Leviticus 13:16

But if the open wound heals and becomes white, the person must go back to the priest.

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In The King James Version

Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;

In Context

15When the priest discovers an open wound, he must declare the person unclean. The open wound is unclean; it is an infectious skin disease.

17The priest will inspect them again, and if the wound has turned white, the priest is to declare the person clean; then they are clean.

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Cross References

Galatians 1:14I surpassed my contemporaries in the practice of the Jewish religion because I was so fervently devoted to the traditions of my ancestors.

1 Timothy 1:13Even though I used to insult God, and persecuted and abused God's people, God showed me mercy because of my ignorance and unbelief.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 13:2-18

The Law Concerning Leprosy. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: 3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague… Read the whole commentary →

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