Leviticus - 13:23



23 But if the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread, it is the scar from the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 13:23.

Differing Translations

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But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
But if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
But if it stay in its place, it is but the scar of an ulcer, and the man shall be clean.
But if the bright spot have remained in its place, and have not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
But if the bright spot shall stay in its place, and not spread, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
and if in its place the bright spot stay, it hath not spread, it is an inflammation of the ulcer; and the priest hath pronounced him clean.
But if the bright mark keeps in the same place and gets no greater, it is the mark of the old wound, and the priest will say that he is clean.
But if it stays in its place, it is the scar of an ulcer, and the man shall be clean.
Si vero suo loco constiterit macula alba, nec ereverit, adustio ulceris est: mundum (vel, mundam) judicabit eum sacerdos.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

A burning boil - Rather, the scar of the ulcer; literally, "the burn of the ulcer."

But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not,.... Continues as it was when first viewed:
it is a burning boil; but not a plague of leprosy:
and the priest shall pronounce him clean; as clear of a leprosy, and so not bound by the law of it, though attended with an inflammation or burning ulcer.

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