Leviticus 13:22

But if it is spreading, it is contagious and the priest will declare that the person must stay away from other people.

Translation for Translators

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 when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in that spot and it is only on the surface of the skin and has become less bright/shiny, then the priest will order him to stay away from other people for seven days.

23But if that spot is unchanged and has not spread, it is only a scar from the boil, and the priest will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people again.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:39On the seventh day, he must go into the house and inspect it again. If the mildew on the walls has spread,

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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