Leviticus 13:22

And if it is increasing on the skin, the priest will say that he is unclean: it is a disease.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.

In Context

21But if, after looking at it, he sees that there are no white hairs on it, and it is not deeper than the skin, and it is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:

23But 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.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:39And the priest is to come again on the seventh day and have a look and see if the marks on the walls of the house are increased in size;

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 13:19-38

18 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, 19 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be showed to the priest; 20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. 21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be… Read the whole commentary →

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