When the plague of leprosy is in man, then he shall be brought to the priest; 10 and the priest shall look; and see if there is a white rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the rising,

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 South.
Genesis 13:2
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 13:3
And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai,
Genesis 13:14
And Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward:
Genesis 13:16
And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth: So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may your seed also be numbered.
Genesis 13:18
And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar to Yahweh.
Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your seed be.
Genesis 17:6
And I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son of her: yes, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother of] nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.
Genesis 17:20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: look, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes he shall 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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