Leviticus 13:17
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.
Leviticus 13:17 in other translations
| BSB | The priest will reexamine him, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the infected person clean; then he is clean. |
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| WEB | The priest shall examine him. Behold, if the plague has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean of the plague. He is clean. |
| ASV | and the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the plague be turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean. |
| YLT | and the priest hath seen him, and lo, the plague hath been turned to white, and the priest hath pronounced clean him who hath the plague; he is clean. |
| DARBY | and the priest shall look on him, and behold, the sore is turned white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the sore: he is clean. |
| BBE | And the priest will see him: and if the place is turned white, then the priest will say that he is free from the disease. |
| Webster | And the priest shall see him: and behold, if the plague is turned into white: then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean. |
What does Leviticus 13:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 13:9-37
9-37. if the rising be white--This BRIGHT WHITE leprosy is the most malignant and inveterate of all the varieties the disease exhibits, and it was marked by the following distinctive signs: A glossy white and spreading scale, upon an elevated base, the elevation depressed in the middle, but without a change of color; the black hair on the patches participating in the whiteness, and the scaly patches themselves…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 13:1-17
The plague of leprosy was an uncleanness, rather than a disease. Christ is said to cleanse lepers, not to cure them. Common as the leprosy was among the Hebrews, during and after their residence in Egypt, we have no reason to believe that it was known among them before. Their distressed state and employment in that land must have rendered them liable to disease. But it was a plague often inflicted immediately by the…
Leviticus 13:17 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Leviticus 13:16
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
- Leviticus 13:17
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.
- Leviticus 13:18
The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
Leviticus 13:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el sacerdote mirará, y si la llaga se hubiere vuelto blanca, el sacerdote dará por limpio al que tenía la llaga, y será limpio. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et le sacrificateur le verra: et voici, la plaie est devenue blanche; alors le sacrificateur déclarera pur celui qui a la plaie: il est pur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und besieht ihn der Priester, und siehe, das Übel ist in weiß verwandelt, so soll der Priester den, der das Übel hat, für rein erklären: er ist rein. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | considerabit eum sacerdos, et mundum esse decernet. |